So maybe I'm just paranoid; but what to see what you guys think. Hope it's just a 1 time event.

So it's been bitterly cold lately, I did a full cardboard block behind the grill. It warmed up recently, drove to car wash, pressure washed everything, got the cardboard damp. Drove home (5-6mi) parked & removed 1/2 the cardboard as it's supposed to get back up in the 70's this week.
A few hours later we go out, start up and the car shakes at start up, rough idle. No indicator lights. Stops after 20-30 seconds, if that long, and hasn't come back [yet].

Can't think of anything else revelent at the moment. Last gas fill up was several days eariler, same station as always.

Bryan

 

Any chance you got some water in the air box/intake while using the pressure washer?

 

Not directly. Hood was closed the whole time. Unless it entered some other way. It would have to been delayed because I started it up to pull out of the wash bay to the vac's, then again to drive home. Both of those starts were fine.

 

I think you got some in the distributor cap.

 

Pretty slick trick with a fuel injected engine, too!

 

Distributor cap doesn't have anything to do with fuel inj. That
said there isn't a cap on most cars that I know of. They have individual coil
packs that sit directly on the plugs.
The miss could be associated with water getting in there but I would be
real difficult.
I guess when our cars run good we have to find something to fret
about,

 

Guess you don't recognize a joke, when you see it.

 

Sorry, I meant electronic ignition. I didn't have my thinking cap on...