washed engine- car sounds like a lawn mower.

[JustAnotherVictim]

Why do you people insist on dumping water all over your engine? :nono:
One of the many functions of a hood is to keep water out.
Think about that for a second.

 

[IJ.]

Put the catcher on and mow the lawn

 

[jetjock]

Lmao...beat me too it. Hey IJ, how many engines have you washed over the years without problem? If you're like me I've lost count. It's all in the technique.

 

[jdub]

Yep...did mine a few weeks ago. With a pressure washer too

 

[IJ.]

Quite a few JJ

Have to admit though a few days before I hit the dyno recently I pressure washed the engine bay and managed to get water in the plug valley that caused a mystery missfire that took me a couple of days to find!

(didn't wash the motor so didn't think to look there)

 

[jetjock]

I've washed this engine dozens of times using those coin operated car wash wands back in the days when they wouldn't arrest your ass for it. These days I use the hose at home after a solvent gun pushing a mild degreasing agent. The only problems I've ever had was an occasional misfire with distributer equipped engines from condensation inside the cap but that was before I learned how to avoid it. Zero problems with this engine. Never used a pressure washer though. I'll have to borrow my neighbors and try it

 

[supraman7mgte]

if your frame is bent,you mught b lookinhg into more expenses than you might be wiling to cough up.
lose this Supra,and start over,or it will drain your bank account.

 

[supraman7mgte]

i wash my engine compartment and engine whenever it looks dirty. the important thing is to know what can and cannot get wet!
i avoid the galley as much as possible,and have only pressure washed the lower parts to get aged grease and gunk off.

 

[Evilempire1.3JZ-GTE]

Dont avoid it just know what your doing remove the wires or coilpacks and remove large objects in the way like the intake on 7m coil packs 1jz and clean the crap out of it leave your old spark plugs in the holes to avoid getting water in the cylinder. scrub all the build up grime oil crap out of the valley once your done attack it with a wet dry vac suck all the crap out of there then allow to blow dry or dry off on its own the rest of the way put every thing back on, shinney and perfect as new.

 

[theciviceater89]

ya, good news. my engine is pretty much back to normal...but now there is small knock...wtf is that??

 

[Big Wang Bandit]

:rofl:

 

[DDR_Man70]

hate to be a dick... but seeing two topics back to back with the titles both in CAPS kinda pisses me off. idk maybe I'm just tired or something... w/e best of luck theciviceater89, I remember when my friend got his mk3 and coolant shot all over the engine bay it ran like shit for like 10 miles.

that happens to be me... only mines ran bad for about 5 to 10 minutes then cleared up and ran good.

 

[theciviceater89]

thanks for all the help guys..i actually dont think the frame is bent, but one side of the car sits just a tad hirer than the other...but i dunno. i did however, take the time to read all of these posts, i guess my response didnt show up in time..so ya, sorry guys. im greatly in debt for your help.

 

[starscream5000]

ya, good news. my engine is pretty much back to normal...but now there is small knock...wtf is that??

It's the dreaded rod knock after pressure washing, OH SNAP!

 

[johnathan1]

Did you change your oil immediately after washing the engine? If not, you could have messed up the engine's internals...Water getting in the oil is VERY BAD.

 

[Burntz]

Zomg!

Lesson for today: Friends dont let friends pressure wash engines unless they know how to.

So practice safe washing, use a wash rag

 

[jetjock]

Unless he's doing it with the oil cap off I don't see how water could get into the engine during a wash down. Besides, there's water in the oil lots of times. Condensation for example. Hell, the main byproduct of proper combustion is water. Good thing most of it vapors off when the oil gets hot. Kinda like water spilled on the outside of the engine does

Now water left in the oil, say from a car parked too long or short trips where the oil doesn't get up to temp, is bad. The water reacts with combustion byproducts to form sulphuric acid. It's what lowers the oil's TBN and is why oil changes must be done more often in a car used for short trips.

 

[speed]

this thread is stupendous!

 

[IJ.]

this thread is stupid!

There fixed

 

[mkIIIman089]

I can't believe I missed this one!

It can't be for real... there is no way...