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2G Car won’t start after being cleaned

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bo0st2

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Dec 25, 2023
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I had a guy pressure wash the car engines bay since it was dirty and now my 2G DSM won’t start is it likely we got water somewhere where it shouldn’t be and what should we do now?

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Give the car a day to dry out. It's possible some water got into a connector and is grounding out a signal. Also, make a check of the connectors all around the engine bay to see if any came apart or are loose. If you need to get the car running immediately, you could try using compressed air or electrical contact cleaner to dry out any connectors.

The main sensors you are looking for are your cam and crank position sensors. It's also possible water got down into the spark plug ports and is grounding out the spark before it gets to your plugs. Compressed air will take care of that (or some paper towels and time).
 
Give the car a day to dry out. It's possible some water got into a connector and is grounding out a signal. Also, make a check of the connectors all around the engine bay to see if any came apart or are loose. If you need to get the car running immediately, you could try using compressed air or electrical contact cleaner to dry out any connectors.
The main sensors you are looking for are your cam and crank position sensors. It's also possible water got down into the spark plug ports and is grounding out the spark before it gets to your plugs. Compressed air will take care of that (or some paper towels and time).
Thank you for the quick reply I appreciate the advice will definitely try this out!
 
My Guy and I checked and we don’t see any water anywhere, but maybe this guy is an idiot? Anyone in Arizona willing to make some money want to come out and take a look?
Your profile shows you have ECMLink, have you tried doing a key on/crank data log to see if all sensors are populating data? May lead you in the right direction. Checked all fuses as well?
 
Your profile shows you have ECMLink, have you tried doing a key on/crank data log to see if all sensors are populating data? May lead you in the right direction. Checked all fuses as well?
I will try that later today when I have more time and I will post another video for now. I have this video over here and if you guys could take a look at it and give me some advice where we could look, I would really appreciate it. Thanks again
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I had a guy pressure wash the car engines bay since it was dirty and now my 2G DSM won’t start is it likely we got water somewhere where it shouldn’t be and what should we do now?

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Maybe try getting it dirty again!

Jokes aside try vacuuming out bad water places
Intake
Near the injectors
Mighta fried some circuits in the process
 
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