Washed Car/Engine.. now Problem

[marezmichael]

Originally Posted by 97SupraTT

I would say that we need to find out for sure what those warning lights are. If you cant tell then maybe someone else can get on here that knows or can look at their car or owner books. I dont have my car or books available right now to look at. You could also see if any codes come up.

i know the one by the fuel and temp gauge is the ABS light.
as far as the other light is an ! with a triangle around it, thats about the tach

[97SupraTT]

Originally Posted by marezmichael

i know the one by the fuel and temp gauge is the ABS light.
as far as the other light is an ! with a triangle around it, thats about the tach

Well the light that you described sounds like a general coution light. My supra is in storage in the states (I didnt want to bring it to Guam) so I cant look at it. I bet if you checked for codes you would get something.

[marezmichael]

ok, so a mechanic here told me to either take everything apart or just drive through the problem.
I don't have the time, nor money to take the entire engine apart, so I just continued to drive through the problem, now no more rough idling. car runs as it did before.

thanks to everyone that tried to help, its greatly appreciated

[97SupraTT]

Originally Posted by marezmichael

ok, so a mechanic here told me to either take everything apart or just drive through the problem.
I don't have the time, nor money to take the entire engine apart, so I just continued to drive through the problem, now no more rough idling. car runs as it did before.

thanks to everyone that tried to help, its greatly appreciated

Thats odd. Did you end up changing the cap and wires? I wouldn't have seen a reason to take the engine apart anyhow.

[marezmichael]

before hand, no I did not.
i have recently changed the wire from the distro cap to the coilover i believe.

waiting on the new distro cap from the states to arrive..

also, would anyone know how to install a digital speedometer?!?

[pwpanas]

Originally Posted by marezmichael

...i have recently changed the wire from the distro cap to the coil...

Do you think it would be reasonable to conclude that wire was the source of the rough idle? ...at the very least, optimistically one could hope that is the case I'd suggest. Please let us know if that rough idle returns.

[marezmichael]

Originally Posted by pwpanas

Do you think it would be reasonable to conclude that wire was the source of the rough idle? ...at the very least, optimistically one could hope that is the case I'd suggest. Please let us know if that rough idle returns.

I'm hoping that it was, but then again it could been that the engine electronics were just wet and over time dried off. but if it does continue, i'll re-post..

also, do you know how to install digital gauges? i just recently purchased Drift's digital speedo, tach, and fuel level gauges and hoping that I install them myself..