Water sitting in cylinder 3 above spark plug

[skyliner33wa]

Hi,

As i have posted earlier, i have been having probs with my series 1 R33 GTST, was going to get it looked at but could not get the car in anywhere i decided to have a look at the spark plugs as a week before the problems (would stutter and shudder when trying to drive) i had the car serviced by my sisters bf, he is a mechanic, he degreased the engine as well, anyway i pulled the coil packs off of the first three cylinders and found water sitting in cylinder 3 looked like it has not gotten past the spark plug. The plug is corroded and the coil pack has a bit of corrosion on it.

Would this be the root of my problems, would the water have gotten past the spark plug? and would that coil pack now be ****ed?

How would i go about this now, should i leave the water to evaporate (which looks like it is doing atm) remove the spark plug and replace it? then take it for a drive?

Thanks

Kris

[predator]

Water in a cylinder is a very bad sign. Seems like your head gasket has gone, or possibly cracked head or similar.

Its going to cost a fair bit to get fixed unfortunately, as they'll have to remove the whole cylinder head to repair.

[Airzone]

Yeah, well you gotta find out how the water got there... And if it is the same colour as your coolant. If it's just plain water, it may have simply gathered there when your engine was washed. But if it's coolant - as pred said

[jake32]

Hi,

As i have posted earlier, i have been having probs with my series 1 R33 GTST, was going to get it looked at but could not get the car in anywhere i decided to have a look at the spark plugs as a week before the problems (would stutter and shudder when trying to drive) i had the car serviced by my sisters bf, he is a mechanic, he degreased the engine as well, anyway i pulled the coil packs off of the first three cylinders and found water sitting in cylinder 3 looked like it has not gotten past the spark plug. The plug is corroded and the coil pack has a bit of corrosion on it.

Would this be the root of my problems, would the water have gotten past the spark plug? and would that coil pack now be ****ed?

How would i go about this now, should i leave the water to evaporate (which looks like it is doing atm) remove the spark plug and replace it? then take it for a drive?

Thanks

Kris

It could just be water from degrease... change plug & drive it ..if thats not it.. it may be a little more serious

I had silvia that done same thing ..water in plug wells ..no idea how it got past plug caps ..dried it out & it was fine

[skyliner33wa]

It could just be water from degrease... change plug  & drive it ..if thats not it.. it may be a little more serious

I had silvia that done same thing ..water in plug wells ..no idea how it got past plug caps ..dried it out & it was fine

thanks all, yeah i dried it out and it is now driving fine, i think it got in there when it was degreased, all i can say is i don't think i will get the engine degreased anymore!

[predator]

i don't see how it can get in via a screwed in sealed spark plug, plug coils, AND a plastic cover. But anyhow, sounds like its ok which is the main thing.

[blind_elk]

You have to be extremely careful spraying water around the engine bay - there are so many electrical connections for the water to get into and start the corrosion process. Once that happens, the car starts running like crap.

[wrxhoon]

i think skyliner means the water was on the coil packs and around the sparkplug area not inside the cil itself , i dont think he took the plugs off . water cant get in the cil just by washing it . the water was shorting the coils so it was missing , now that the water dried out she is fine .

if u r washing the engine u have to make sure u dry it completely when u finish with compressed air ( thats the bast way ) , u have to take the coil pack cover off to make sure there is no water under there .