Engine vibration after cleaning engine bay

[Maori-Nick]

Hiya fella's, right i just cleaned my engine bay, mk2Ph1 99 clio 1.2. Made sure i covered all the electrics with clingfilm (battery etc). I dident use a jetwash cause i dident want to get too much water in if i could help it, used some gunk degreaser, gave it a clean, washed it off, uncovered all the electric parts. Fired it up and got some proper vibration in low revs, i had to rev the engine to keep it going, as soon as i let the rev's down between 0-2000 the engine starts vibrating and looking like it wants to jump out the bay, and then it would cut out.

Any ideas?

 

[jinjur]

Has to be water somewhere matey....check the spark plug wells / coils are dry etc?

J

 

[Maori-Nick]

Yeah just checked, bit of moisture in the one spark plug, dryed it off as best i could. Still same problem though, im startin it every 10 minutes an letting it run for abit with my foot on the revs just over a 1000 try and warm the engine through, must be water somewhere, i dont want to let it freeze over night though cause it might crack something. Trust me to wash my engine on today of all days

 

[Tony Hunter]

It does sound like water in the plug wells,it only needs a small amount,once its in there it has nowhere to go not even evaporate,try to blow it out or use some kitchen roll.

 

[Damo_Sport]

gonna sort likea long shot, but try needle and syringe and sucking it up and get it out that way

 

[LIL B]

I would be looking at water ingress on the ECU aswell.

If it is in the engine bay as per the 1.4/1.6

 

[Maori-Nick]

Ive had the engine running for 20 minutes just at low revs to heat it up, trying to evaporate it , sort of worked, not as vibraty anymore so i imagine it may have rid some of it, my dads coming round after work though, gunna pump warm air in with this machine he has from work and get it out that way, right palava..

 

[jonesyFX]

I would probably say try soaking some up with kitchen roll as said, and maybe try spraying wd40 in and around the spark plugs?

 

[Maori-Nick]

Problem fixed, dried up the water, took it out and it wasent pulling properly, got back, rechecked them, realised i hadent plugged one in lol All fine now though, ready to go into the garage tommorow for induction kit

 

[Ben]

Going to the garage for an induction kit? Jeez how much are you paying for that?

 

[Tony Hunter]

Thanks everybody for your help and advise.

 

[Fred@BTM]

next time DON'T f**king CLEAN THE ENGINE!

 

[Silent_Scone]

alright no need to shout!!!!

Actually, I'm lying, there is. It's a stupid thing to do lol

 

[Maori-Nick]

Not induction kit sorry lol, anti roll bar linkages fixed. I will be havin induction kit done soon though, probably hit up k-tec

 

[jinjur]

next time DON'T f**king CLEAN THE ENGINE!

Harsh Fred....Harsh



But entirely necessary

 

[akaboogie]

water...it a NO NO...

 

[Maori-Nick]

Well this morning it was still doing the way, managed to get it down the garage though, let them sort it, i give up, must be water in something else.

 

[jinjur]

wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy too many electrical bits n bobs under the bonnets of these to get wet

J

 

[Maori-Nick]

Replaced one of the spark plugs, might be abit of water in the coil pack, took it for a drive though and its fine as long as i dont put my foot down, ill give it a week and see whether heating the engine will evaporate any remaining moisture. Probably be best too seeing as i drive like a maniac so i guess im saving petrol. Cheers for peeps who contributed too