Trouble After Car Wash

[NateDog]

hey i just washed my car today at the 24hr car wash here in charlotte...
and after i washed it, i started to pull out and my car about died. i thought i was just not pushing the gas enough cause i was wearing sandels. so i tryed to pull out and stomp on it... and my car felt like it was going to die untill i hit 3200rpm's and it kicked hard. my a/f gauge is wacked out now. normally it sways from lean to high ideal, now it hanges out in high ideal and drops to lean when i floor it and jumps to rich when i hit 3200rpm's whats wrong w/ her? it was just a car wash.

[Marlon]

did u was your engine?

[BEERDDWR]

Dude
dry out the spark plug holes.
I’ve done it too

[Casino]

ya dry out the spark plug holes i did the same thing when i switched my timing belt, washed the engine to get rid of grease ( dumb ) water got in the spark plugs. take them out carfully cause you dont want to ruin the wires like i did ( cause they were old ) and just do your best to get the water out. I used an air compressor to blast it out cause i needed my car fixed right away i dont know if you should do that

[NateDog]

well, that is a no go. i looked to see if any water was in the spark plug holes and there was none. its getting worse now. now when i have the car floored it bearly moves untill i hit 3300rpms and when i am half throtal it back fires till i hit 3300rpms is this something serious or what? i have looked at everything and everything looks normal. im calling on monday for a guy that will look at it cheap. and see what im looking at.

[The_Great_Tonge]

plugs and wires, it happened to me. it feels like ur car is a go kart, if so its the plugs/wires.

[Marlon]

<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Nate Dog:
well, that is a no go. i looked to see if any water was in the spark plug holes and there was none. its getting worse now. now when i have the car floored it bearly moves untill i hit 3300rpms and when i am half throtal it back fires till i hit 3300rpms is this something serious or what? i have looked at everything and everything looks normal. im calling on monday for a guy that will look at it cheap. and see what im looking at.<hr></blockquote><p>take your distribtor cap off and see if there is water in there(it's just 2 screws)

[NateDog]

i'll try the distribtor and see what i can come up w/. i thank u all for the help.

[NateDog]

well after all the stuff i have tried, nothing has worked. so i am going to call Mazda and see if i can get it on the computer to see whats wrong.

[jaydog5678]

You may have sucked a little water into the intake track ( through the air filter ). If water hits the air temp sensor in the MAF, it won't stay running for long. Check that when you get the chance.