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my festiva was running awesome.. and i decided to wash the engine bay. i covered the alternator, distributor and msd with plastic bags. i hosed it down using simple green as a degreaser and wiped everything down with a rag.
when i started my car the idle seemed sorta rough and it would shut off if i revved it
i looked inside the plug holes. i guess water ran in while i was washing it
i tried letting it evaporate over the next couple days but it didnt seem to be working, so i pulled the plugs out letting that greasy water down into the cylinder
and i turned the engine over a few times to blow it out the top of the cyclinder.
i put all the spark plugs back in (which were very greasy and gross) and started it. it idles better but didnt seem to rev quite right. i took it for a spin around the block, thinking it might just need driven a little, it would just cut out and come back on harder than ever when i accelerated. like a very strong hesitation.
i bought new plugs and replaced them. while i was doing this i pulled the dizzy cover off (in case it got wet) so it could dry out. it looked fine, but i let it sit overnight.
today i put the new plugs in, and put the dizzy cap back on. i started it and now its completely different. it sounds like a v8 with a huge cam in it. it puts and sputter, much worse than before, and it only revs with slight throttle. large amounts of throttle kill it.
sooo. whats next? maybe my plug wires are screwed up? but why did changing the plugs make it worse?
when i started my car the idle seemed sorta rough and it would shut off if i revved it
i looked inside the plug holes. i guess water ran in while i was washing it
i tried letting it evaporate over the next couple days but it didnt seem to be working, so i pulled the plugs out letting that greasy water down into the cylinder and i turned the engine over a few times to blow it out the top of the cyclinder. i put all the spark plugs back in (which were very greasy and gross) and started it. it idles better but didnt seem to rev quite right. i took it for a spin around the block, thinking it might just need driven a little, it would just cut out and come back on harder than ever when i accelerated. like a very strong hesitation.
i bought new plugs and replaced them. while i was doing this i pulled the dizzy cover off (in case it got wet) so it could dry out. it looked fine, but i let it sit overnight.
today i put the new plugs in, and put the dizzy cap back on. i started it and now its completely different. it sounds like a v8 with a huge cam in it. it puts and sputter, much worse than before, and it only revs with slight throttle. large amounts of throttle kill it.
sooo. whats next? maybe my plug wires are screwed up? but why did changing the plugs make it worse?
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