Missing and engine smoke

[NinjaMike]

Here is a fun one. I've had this new SHO (93' ATX) for about a week now. Today I go to start it when leaving a store and it is running on 5 cylinders. I drive it home, thinking that I leaked some degreaser (cleaned the engine earlier) down one of the plug wells. I also had to shut down the engine to set up the self test jumper wire as I wanted to see what cylinder had the problem.

So I pop the hood and there is smoke, oil smoke. I put the jumper in and start the car to run the balance test, but now it's running fine. After running the codes and putting everything back, I take the car back out and it's fine. Pop the hood when I get back, no smoke.

Any guesses on this one?

Secondary ignition is new, plug wells are free of oil as of an hour before this happened.

 

[Mr Anonymous]

That's why I don't like the idea washing an engine with a hose -- too much like cleaning your PC with a hose... Next time try some Simple Green and a rag.

The miss was probably just water in one or more electrical connections. Hopefully it will evaporate before corroding any connections. The smoke was probably left-over degreaser.

<small>[ September 24, 2003, 08:05 PM: Message edited by: SHOooo ]</small>

 

[SHOMurph]

Just don't use a high pressure hose on the motor. I spray simple green automotive first. Then hose with the shower setting is good to rinse the motor.

As long as you aren't power washing the motor you should be all good.

 

[NinjaMike]

SHOooo:
That's why I don't like the idea washing an engine with a hose -- too much like cleaning your PC with a hose... Next time try some Simple Green and a rag.

The miss was probably just water in one or more electrical connections. Hopefully it will evaporate before corroding any connections. The smoke was probably left-over degreaser.

Give me more credit than that... I may have only had this one for a couple days, but I've owned SHOs and worked on em for awhile.

I used simple green and foamy engine bright. No hose.... I can't see spraying the ABS computer which isn't water tight as aren't many other items under the hood.

 

[yamahaSHO]

I use engine degreaser and hose water all the time... never had a problem, not with my SHO or my friends SHO. I also clean all my engines in my other cars this way as well.

 

[masho95]

I've recently had a problem with my car missing whenever it rains. I don't know how the water is getting in there, but I found water in the number 5 and 6 cylinders in front. Ran the cylinder balance test before I noticed the water and it came back normal. So I wouldn't base too much on that test. The last time it rained there must have been an inch of water in the #6 cylinder. Blew the water out and just received my new Motorcraft wires, I have a feeling the Pepboy replacements weren't sealing the wells very good. I'm still at a loss at how water got in there though. Maybe splashed up from below??