How stupid could I be?
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How stupid could I be?
I have to share my stupidity with the world:
After neglecting my motor's hygene for quite some time...
I decided it was time to give her a bath. I covered the alternator and wrapped the intake filter in a plastic bag.
I proceeded to do my thing, then used a leaf blower to get all the water out of the nooks and crannys.
Happy that she was clean and as dry as she'd get without running her; i cranked her up.
Well my pony ran for a few seconds and died. Not the end of the world!
I cranked her again and she died again??
Getting frustrated I decided to give her a long, hard cranking. (I figured I might have gotten some excess water somewhere it wasn't supposed to be but as she was compliant for a few seconds each time she just needed some urging).
All this to no avail.
Well my next step was to get out and look under the hood to see what I screwed up.
Popped the hood, guess what I saw:
I forgot to remove the bag from the intake.
My filter had crushed down to 1/3 it's original size.
dum, dum, dum, dum, ddduuummmmm!
After removing the filter, I was able to push it back out from the inside; it now resembles the filter on a Salvador Dali edition GT. It is however still "air tight" and will stay on my car till I dig up another $40.
We live, we learn.
After neglecting my motor's hygene for quite some time...
I decided it was time to give her a bath. I covered the alternator and wrapped the intake filter in a plastic bag.
I proceeded to do my thing, then used a leaf blower to get all the water out of the nooks and crannys.
Happy that she was clean and as dry as she'd get without running her; i cranked her up.
Well my pony ran for a few seconds and died. Not the end of the world!
I cranked her again and she died again??
Getting frustrated I decided to give her a long, hard cranking. (I figured I might have gotten some excess water somewhere it wasn't supposed to be but as she was compliant for a few seconds each time she just needed some urging).
All this to no avail.
Well my next step was to get out and look under the hood to see what I screwed up.
Popped the hood, guess what I saw:
I forgot to remove the bag from the intake.
My filter had crushed down to 1/3 it's original size.
dum, dum, dum, dum, ddduuummmmm!
After removing the filter, I was able to push it back out from the inside; it now resembles the filter on a Salvador Dali edition GT. It is however still "air tight" and will stay on my car till I dig up another $40.
We live, we learn.
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Hate to admit it, but I did the exact same thing a couple years ago. Had a Tacoma S-Runner I was cleaning up to sell (I had just picked up the first Mustang), and bagged the K&N on the truck. Ran a couple of seconds, then died. I didn't do the long crank like you did, so my filter was just dented, but I bought a new one for the kid I sold it to anyway.
You are not alone.
You are not alone.
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Thanks for sharing that with up Darral. It takes big ones to laugh at oneself. I can assure you that we all do things like that but most of us will keep it to ourselves. No harm done other than a small bruise to your ego.
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Heh. Nice goin'! Can't say I haven't done my fair share of dum...just DUM stuff to my baby.
BTW, I want a Salvador Dali edition Mustang. That'd be awesome! Forget suspension! This baby melts around corners so fast you'll go to pieces!
BTW, I want a Salvador Dali edition Mustang. That'd be awesome! Forget suspension! This baby melts around corners so fast you'll go to pieces!
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hey i hate to hijack the thread but how did you clean your motor, did you just use a garden hose with low pressure ( no nozzle or finger infront of opening) or did you use a high pressure nozzle
#12
Modern fuel injection systems don't do this. I this particular case the engine management system would have been able to detect the absence of intake air that the plastic bag created and most likely would have put less fuel in so no harm done except for a damaged air filter and a bruised ego.
#14
NTTAWWT
On the old carbed cars, just pump the gas a few times, before cranking. As for the filter, you're not the only one, my neighbor did it twice...in the same day. Are the alternator and intake the only things that need covering?
#15
I'm glad I've outgrown that phase.
#16
IMO, neither one needs covering. Just don't go spraying water directly on or up your airfilter/intake tube and you're ok.
Let us not forget people that engine compartments are fully exposed to the elements. We drive them in the rain. Alternators, junction boxes and all those elecrical connections are made with that in mind.
I don't and never will cover anything in the engine compartment, and I'll never have a problem becasue of it. I never have yet.
Let us not forget people that engine compartments are fully exposed to the elements. We drive them in the rain. Alternators, junction boxes and all those elecrical connections are made with that in mind.
I don't and never will cover anything in the engine compartment, and I'll never have a problem becasue of it. I never have yet.
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Either you're late at posting this over here, or someone somewhere else did the same exact thing a few months ago.
Haha, I found it. Dont feel so bad
It includes the pics for ya mrkabc
http://www.allfordmustangs.com/forum...-done-yet.html
Haha, I found it. Dont feel so bad
It includes the pics for ya mrkabc
http://www.allfordmustangs.com/forum...-done-yet.html
#18
Either you're late at posting this over here, or someone somewhere else did the same exact thing a few months ago.
Haha, I found it. Dont feel so bad
It includes the pics for ya mrkabc
http://www.allfordmustangs.com/forum...-done-yet.html
Haha, I found it. Dont feel so bad
It includes the pics for ya mrkabc
http://www.allfordmustangs.com/forum...-done-yet.html
Unrelated thought: That Steeda shroud sure looks a lot better than my C&L one does! I wonder if Tillman will ever make those shrouds he promised us nine months ago...