cleaned motor and now it runs bad

[MK3.0dudeman]

Ok i cleaned my motor with engine bright and a wet rag now I didn't wet everything like the coil packs and what not but now i start my car and it idles lower and when i rev it it sounds deeper and it's real lagy when i rev it.Please tell me what you think I should do I'm freaking out now i think if i do the oil change that is comein up a lil earlyer put the new spark plugs i picked up the other day dry out the air filter and really just let the motor dry in the sun tomarrow I think it should be good the onlyu thing i think that could realy be fucked up is the coil packs.Any ways please let me know what you think.thanks

 

[Poodles]

it's fine, you just got a little water in the plug valley, if you followed directions it says to let the car warm up and evaporate all the excess water, it will go away...

 

[MK3.0dudeman]

even tho it's 2a.m. should i go out and let me car warm up for about 20 minutes cause i don't care about the people next to me i just want my car to run good

 

[fiyota]

if you have a turkey baster, or even some paper towel... try to get as much of the water out of where the spark plugs are as possible. Take the plug wires off and you will be able to see that it is full of water by the plugs, get as much water out of there as possible then run the car for a while to evaporate as much of the remaining water as possible...

 

[BlackMKIII]

I killed my cat this way. I just kept revving it with a heavy miss lite a dumbass. About 5 mins later I see orange chunks flying from the tailpipe. Oh $H!T!

 

[Mk3runner]

fuck it, who needs a cat.. shoulda caught the meltdown on vid.

 

[MK3.0dudeman]

ok i just ket me car run for about 15 minutes(i would have let it run longer but i'm beat)and it still runs the same.When i went but the back of the car by the exhaust and it sound like sombody sucking out of straw at the end of a drink.I think theres more water in there than i thought.IDk how that much water could have gottin in there.so tomarrow i'm going to do an oil change and change the spark plugs.it's going to be my first time doing a spark plug job on a MKIII.it's not that hard right.about two hours? any ways when i get to the throttle linkage and what not were should I unblot it from?thanks for all the help ahead of time

 

[Poodles]

do NOT pull a spark plug if there is water in there!!!
water in combustion chamber = BAD!!

 

[MK3.0dudeman]

do NOT pull a spark plug if there is water in there!!!
water in combustion chamber = BAD!!

why shouldent i pull it out.and yes i know it's bad

 

[fiyota]

then if you know it's bad why would you pull it out?

If you pull out the spark plug while there is water in the spark plug valley you will get WATER in the combustion chamber.

 

[MK3.0dudeman]

then if you know it's bad why would you pull it out?

If you pull out the spark plug while there is water in the spark plug valley you will get WATER in the combustion chamber.

oooooo very ture!! sorry i wasnt thinking about it like that i'm just really tired and i'm thinking about what i should do so if this was your car what wound you do just let it run in the morning and wait it out?

 

[fiyota]

this did happen to me after I took my rear hood seal out and went through an automatic car wash... water ran down the windsheild and under the hood... Water ran ontop of the motor and went into the little holes in the spark plug valley cover.

I used a turkey baster to get as much water as possible out from under the cover, then soaked up as much as I could with a some paper towel jammed into the spark plug wire holes.. then I fired it back up and let it ran for a while.. it was only running on 4 maybe 5 cylinders since it fried one or two of my plugs.. let it warm up enough to evaporate any remaining water then I proceeded to change out my plugs and wires while I was at it... just make sure all the water is gone before you change your plugs out.

 

[MK3.0dudeman]

^^sound like i have a long day ahead of me^^

 

[fiyota]

really it's not all that bad... just pull the plug wires off the plugs and get that water out of there.. throw the plug wires back on and then run er for a bit.. pull the plug wires off again and make sure no water is left... then go ahead and replace your plugs.

 

[Supranforever]

I had this problem when I washed off my motor. I took all the plug wires out, stuck my shop vac hose into the spark plug holes(which fit great) and sucked all the water out by moving the hose in circles, then put the wires back on, bam, car runs great. G/L

 

[MK3.0dudeman]

Thanks for the help guys.

 

[MK3.0dudeman]

Well it's 5:45 and i still didn't go to sleep.I'm going outside to take that stuff apart and dry it off.well wish me good luck.

 

[MK3.0dudeman]

well i used a wet dry vac and paper towels and than I let it sit over night to let it dry out.I put the new spark plugs in(witch it needed) and bam the car started right up and runs great.thanks for all the help guys when i was in need.