[Mk2] [Turbo] washed my car now there is no boost and only running on 3 cylinders

[sl8ter]

i washed my car on thursday and its not boosting at all and seems to be running on 3 cylinders any ideas on whats hapend and how do i fix it

[DannyW]

water in the sparkplug wells possibly. pull the leads out of the holes and spray WD40 down there, it may well do the trick.

[fearless]

you have well flooded your ignition system buy the sounds of things did you jetwash your engine by any chance, as said dry out leads, plugs, dizzy cap and all your multiplugs or give it a few days to dry out by itself may take a while though that way

[sl8ter]

never washed the engine and av took the dizy cap off and dryed that im gona try the wd40 down the holes now

[fearless]

hmmm not heard that before had my car well soaked but never had that before mines an n/a though, i suppose tubbys have different engine covers and may let more water into engine mind you in saying that dont engine lids have rain covers on them to help this

[sl8ter]

ok iv took the leads of and put wd40 down there and its just the same whats happening is its starts no probs and seems to tick over ok but when you start to move thers a noise from the engine like its just running on 3 cylinders and thers no boost and it wants to cut out altogether but it starts agian no problem

[dansREV2turbo]

take the ht leads out and mop the water out first with rag, spraying wd40 onto water wont make it evaporate!

[sl8ter]

yea i done that first but there was no water down there. i think ill change the plugs any way .what plugs should i get and iv just orderd a new dizzy cap and rotar arm as they look a bit f@:>@

[sl8ter]

ok iv changed the dizy cap,rotar arm and spark plugs but my car still seems to be running on 3 cylinders can any one think of any thing else that would be making this happen

[kerazee]

could be coincidence that a HT lead has failed?

[sl8ter]

ok i took the plugs out again and put them on the ht leads, im geting a spark so the plugs and ht leads are fine but it still runs bad

[Charged]

If it is REV1/2 spec then I recommend you check the AFM. I had a similar problem with mine and it was the AFM flap stuck open.

[sl8ter]

If it is REV1/2 spec then I recommend you check the AFM. I had a similar problem with mine and it was the AFM flap stuck open.

yea its a rev2 and iv just bought a afm of a member on heer hope fully it should be heer next week ,im gona do a compression test tomorrow and see if any thing is wrong there. could it be a f?@: injector ?