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How to Wash a Car Engine
Warm your engine up a bit before washing it, but don't let it get hot or you will have to wait for it to cool down. Cover up electrical and air intake parts with plastic, and make sure they are sealed. Spray the whole engine with a degrease... Read More »
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How to Power Wash a Car Engine
It’s not easy to keep your engine clean. Exhaust, fumes and splashing mud get on the parts. It’s very easy to get oil on the engine parts, and oil is hard to clean. If you have a power washer, however, you will be able to keep your car’s en... Read More »
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Why would the gauges quit working on buick after washing the engi...
Answer You probably shorted something with the water, check your fuses, replace any that are "blown". If the fuse "blows" again then start disconnecting connectors on the engine and get "all" the water out and replace fuse again. Not a good... Read More »
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It's best not to wash an engine unless you have to. If you have to it's best to use plastic bags to cover electrical components such as the alternator and try not to spray high pressure water into electrical components eg: intake, fuse boxe...
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There are pages and pages of things that can cause a check engine light. You need to have it checked with a scantool. Then the code can be diagnosed and repaired.
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Cover the alternator, distributor and air intake with plastic bags and tape, make sure all filler caps and dipsticks are fully sealed. Spray engine with Spray Nine, let it sit for 5 to 10 minutes then rinse with cold or hot water. Do not us...
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Answer Water somewhere where it shouldn't be. Vehicle engines weren't designed to get very wet. If you do wash it, give it plenty of time to dry off/out.
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Answer The metal transmission screw-in dipstick was removed and lost. This left the transmission fluid filler hole open. Normally water does not enter this location from above if the hood is closed. But since the engine was being washed, th...
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you need to leave hood open ina ventilated area and let all the moisture dry you probably have water in coli, on plugs and in distributer if you got water in distributor, u need to remove distributor cap and eithe let it dry or use a hairdr...
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There's a diaphragm with a cable in the engine compartment going to the throttle linkage, on the diaphragm there's a connector with wires, disconnect the connector and spray some contact cleaner into the connector and diaphragm. See if that...
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