WTF is wrong with my Soup?

[87soup]

:cry: I drive a 87 N/A and it was driving just fine... Then as soon as im 50miles from my house it decides to slip or somthing! The car suddenly started to jerk and slip(?trani-slippage?) I lost power to the wheels and it sounded muffeled, like the exhaust was clogged or somthing... I didnt smell any fried clutch, but my machanic told me that my "rear seal was in need for replacement" about a week before all this happened.

Does this stuff happen when you blow your main-seal? And if you blow your seal wouldnt you lose oil? My oil is just fine!

I washed the car the day of, and used the "Engine degreaser" stuff on my engine bay. Could water to the engine do this damage?:icon_conf

[NDBoost]

look down where your spark plugs are, take one of the wires out and see if you see water in it..

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\/ I WIN! HAR HAR!

[92turbo4life]

hmm i did the engine degreaser shit on my car and didnt put a bag over the injectors... same shit happened to me... felt like fuel cut but a little lighter.. did you cover your plugs?

now i cover my plugs when iw ash it and im all good:)

[87soup]

Damn I think you guys are right I did not cover the plugs and i noticed the black plastic looking peice around the plucks is cracked and old... Water was seeping into the cracks...

[92turbo4life]

problem solved lol....... ive never seen a non cracked plug cover lol

[NDBoost]

<-- mine

[87soup]

Kool, thanks!
Now my question is, Are my plugs or injestors bad? Or can i just wait for them to dry? Also if its the water problem would that have messed up the engine instantly, because mine f'd up about a hour later...

[92turbo4life]

well on mine i just started it untill it stoped sputtering. took about an hour and then when it sounded to come i slowly raised the rpms to about 1200 <idle at 5-600> havent had any problems since

[87soup]

Sooo, Yah i checked my plugs and i have about 20oz of water around my plugs... I let it run for about 45min, then i took it out, it was fine until i went about 20mph, then the same thing happened! They are a bit moist still, do you think the problem will go away?

The water also scared me because it looks like oil, but i think it is just dirty water...:icon_conf

[Fuzz420]

I tryed "cleaning" my engine once, i guess i got water where it shouldnt have been cause it didnt run right for a week. Thats was the first and last time i do that ill, leave it to a qualified professional

[Yellow 13]

Sooo, Yah i checked my plugs and i have about 20oz of water around my plugs... I let it run for about 45min, then i took it out, it was fine until i went about 20mph, then the same thing happened! They are a bit moist still, do you think the problem will go away?

The water also scared me because it looks like oil, but i think it is just dirty water...:icon_conf


Time to break out the hair dryer!

Did you check inside of your distributor for any water that may have seeped in?

[supramacist]

you can wash your engine at the car wash guys. The trick is to leave it running while you hose it down.

[mattsplat72]

i did something similar i went threw a " puddle" turned out to be two feet deep swamped motor only thing that saved my ass was that my head lights where up and deflected water away from intake anywho just grab a shop vac and suck it out if not just take your time and use lots of paper towels and a spark plug socket to get it all out then run it while holding back edges of rubber to let out the steam

[NDBoost]

use a towel and use the venturi effect... dip the edge of a towel into the galley and let it suck the water up like a sponge.. repeat until its all gone, or use a vacuum

[supramacist]

Y not use a sponge?

[davidtt87]

cus ull ruin a perfectly good sponge lol, i had soooooo much water in mine its infuriating and my little cover isn't even cracked.

[87soup]

you can wash your engine at the car wash guys. The trick is to leave it running while you hose it down.


You cant be serious! we have aluminum heads! you will crack that shit if you dump water on them when its hot...

[supramacist]

good point 87......, But I have done it several times nooooooooooooooooo problems mon. I guess it helps when the wash is right around the block.