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Feb 19, 2009 | 02:02 PM

lee33lyn

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water in dist,Help?

I was looking for an oil leak so i pressure washed the engine bay. Now the car won't crank. Can anybody help with tips to get the mositure out of the dist without tearing it apart?The car is a 95 camaro Lt1.
thanks Lee

Feb 19, 2009 | 02:25 PM

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Try disconnecting your battery and let it sit for a few minutes, then hook it back up and try starting it. Just a thought.

Feb 19, 2009 | 02:35 PM

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tried that first, nothing.

Feb 20, 2009 | 06:53 AM

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the car wont crank?

that doesnt sound like a distributor problem, the engine should still turn even if there is water in the cap.

but anyways, the only way to get the water out of to take the cap off and let it dry.. im not really sure how the optispark units are, but you can probably take the cap off without removing any of the wires

Feb 20, 2009 | 07:51 AM

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the optispark has vents. they are vacumn lines that run into it under the opti. there is two of them. i don't know if it is the problem but you can give this a shot. try to blow some air through the vacumn line and see if anything will come out. the opti. is a seal unit except those lines so i'm not sure how you could get some water in there but like forest gump said "**** happens" good luck