steam clean = a lot of water underneath car
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steam clean = a lot of water underneath car
Tomorrow I am changing oil and a bunch of other things in the engine, so before I changed the oil I wanted to do the "steam clean". Well after doing it today , there was a big puddle of water underneath my car. I didn't notice the puddle as I was doing it, but when it done I saw a lot of water on the floor. I smelled it and it was just water, not coolant, fuel, oil. When I was letting the car idle afterwards there was some smoke coming from the twins area, I'm sure this is somehow related. After grabbing a light I could see the water dripping from the subframe. I couldn't find the source, but tomorrow as I'm taking things apart I am hoping to be able to find some kind of water residue.
Just curious if anyone knows what would explain this? I'm sure it's a bad gasket somewhere, but I'm not sure where to start looking.
Just curious if anyone knows what would explain this? I'm sure it's a bad gasket somewhere, but I'm not sure where to start looking.
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ok maybe I wasn't clear enough. I "steam cleaned" the interior of the engine using the water jug to vacuum hose to intake manifold method.
If I was using a steam cleaner to clean the engine/engine bay I would not asking why water was puddling...I'm not that stupid.
If I was using a steam cleaner to clean the engine/engine bay I would not asking why water was puddling...I'm not that stupid.
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Imagine a Gallon jug with a hose coming out of it, attached to the intake.
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At the rate the water is being consumed, it can't all be turned into steam that fast so some of it will just exit the chamber as water. It will just exit the first place it can. However, some of it may also not be getting into the chamber and may be exiting through the LIM gasket.
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I've been doing the steam clean thing for years. To everyone else, always steam clean BEFORE you change the oil. Rotarys have quite a bit of blow by so you will get a bit of milky residue in the oil system from the steam vapor as the vapor gets past the oil control o-rings and into the oil sump. This is also how fuel dilution of the oil happens. Steam clean 1st then change your oil.
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