Hey everybody. Im hoping one of my fellow SHO owners can bail me out... Again!... 2 weeks ago, I had a perfectly running 93 atx, with 120 on the clock, until I decided to spray the engine off. It has not run right since.
So heres what happened... I sprayed the engine off for about 2 minutes, when it was cold, and not running. Afterwards, I try to start it, and get absolutely nothing but a sputtering engine that is on the verge of firing up. So I look around the engine, and i notice that the front 3 plug wires had come unsnapped a little. (Im guessing from the force of the water.) I go ahead and pull the wires all the way off and see that all 3 plug holes are full of water. I think well, thats gotta be it. So I suck all the water out with a shop vac, pull the plugs and clean them, (which they looked fine) and wiped off the wires as best i could, and put it back together. I go to start it, and it fires right up... Then i try to drive it, and its just a mess. I drove it for about an hour thinking I needed to get the engine good and hot, let everything dry out, and it would correct itself. Wrong..... Now the car is down at least 100 - 150 hp, is constantly backfiring, idles rough at about 500 RPM, and getting roughly 7 or 8 miles a gallon on fuel. The unburnt gas fumes from the exhaust are overwhelming. The car seemed to run worse as it got warmer, and eventually died on me, and left me stranded... I checked the engine codes doing the KOEO test and got a code for an EGR something, but thats been throwing that code for 5 years now, with no past driveability problems. I try the KOER test and get nothing. For whatever reason, the scanner, or the cars computer, or ??? just wouldnt run the test.
So I had the car towed to a "mechanic", who has a "6 thousand dollar engine scanner", and "30 years of experience". Today I find out, he grossly exaggerated his "engine scanner" and "30 years experience", and told me he doesnt have the first clue what is wrong with it, is unable to hook it up to his machine, has never even seen an SHO engine, and that im pretty much on my own, and to come get it. So Im wondering has anyone else ever done this, and maybe have an idea of what it is, or what to check? Or do I file this under the this kinda shit only happens to me, mortgage the house, and have it towed to the Ford dealer??? Thanks for any replies in advance
So heres what happened... I sprayed the engine off for about 2 minutes, when it was cold, and not running. Afterwards, I try to start it, and get absolutely nothing but a sputtering engine that is on the verge of firing up. So I look around the engine, and i notice that the front 3 plug wires had come unsnapped a little. (Im guessing from the force of the water.) I go ahead and pull the wires all the way off and see that all 3 plug holes are full of water. I think well, thats gotta be it. So I suck all the water out with a shop vac, pull the plugs and clean them, (which they looked fine) and wiped off the wires as best i could, and put it back together. I go to start it, and it fires right up... Then i try to drive it, and its just a mess. I drove it for about an hour thinking I needed to get the engine good and hot, let everything dry out, and it would correct itself. Wrong..... Now the car is down at least 100 - 150 hp, is constantly backfiring, idles rough at about 500 RPM, and getting roughly 7 or 8 miles a gallon on fuel. The unburnt gas fumes from the exhaust are overwhelming. The car seemed to run worse as it got warmer, and eventually died on me, and left me stranded... I checked the engine codes doing the KOEO test and got a code for an EGR something, but thats been throwing that code for 5 years now, with no past driveability problems. I try the KOER test and get nothing. For whatever reason, the scanner, or the cars computer, or ??? just wouldnt run the test.
So I had the car towed to a "mechanic", who has a "6 thousand dollar engine scanner", and "30 years of experience". Today I find out, he grossly exaggerated his "engine scanner" and "30 years experience", and told me he doesnt have the first clue what is wrong with it, is unable to hook it up to his machine, has never even seen an SHO engine, and that im pretty much on my own, and to come get it. So Im wondering has anyone else ever done this, and maybe have an idea of what it is, or what to check? Or do I file this under the this kinda shit only happens to me, mortgage the house, and have it towed to the Ford dealer??? Thanks for any replies in advance
