OK so Did the unthinkable I degreased the engine/bay of a 211K mile beater.
In prep for working on my 87 L6 Cherokee i drove it to the closest spray and wash and emptied 2 cans of degreaser on it. then saw that the was had a dergreaser setting on it. so i used the heck out of that then washed it pretty good and rinsed it.
Took forever to start.... finally did and ran like s***, stalled a couple of times... figured it just needed to dry out.... got it to idle well enough to shift and proceeded to drive home.... got half way and taking off from a light all the sudden it wouldn't get above 20mph..... I dont think it is shifting.... got it home parked it in the garage... I am really hoping that it just needs to dry out..... but because it wont get above 20mph i fear much worse......

Any suggestions?.... Please Help....

 

Sounds like water in the distributor or something. Wait a while let it dry out, then try again.

 

x2. Pull the cap, squirt it down with WD40, air blow it off.

 

Could also be that the degreaser messed up your throttle position sensor, You should just visually inspect it.

 

Most likely the sprayer you used to rinse it had some force behind it so you pushed water into areas it never would have normall gone. I use to run an auto detail shop and everytime we`d degrease an engine we would take one of those big leaf blowers and blast it dry concentrating on every small area. It was rare they didn`t start and run fine after that but on the few times they wouldn`t it always turned out to be water still in the distributor or some other sensor.

 

but could water under the cap make it not shift?? once it revs past 2k it sounds fine but it would but when i was doing 20mph it would just rev act like it was in netrual

 

I just bought this thing should i replace the cap and wires? i was planing on doing the plugs but How much good does a new cap and rotor and wires make?

 

sounds like a tps issue to me

 

yep so i am an idiot..... once it dried out and i started it up i immediately heard a hissing noise....... guess the problem yet..... i must have knocked loose a vacume hose with the power washer... plugged it back in and ta da.... runs great again..... and looks pretty now too...

 

not related really but your pretty close to me. Driving a dark red XJ on 31's and lights up top and on bumper. may have seen me out that way or my buddy in a white xj on 35's

 

I'm glad you figured it out man, nice work. Sometimes it's the simplest thing that you've overlooked 100 times. That's life...

 

Sounds like water got under the cap/wires. Whenever you degrease an engine. Dont spray electronic components. Keep the water on the block.

It should be fine after it dries out, but that could take a while. Pull apart your electrical connections, dry them with a compressor, dielectric grease the plugs. Do the same for the plug wires.

Good luck

 

where was the vacuum line sounds like i have the same problem

 

STOP WASHING YOUR DAMN ENGINES PEOPLE!!! And if you do, don't ask us what might be wrong when the engine runs like crap. Water+electronics= crappy running.

 

hey its a tech section if you dont have any help with these issues, butt out and i didnt say i washed my engine bay but what the hell does it matter to you, im just stating that my jeep is acting the way his was and im trying to get some help