VN Will Not Start After Washing Engine

[joe seinfeld]

i was hosing my engine down with a normal hose, not high pressure hose, i covered the battery, the fuses and i didnt aim the water at any electrical clips.

I started the engine after washing it, started first time

I barely touched the accelerator to rev it a little and the car died.

Tried to start it again but it wouldn't kick. it was turning over but the engine would not start....


I checked all the clips int he engine for water and i check all the spark plugs. I also tried hitting the fuel filter as the car was pretty low on fuel and thought MAYBE it pulled some sludge from the bottom of the tank and isn't allowing fuel to pump to the engine?

If anyone has any idea why my car isnt bloody starting it would be much appreciated.

*As a side note it is a VN with a series 2 VP engine in it.

Thanks guys

[social]

water in the intake?
top it up with fuel?

[joe seinfeld]

yer i chucked another 20l of fuel in her.

i don't think there was any water in the intake.

Oh and another thing the air intake wasnt blocked, checked all that.

Really struggling here, its got me stumped and now im without a car.

[tyrone]

this happened to a vn of mine once got the compressor out and blew all the injector plugs leads coils everything out and it started must have had water somewhere the car didnt like just leave it over night let it all dry up and see what you get 2moro i wouldnt be to worried if it was fine before it can only be water somewhere the car doesnt want it just give it time or as i did get a compressor and blow it all out

[joe seinfeld]

ohh ok, ill give that a shot. Thanks mate

So many times it sounded like it was going to start. it would begin to kick and then die out, thats why we thought it might be because of a lack of fuel, but really there was enough in the tank. ive got a mate with a VR who runs his below the last line and nothing bad has happened yet.

Anyone else had the same thing happen just to put me at ease or had the same solution as tyrone? really panicking at the moment as ive got so many things coming up in the next few days and being without a set of wheels is going to kill me

[joe seinfeld]

Any other ideas/experiences guys?

anyone had the same problem when watering down their engine?

at the moment im just hopin to god its dry like tyrone said tomorrow morning

Thanks again

[joe seinfeld]

was stumped so got the RACV to come out and the guy told me from the error codes it was the crank angle sensor. We also tried a new dfi module so it wasnt that.

It would only spark once, and he said the plugs are meant to spark like crazy. so it wasnt a fuel problem.

Im picking up a new one tonight, and i can get my hands on a balancer puller from a mate, im just not really sure where to go from there?

anyone replaced their crank angle sensor before? my mate whos got one only does on em on his race car so hes not 100% sure what hes doin on my holden.

If anyone could give me some words of advice it would be much appreciated

[Denso]

exact same thing happened to my vp, it was because the coil was wet. i just left if for a few hours in the sun with the bonnet open and she started fine bloody holden peices of crap cant even take a splash.

[donboy2000]

maybe some water got into to the plug on the back of the dfi module. give it a blow out with air and spray with water dipersant.
Just an Idea. Hope it works.

[Tim Smtih]

I didn't have any trouble, although i did let it drip dry and then hit it with RP7. Then left it overnight and it started perfectly the next day.

[kym192]

i had the same problem in my vt after i gave it a was didnt want to start ended up being the crank angle sensor and all i can say is have fun getting the ballencer off took me age's to get the thing off but once its off its only two little bolts and its off

[joe seinfeld]

i had the same problem in my vt after i gave it a was didnt want to start ended up being the crank angle sensor and all i can say is have fun getting the ballencer off took me age's to get the thing off but once its off its only two little bolts and its off

yehh ive given all the drying stiff a shot, still death.

bought a new CAS today and wanted to put it in myself.

Whats the hard part about it??? ive read a few things on how to do it but got no idea what this puller tool is?
How likely am i to sh*it somethin up the wall trying to do it myself.

Ive got a mate whos got a puller but he didnt wanna do ti for me incase he killed something

[donboy2000]

If it is your crank angle sensor get yourself a set of pullers you will need 6mm bolts for the pullers .

[vn_v6]

its not hard, im 16 and did it fine the first time

[joe seinfeld]

its not hard, im 16 and did it fine the first time

any trick to it??

just had so many people say its nearly impossible to get the gap right when puttin it back on and if its slightly off it will smash the CAS and therefore put my wallet out again a shit load

[donboy2000]

mate when I bought my vn I had to change the harmonic balancer. What I noticed was the CAS is only held in buy two bolts. Now when I bought the harmonic balancer, The spare parts place wanted to see the old one because there are 2 different parts one pre 1990 and one post 1990. the difference is the length of the blades on the back of the balancer. As far as I'm concerned the only trouble that can happen is if you butcher the harmonic balancer.
After removing the belt and radiator . The bolt on the front of the HB can be pretty tight. What worked for me was, putting the right sized socket on thr bolt on the front of the hb then attach a breaker bar and make sure you have it touching the ground on the passenger side of the car and just for a split second turn the ignition so the startermotor turns a fraction. (If this doesn't work then you will have to try something else) now get your pullers with your 6mm bolts and screw them into the three holes . then use a shifter or spanner tighten the centre bolt on the pullers until it eventually comes off. If it is stubborn, lightly tap the hb with preferably a mallet but you can use a hammer trying not to do any damage. this should exposes the CAS and the 2 securing bolts. Take the bolts out and unclip the wire plug.
I hope that helps lol. Good luck.

[joe seinfeld]

mate when I bought my vn I had to change the harmonic balancer. What I noticed was the CAS is only held in buy two bolts. Now when I bought the harmonic balancer, The spare parts place wanted to see the old one because there are 2 different parts one pre 1990 and one post 1990. the difference is the length of the blades on the back of the balancer. As far as I'm concerned the only trouble that can happen is if you butcher the harmonic balancer.
After removing the belt and radiator . The bolt on the front of the HB can be pretty tight. What worked for me was, putting the right sized socket on thr bolt on the front of the hb then attach a breaker bar and make sure you have it touching the ground on the passenger side of the car and just for a split second turn the ignition so the startermotor turns a fraction. (If this doesn't work then you will have to try something else) now get your pullers with your 6mm bolts and screw them into the three holes . then use a shifter or spanner tighten the centre bolt on the pullers until it eventually comes off. If it is stubborn, lightly tap the hb with preferably a mallet but you can use a hammer trying not to do any damage. this should exposes the CAS and the 2 securing bolts. Take the bolts out and unclip the wire plug.
I hope that helps lol. Good luck.

cool thanks heaps man, ill give that a shot when it comes in on monday. ill let ya know how it turns out.

now i just gotta get my hands on a breaker bar

[donboy2000]

Too easy.