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Old 03-03-2006, 10:27 PM
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need help please!!!!

ok folks heres the deal!! was washing my evo 4 there yesterday an i desided to give under the bonnet a quick once over!! everything was grand untill i went up the road an the car stared to mis-fire when i hit the turbo!! so first thing came to mind that water had got into one of the plugs.... so got home checked the plugs an the first chamber was filled up with water, i got most of the water out an then i took out the plug to give it a quick drying an put it back in again let the car sit for a while running so that it could fully dry up!! went out another spin an everything was grand untill i hit thrid gear an i mis-fired again when i hit the turbo.... so did the same trhing again checked all the plugs an everyone was dry an fine!! went out another run everything was grand for 30mins or so untill it started to mis a bit when i was in the turbo...but dis time not a bad but it is realy wreckein my head!!! could someone please please help an tell me what could be my problem or give me some pointer to find my problem.

cheers michael!!! :-)
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Old 03-03-2006, 10:44 PM
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Have you took the plugs out completely and checked the tips?

Mine did it when i first bought the car, 1 knackered plug, as soon as it came on boost it would in effect blow the spark out
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Old 03-04-2006, 05:04 AM
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You have to be very carefull when you wash under the bonnet cos if youre not carefull you can caucse all sorts of problems for yourself as it looks like you have
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