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washed car..wont start..

Old 06-06-2007, 01:28 AM
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Let it sit and dry for a few hours, maybe fan dry the motor area a little and then try. I'm pretty sure its shorted out somewhere. Maybe it shorted the battery out and it drained.
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Old 06-06-2007, 02:19 AM
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there cant be anyway possible way that the car didnt start because of a wash...i think that thats more of a coinsidence then anything.....cuz i mean unless that was one hell of a wash and this guy doesnt mess around when it comes to spraying **** with the hoes then if there are some kind of open hot wire that got wet..it could of shorted somthing out but thats just goofy even talking about that
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Old 06-06-2007, 03:28 AM
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Like I said, let it sit long enough for everything to dry and evaporate, and if it doesnt start, you got some issues to figure out.
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Old 06-06-2007, 04:35 AM
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Maybe he rinsed out all the blinker fluid.
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Old 06-06-2007, 08:55 AM
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yep thats what happend he deff rinsed all the blinker fluid all gone lol
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Old 06-06-2007, 04:12 PM
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The mechanic near my house said its really expensive to get blinker fluid replaced, maybe you'll have better luck
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Old 06-06-2007, 04:44 PM
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ORIGINAL: 92whitelightning

there cant be anyway possible way that the car didnt start because of a wash...i think that thats more of a coinsidence then anything.....cuz i mean unless that was one hell of a wash and this guy doesnt mess around when it comes to spraying **** with the hoes then if there are some kind of open hot wire that got wet..it could of shorted somthing out but thats just goofy even talking about that
i actually laughed out loud at that
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Old 06-06-2007, 05:52 PM
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I washed my motor once.....wouldn't turn over. I dried the inside of the distributor cap.....started right up!

I know you say he didn't go under the hood....but I thought I would share my experience with you anyway
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Old 06-06-2007, 07:13 PM
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has he tried it today?
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Old 06-06-2007, 07:22 PM
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I washed my motor once.....wouldn't turn over. I dried the inside of the distributor cap.....started right up!

I know you say he didn't go under the hood....but I thought I would share my experience with you anyway
That doesn't make sense... The coil doesn't allow the motor to turn over, the starter does. Even if the motor gets no spark (wet disty), it'll still crank unless there's a starter problem.
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