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WRXracer

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ok I was fixing a problem with my car and when I was done I forgot to put the radator cap on and drove.. few minutes later my car bogs like crazy and steam is coming out of the hood.. i put the cap back on and drive around now I have black smoke coming out of the tail pipes and the car wont start.. could the water have messed up my computer making it run super rich.. and now its flooded or something.. or could the coolant have gotten onto the coils.. what could be wrong it all happen after the coolant went everwhere.. this sucks..
 

forpit2000gt

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try resetting the computer. What di you fix?
 

MineralgreyGT01

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The computer is inside the car. I would check around your COP's to make sure water did not get around them and your spark plugs. They have been known to cause problems for people who spray their engines down to wash them (rough idle, won't start) stuff like that.
 

BanginStang97GT

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Depends how hot the car got. Possibly warped the heads, destroyed a headgasket, but I doesn't sound like u had it out long. Black smoke out of the tailpipes isn't a sign of a headgasket. Pull the dipstick and let me know what the oil on it looks like.
 
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