All I did was wash the engine................

[willpoorman]

Washed the engine on my 91 now it wont start. I have good spark, fuel and comp. What happened?

 

[JDMxDB8]

Did you cover the electrical parts? And did you super soak your engine?

 

[willpoorman]

I wash the engine on my civic all the time with no issue but to answer your questions, no and yes.

 

[gotgohan]

you probably either fried a wire, or popped a fuse.. check the fuses, if not check if your engine like is on, if not then let us know

 

[codyDC2]

Pop off your distributor cap, its probably a swimming pool in there

 

[gotgohan]

x2 ^ but he said hes getting spark.

 

[wite2nr]

with spark, fuel, compr, and timing your engine should start. main relay? you are getting spark on all 4 cyl correct?

 

[jdmjim]

Pop off your distributor cap, its probably a swimming pool in there

it will still get some kind of spark, check 4 water in the spark plug tubes

 

[willpoorman]

Hey guys thanks for your help, but check this out, a small amount of water got into the dizzy causing something called a "carbon trail" which made the spark or arc to go all over inside the dizzy. I replaced the cap and rotor and my little hot rod fired right up!l

 

[amaestre32]

Hey guys thanks for your help, but check this out, a small amount of water got into the dizzy causing something called a "carbon trail" which made the spark or arc to go all over inside the dizzy. I replaced the cap and rotor and my little hot rod fired right up!l

Nice job man, was the dizzy that bad that you had to replace it?

 

[willpoorman]

I replaced just the cap and rotor. This carbon trail thing was not visible to the naked (!) eye. All the credit goes to my friend Zack. Thank you bro.

 

[amaestre32]

ohh ok i thought you replaced the whole thing haha. well next time you know to cover your dizzy and if you have a cai that too. also it helps to keep it running while your doing it.

 

[willpoorman]

Thanks, and trust me this lesson I will not soon forget.

 

[amaestre32]

Thanks, and trust me this lesson I will not soon forget.

haha yeah i sure hope not..

 

[gotgohan]

whats cai?