hesitation after engine clean, what happened

[EIGHTEIGHT_GT]

After I washed my engine with simple green, I had a terrible miss when I drove it home from the car wash. After everything dried out, It ran fine. Now, like a week later I have more hesitation under acceleration, paricularly with a load, Not sure but might also be sucking a lot of fuel. Did I short out an injector or something? Any help would be appreciated.

Cody

 

[Roger_4.6_96]

See if you got water stuck in spark plug hole. It will usually stay wet in there if water got in

 

[Back in Black]

It will be ok after you run it for about a day.

 

[EIGHTEIGHT_GT]

Yeah but why would it be intermittent a week later? How could the water not have evaporated by now?

 

[EIGHTEIGHT_GT]

Bump

 

[bigblackboat]

Use an air compressor and take the time to disconnect every electrical connection and blow them out with an air gun. I had the same problem and one connector had the slightest amount of moisture in it and caused the car to stumple on its face under acceleration. Good Luck!

 

[Spreadman]

Could be water got into on of the coils. If it's missing while idling, unplug the coils one by one until you find the one causing the problem.

 

[w00t]

I agree with the compressed air idea. Also, make sure all your hoses are connected properly.

 

[2K1TRUBLU]

I'm 100% sure you have caused a short circuit which has , in turn, damaged one or more of your ignition coils. You will need ot have the car diagnised to determine which cylinder(s) are missing. It happened to me a lil over a year ago and i killed two coils by doing the same thing...you must drive the car right after washing to engine to accelerate the water drying time before it has a chance to seep into harmful locations. I'm sure you washed the engine cool and let it sit for a while prior to driving it, which was my mistake.

 

[EIGHTEIGHT_GT]

Thanks, I'll get it checked out. This is driving me insane.Hopefully It's not the coils, I'm sure they are spendy.

 

[V8SRGRT]

Your 1st mistake was taking it to a car wash. The wands even on low put out way to much pressure and you probably drove some water into a connector. I do mine about every 3 months. You need to find a friend who owns a house and has a gerden hose. It only takes a fine mist to wet it and rinse it down, let the SG do the work. I also take a leaf blower to get all the puddles out of the engine nooks. I have never had a problem doing this. Peace out

 

[V8SRGRT]

Thanks, I'll get it checked out. This is driving me insane.Hopefully It's not the coils, I'm sure they are spendy.

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