After looking at the picture I now need to replace my spark plug cables as well (number 4 cable is white on the bottom). This seems like a poor design on Madza's part. After this I did some checking and found this. This is the best way to get rid of all of the water. 2003: Mazda: Protege: ES Sedan 4-Door: 2.0L 2000CC l4 GAS DOHC Naturally Aspirated. Mazda Protege 2001-2003 L4 2.0L Petrol Sedan Front. Mazda Protege 1999-2003 L4 1.6L Petrol Sedan Front. Using a rag I was able to get most of it out but still there remained some water (what a pain) Then my wife came up with a good idea, run the engine (let it get hot) and unplug the spark plug wires (from the spark plugs, label them of course) and let it sit for an hour. Mazda Protege 1995-1998 L4 1.5L Petrol Sedan Front. I though I was careful but I managed to get water in the spark plug holes and man did the car run badly (check engine light on) I was able to get it home, I figured I had gotten water in those spark plug holes. Then I took the car to the car-wash to wash the engine so I could monitor the oil leak (make sure I fixed it) This is where I screwed up. (it was leaking oil not a lot but still) It went smoothly (about 30 min) and I was up and running. With down in the holes already looking dry, the 6 hours of hot sun would likely be enough if the plug wires are removed for the period.Over the weekend I decided to change my valve cover gasket on my 2000 protege. If there's a lot of water being held in the sparkplug holes, 6 hours in the sun alone, may not be long enough. Performance problems from the engine area getting wet often resolve by nothing more than that. The only electrical drying I recommend be manually done is down in the sparkplug holes, and the exposed ends of the sparkplug wires. Good luck, it is a real bitch to remove, it took forever to remove it. It is not shown in any of the pics of engine bays you posted. Once restarted OK, don't forget to reset your codes. The coolant temp sensor is located behind and underneath the EGR (to the right of the power steering fluid can). When Miata engines are being cleaned, I recommend to not even attempt a start until after sitting at least two hours in the hot sun. It's unlikely permanent electrical damage has already occurred, but still, it's a good idea to not operate the engine, or the car's electrics otherwise, until everything has returned to being good and dry. An electric fan blowing in could further assist. To do that, just open the hood and let the hot sun shine in, and the breeze blow by, for at least 6 hours. Given enough time and hot sun, that routinely works. Total car noob here (as evidenced by my screwup above), be gentle.īecause it's so easy for the inexperienced tampering with the Miata's electrical system to generate more electrical faults, I strongly suggest letting time and the sun resolve the problem automatically for you. I have the 95 Workshop manual on pdf, so I imagine I'll have to do the inspection of the coil and maf sensor. I Pulled the plug wires, but they were dry as a bone (plugs and wires replaced 2 months ago) Didn't pull the plugs though. So Ignition Coil or Mass Airflow Sensor or both got wet. On the verge of stalling at idleĭid the paper-clip thing (GND to TEN). I let it sit out in the sun for a couple of hours, hoping that whatever got wet will dry. Just a couple of twigs and a dead bug, atleast I got that out Pulled out the air filter, it wasn't wet and there was no water in the bottom of the box. I could heard hissing or suction from around the air filter box. I let it sit at idle for about 4 minutes, then shut it off. When the oil filter comes off, remove it from the engine bay with the open end facing up to reduce the. It's now sputtering like crazy, oscillating when I try to get above 2k rpm. below the car if you need to use a wrench. spray down with armor-all foaming tire cleanerĪpparently I royally screwed up at steps 2 & 4 and got something wet that shouldn't have been. take for a short drive to further dry things offĩ. spray liberally with 1:1 dilution of simple green // water.Ħ. plastic bags and zip ties on several connectors that weren't plugged into anything. I used the following method from this thread:Ģ. I did a search of the forums and read several threads on the subject. I've had the car ('94) for a couple of months and have had no problems whatsoever.
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