Engine suddenly not starting after cleaning out the engine bay
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Engine suddenly not starting after cleaning out the engine bay
Hi guys,
Yesterday I cleaned out the engine bay with some gunk and then a pressure washer thinking the engine would be fine. It run 20 minutes after cleaning it and letting it dry and so we thought it was fine. We then went to start it again later that day and it just made a clicking noise. We charged the battery overnight and tried again this morning to no prevail. I was just wondering if any of you guys could help and hopefully, it's a quick fix... We gathered it might be electrical but are not entirely sure. I've attached an image of part of the engine bay with 2 loose connections and didn't know if that had any effect so I thought I'd add them anyway. To add to that, the alarm has suddenly started going off whenever I open the door.
Cheers in advance, Tristan.
Yesterday I cleaned out the engine bay with some gunk and then a pressure washer thinking the engine would be fine. It run 20 minutes after cleaning it and letting it dry and so we thought it was fine. We then went to start it again later that day and it just made a clicking noise. We charged the battery overnight and tried again this morning to no prevail. I was just wondering if any of you guys could help and hopefully, it's a quick fix... We gathered it might be electrical but are not entirely sure. I've attached an image of part of the engine bay with 2 loose connections and didn't know if that had any effect so I thought I'd add them anyway. To add to that, the alarm has suddenly started going off whenever I open the door.
Cheers in advance, Tristan.
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Re: Engine suddenly not starting after cleaning out the engine bay
First thing I’d check is water in your spark plug wells and then the distributor. Loose wire appears to be something associated with alarm as not factory.
Jim
Jim
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Re: Engine suddenly not starting after cleaning out the engine bay
Cheers Jim,
Found out that it was down to a loose connection at one of the battery connections. All fixed now.
Cheers anyway.
Found out that it was down to a loose connection at one of the battery connections. All fixed now.
Cheers anyway.