October 24, 200322 yr Hi All, This morning I degreased the engine. All went well and my 92 Loyale started right up afterwords. So... I let it run for 15 minutes to "dry". Later, I got in to drive and pressed the button for "heat". It seemed like the AC tried to kick on for a second then the RPM's dropped way down. The engine sputted, coughed and stalled. When I tried to restart it, the car back-fired really loudly in the engine compartment and then wouldn't start. What happened? Any ideas? T.J.
October 24, 200322 yr Sounds like you go the distributor cap wet...take it off and look for signs of moisture. Wipe out with dry rag and then shoot it up with some WD-40...should be good to go! Also check your dook-nougat! Josh!
October 24, 200322 yr it could be the skinny vac line for the heat selection, the one that goes into the passenger strut tower
October 25, 200322 yr I wouldn't say wet disty because it would have been wet on start up. He ran it for 15 minutes afterwards before this happened. I could agree on the vac line only if the spray knocked it loose (close to being off) and then your running the engine caused it to come off. Because if it was off directly from the spray he would have experienced the problem on start up. You could also check the spark plug wires to make sure they didn't come loost from the disty cap or coil. Boz
October 25, 200322 yr i have sprayed cars while running, ran them for a while, turn them off for a minute, then they dont start. water in the cap. happened twice, they were both soobs!!
October 25, 200322 yr That was my reply! But I will give that one to you because I have only seen that happen once.... Josh
October 25, 200322 yr Author Hi All, There was water in the distributor and one of the plug wires had worn insulation from rubbing against the engine. I replace the cap and plugs and it started right up! T.J.
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