View Full Version : Car drops in revs quickly then stalls :'(
kemicalx
28-09-2003, 02:46 PM
Just before i went to take my new (to me) car around to the car wash to give the seats a clean however before i got there i found the car stalling as soon as i would release the accelerator, the rev's would drop quickly then the car would turn off. Could this have anything to do with overheating? allthough the temp gauge showed it was ok when we got it home there was steam comming out of the radiator and steam (i think) comming off the engine. We could smell the engine before had even pulled in to the driveway. The car is a 1990 Mazda 323 Astina.
I recently inmstalled a stereo and a few cables throughout the car, is it likely i damaged anything that way?
Cosmo Dude
28-09-2003, 08:03 PM
Is your car a twin-cam?
If you have filled the holes that the sparkplugs live in with water that may cause your trouble.
Rod
sirex
28-09-2003, 08:29 PM
Is your car a twin-cam?
If you have filled the holes that the sparkplugs live in with water that may cause your trouble.
Rod
Haha, I had this problem in my CRX, it kept running on three, but it sounded like a Subaru :twisted:
It's a bit of a buggger getting the water out, try compressed air :D
kemicalx
29-09-2003, 11:48 AM
well, i have just recently washed the engine bay. but the thing is. The car was driving ok for a while then after being parked in a car park with me listening to a CD started ****ing up. Today i'll check the distro and plugs for water.
Toyboy
29-09-2003, 01:36 PM
yeah there is a good chance that your spark plug wells have water in them dude :P
It happened to me when i polished and washed my rocker cover,drive to a servo and use there tyre pump to blow out the water if any is found in there :D
kemicalx
29-09-2003, 01:45 PM
well i just pulled the covers off the spark plugs, and there doesn't appear to be any water in them...
kemicalx
29-09-2003, 01:46 PM
oh, and i have a heat gun. Could i use that to evaporate any residue on the plugs? or would putting heat directly onto the plugs be dangerous?
id say they'd be pretty used to heat from the engine anyway.
maybe u've got a crack inside a ignition wire. have u checked each plug to see that it sparks ?
kemicalx
29-09-2003, 02:36 PM
*not a mechanic*
How do i do that Dogo? It' going in for a full service in a couple of weeks would it be worth just waiting for them to look it over?
never done it, but i think u can check by ( one at a time ) :
taking the plug out. plugging the ignition wire into it.
start the car, touch the spark plug thread against the engine body . if the plug sparks between the terminals, ur ok. if it doesnt somethings wrong.
im not a mech either. maybe if someone else could please confirm this before u try it coz i dont want u to wreckt something
other than that, maybe an internet search will draw up some useful information ...
Dave
Smikey
29-09-2003, 04:45 PM
I got my car detailed, and they steam cleaned the engine bay. Course water got into there and similar thing happened, the car was misfiring/ struggling to stay running then stopping to a stall. So they drove it round, pulled out the sparks, and got high pressure air hose + water dispersion spray to clean that H20 outta there = fixed
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