Big problem please HELP asap!!!

crabby760 · #1 12-30-2003, 01:02 AM

today i decided to degrease my motor so i cover up what i could best i could and shot the engine with gunk degreaser let it sit for 15 mins come out and spray it off with water few hrs later my friend comes over and helps me test my cylinder compression with his tester and my 2nd to the right side spark plugs thing has water in it... we pulled out the plug wire and it was wet and we look in and there's water in there so i try to start the car and it starts up but when i hti the gas it hesitates really bad like stutters hardcore so i soaked up water best we could but still little in there and it still doing it what shouold i do ???? any advise would help thanks

rubix777 · #2 12-30-2003, 02:00 AM

get a vacuum and suck out the water.

crabby760 · #3 12-30-2003, 02:17 AM

but do you think that the water is why it is stuttering when i push on the gas???? and if i get it all out that it will go away?

BullShifter · #4 12-30-2003, 02:56 AM

The water may be one problem - I would blow it out with compressed air. There may be another problem from the engine cleaning. I'd say dry out the tube & plug wire then see what happens. Check all the rest while your at.

Were there problems before cleaning or were you just testing the compression for the hell of it?

crabby760 · #5 12-30-2003, 03:00 AM

check them all only this one spark plug cylinder thing has watef in it...... so if i get the water out it should be fine? should i change plugs and wires and how about changing my oil?

BullShifter · #6 12-30-2003, 03:19 AM

I said check them all because some people wouldn't think to. I don't know if you'll be fine, try it & see what happens. We get cars in at the shop all the time after engine cleanings gone bad.

After the water is out, check the plugs - replace as needed could be fouled. If the wires are old, replace as needed. No water should be in the engine if you didn't remove the plug, but changing the oil wouldn't hurt.

crabby760 · #7 12-30-2003, 03:26 AM

do you think its fine to drive it tonite while water is in it... if i drive it really slow?

cvcc_wagon · #8 12-30-2003, 04:18 AM

getting a little water in your engine is notta damn. it will just evaporate as the engine warms up, probally before. look at all those cars driving around with a drip of water coming from their exhaust or on the cold days when there is a big cloud of white smoke (steam) coming out. when the engine is cold it will cause some problems and run a little rough. be nice to it untill it feels like all the water is gone. i have intentionally run a considerable ammount of water thru my engine (thru a vaccume hose on my carb) to clean up some carbon build up for an emmissions test and it didnt cause any problems. you run into problems when u suck up a lot of water, enough to fill part of the chamber and since it will not compress enough somethings gunna give, i dont think this is the case with your car

Ricochet · #9 12-30-2003, 11:22 AM

Dude just pull out the spark plug with water around it and let it drain into the combustion chamber... A tiny bit of water won't hurt anything, it will just evaporate and go out your exhaust after a second or two after starting your car. Or you could even do the easier thing and vacuum/wipe it out of there. That would even take less effort than posting the problem... It's like saying "I spilled some oil on the floor what should I do?".. just clean it up man.

BullShifter · #10 12-30-2003, 12:45 PM

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Originally Posted by crabby760

do you think its fine to drive it tonite while water is in it... if i drive it really slow?

No I would not drive it until sure of the problem. You could have VERY easily damaged electrical parts during the cleaning. Start with the obvious, how long would it take to vaccum or blow out a little water? less than a minute . . .

darkerdayz · #11 12-30-2003, 12:50 PM

ok, this kind of happened to me too. i was driving on a rainy day and my CAI was appearantly sucking up water from off of my wheel and it just cut off. i started having the same problem as you, car starts, but when you hit hte gas, it sputters and cuts off. what i did was i walked to a gas station (or any automotive store) and picked up a bottle of that STP Water Remover. i poured that in, waited a while and my car started. i let it idle for about a min, then i slowly started to rev it. then, in like 5 min or so, the car was fine. that's what i think you should do, but thats just my

crabby760 · #12 12-30-2003, 06:46 PM

i didnt suck water from my intake i accidently got water in one of my spark plugs do you think its fine to drive it like that and let the water decinegrate?

darkerdayz · #13 12-30-2003, 07:10 PM

oh, i thought you meant that you pulled out the plug and saw that there was water in it.

BullShifter · #14 12-31-2003, 01:50 AM

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Originally Posted by crabby760

i didnt suck water from my intake i accidently got water in one of my spark plugs do you think its fine to drive it like that and let the water decinegrate?

For the amount of time you spent typing this post, you could easily have blowed/sucked the water out. Try it & see what happens.

T!mmy · #15 12-31-2003, 01:54 AM

lol I love that...they come for help you tell them what to do and they still sit at the computer dumbfounded

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