Topic: Nedd help to fix my Jeep via remote control...

[jfrabat]

OK, so here's the deal: as you know, I have my Jeep in Panama while I live in Costa Rica.  The issue started when my dad got the bright idea of cleaning my engine (which I already had done, so there was no necessity to do this!).  He did, and when he started the Jeep afterwards, it was not running right, so he turned it off.  After a few hours, he went to start it up again, and it turned, but did not fire.

According to him, he sprayed cleaner onto the engine, and then rinsed it off with a garden hose (no pressure).  he did not cover ANY of the sensors or electronic components, though...  Exactly how much water he used, i can only speculate...

I had him check the fuel rail for pressure (as some of you may remember, a bad fuel pump left me in the middle of the highway when I drove the Jeep to the port to ship it to Panama), and there was pressure there, so it seems fuel is not the problem.  That means spark.  I do have an extra coil in the Jeep that I can test when I get there, but I am not sure if he could have ruined the distributor when he rinsed the engine...  If so, what am I looking at?  Rotor and cap or worse?

By the way, he already checked that the sensors are properly connected, and he says they are, at least the TPS, IAS, MAP and CPS...

[sharpxmen]

take the rotor cap out - sometimes there's condensation after washing the engine - blow dry it, do the same for the wires and spark plug holes (make sure there's no water there). This is the least troubling scenario, other ones might involve contacts, but mind you all of the jeep ones are weatherpack connectors so they should be waterproof.

[Dylan]

take the rotor cap out - sometimes there's condensation after washing the engine - blow dry it, do the same for the wires and spark plug holes (make sure there's no water there). This is the least troubling scenario, other ones might involve contacts, but mind you all of the jeep ones are weatherpack connectors so they should be waterproof.

X2... had the same thing happen to me once, water in the dist cap after a rinse.

[jfrabat]

I'll ask him to take apart the distributor and make sure everything is all dried up inside...  Thanks for the replies!

[oldjeep]

x3 except don't blow it dry with air, use something like wd40 that displaces water.

[drunkencityworker]

number 1reason when i wash mine i leave running. if it starts to shutter or stall stop spraying that area

[jfrabat]

x3 except don't blow it dry with air, use something like wd40 that displaces water.

WD40 INSIDE the distributor?  Won´t it catch fire with the spark in there?

[mrcabinet]

No, it won't catch on fire. The propellant is what makes it flammable. I used to do this all the time - WD inside and then duct tape a bag on the outside before we'd do alot of water running.

[sharpxmen]

WD40 INSIDE the distributor?  Won´t it catch fire with the spark in there?

never tried that, i would just make sure there's no water inside or condensation and use compressed air and a hairdryer afterwards. I heard of brakeclean but didn't tried that either.

[sma97tj]

wd stand for water displacment 40th attempt   it works

[dwtaylorpdx]

Just make sure you keep WD40 off sealed bearings, it will wick right
past the seals, thin the grease out and reduce the bearings life.

I did get in a hurry once, sprayed the WD40 and it "popped" when I cranked it.

Spray the cap out and let it dry for a couple minutes before you put it back on...

Dave

[jeeper78]

Spray brake cleaner on the places where you want to displace water. It forces the water out and then dries within seconds. Plus it's great for cleaning oil, grease and anything else you have off. It even works as a hornet/wasp killer! I always keep at least three cans of it in my tool box.

[dwtaylorpdx]

Brake kleen is also bad mojo for sealed bearings, if you have a rear C-clip eliminator from ARB
they used sealed rear bearings and my kit had a warning placard in it about using solvents
around the bearings. Of course I solved that issue by tossing the D35 for a 44 with standard
rear bearings. The others to watch out for are the idler pulleys and your alternator and AC pump.
They all have permanently lubricated bearings as well and should not have cleaners sprayed in them..


Dave

[jfrabat]

Brake kleen is also bad mojo for sealed bearings, if you have a rear C-clip eliminator from ARB
they used sealed rear bearings and my kit had a warning placard in it about using solvents
around the bearings. Of course I solved that issue by tossing the D35 for a 44 with standard
rear bearings.

Dave, you lost me here; I think you did not read the upper posts...  The brake cleaner would go into the distributor cap (nowhere near the D35).

The others to watch out for are the idler pulleys and your alternator and AC pump.
They all have permanently lubricated bearings as well and should not have cleaners sprayed in them..

These are closer to the distributor...

[sharpxmen]

Dave, you lost me here; I think you did not read the upper posts...  The brake cleaner would go into the distributor cap (nowhere near the D35).

These are closer to the distributor...

 
that was freakin' funny

on another note, i would think that the water is gone by now, did your dad got it started?