washed car and now it will not start, not even with a jump

Asked by kennyd17 Dec 25, 2008 at 04:37 PM about the 1990 Honda Prelude 2 Dr S Coupe

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

1990 honda prelude

9 Answers

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the same happened to me recently, look in the dizzy and the where the sparks sit. Blow them out with compressed air and see if that doesnt work

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You're making an assumption. He never said he washed under the hood; it was just a reasonable question on my part.

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If you washed under the hood you probably sprayed water on the plug wires...Take the plug wires off the distributer and spray WD-40 on the distributer pronges. This will displace the water and should start you up. If you didnt wash under the hood disregard....

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Ok but why can I push start it and I did push start it right away and for the last week so it's not any electrical connectors

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