After washing my engine (Nissan Sentra) the car is puttering. Could I have gotten water in the engine?

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• I don't think sentra's ever had carbs...

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  by geek860 on July 8th, 2007

• It is too much effort for me to call them fuel injectors,but that is what I meant .I was brought up with the term carburetor.

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  by jin jang on July 8th, 2007

• Oh. Well, you have to use the right terms around me because I take things literally. Chances are the fuel injectors could be messed up, but they are still closed units and I don't think any water could get in there. The fuel rail is a closed unit, the injectors are closed, etc. since the fuel is under pressure. The sensors attached to them may be disrupted but I doubt there's water in the fuel. Even if it did happen the amount of fuel contaminated would be so small that the problem would last for at most one minute. ;

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  by geek860 on July 8th, 2007

• Then it would be the sensors,as you said.

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  by jin jang on July 9th, 2007

• Likely none of the above. Older or degraded distributor cap or plug wires can cause this problem in the presence of moisture. If that's the cause, the components probably should be replaced. If you're stuck in a no start/sputtering situation, you can try spraying WD40 on the cap and wires. It will displace the moisture. I've done that countless times on diffeent vehicles and boats.

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  by dthtrk on December 18th, 2011