so i go and wash my motor today cuz it was all grimey. did the exact same procedure i always go through except today i think i messed something up. warmed the motor up, sprayed on the simple green and let sit for a few minutes. then i took water to it and drove it down the street. heres where it went all nutty. so i drive about a mile and both the check engine and tcs light came on and the engine shut of. wouldnt start. so then i put it in park and restarted and it cranked back up. so i got back on the road. well it kept doing the same thing over and over. took it autozone and had them read the codes. well thier code reader wouldnt even work with my car. kept saying error. so i drove it some more and it would go farther every time. so i took it on the free way and the samething. if i hit the gas hard it goes to 3k acts like its hitting the rev limiter and then dies. if i ease into the gas and i mean really slow i can get it up to whatever speed i want. so i drove it around on the freeway for 15 or so min got off and then tried going slow and it repeated it all over again. anyone have any ideas what it might be. im think a coil since we dont have a distributor.

 

spray wd40 on every electrical thing you can get to, and stop washing the engine like that!

 

ive done it this was for years. its done correctly. im assuming you thought i took a power washer to it. water hose low pressure

 

water and cleaner had to have gotten into something- so regardless of how gentle a rinse it got- WD40 everything- coils- alternator- any connectors you can reach- check the fuseboxes for a blown circuit etc.
I am just trying to help

 

thanks 01tl

 

i would pull apart most of the electrical connections you see and make sure they are dry. Spray wd40 on them like stated above or get some dielectric grease for the connections.

 

fixed. damn screwy ass cars

 

what was it??