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Date:         Fri, 4 Dec 2009 17:53:34 -0500
Reply-To:     mordo <helmut.blong@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         mordo <helmut.blong@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Powerwashing FAIL
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Hey, gang. Happy Friday.

Recently, I changed AT oil and filter and was eager to know if I had, at the same time, fixed weeping oil filth. So, I took La Vana Blanca for an engine/trans/diff wash at the local self-serve carwash. I soaked it all up with the engine cleaning selection and then blasted it all with the "powerwash" device. I did all of this with the engine running under the premise that if I got anything sufficiently wet enough to make it shut down, it would be good to know right away. Nice, clean engine and trans, no prob, drove home.

Long story short, I have since not been able to start the engine without coaxing the throttle a bit. It will not hold idle when cold. After coming up to operating temp, it will idle but at about 850 rpm and a little bit lumpy. My question of the collective experience is: what is the most likely component to cause this condition under the conditions described above? BTW, the engine was running very nicely prior to this folly.

Cheers and thanks for any wisdom you can offer.

-- mordo 1990 Carat 2.1l WBX, AT, 171k miles


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