My 94 Z28 80,000 mile Camaro ran perfectly until I decided to detail the engine. While the car was running I degreased it and lightly rinsed it off trying to be careful not to get things to wet. The car ran after I completed the task. I turned off the motor and it would not start again. There was plenty of crank and everything else seems to work. I let it dry for a couple of hours and the car started but it started hard and did not run well. It was missing a little. I kept it running at about 2000 RPMs for several minutes. Then it died. I blew a small fan on the engine over night. I tried starting it today. It just cranks. It does not sound like it is close to starting. I wanted to check spark but I am by myself today. I did try a little starting fluid in the throttle body with no results leading me to believe that spark is the issue. I am fairly convinced that there is no spark. Where should I begin to look?

 

A little more information. I just checked the 10 Amp fuse under the hood that says IGN. It is blown. I replaced it and the car does not start. I checked and the fuse is blown again

 

you have a short somewhere. gona have to start taking connectors lose and drying them. take the under hood fuse box lose and check and dry the wires on the underside.

 

Thanks for the information. I have not been able to see anything yet. I guess if I do not see anything, it will continue to dry out and maybe it will start

 

Test for spark it's quick easy and a huge help

 

dry all your plug wires, pull the wires off the plugs and distributor and dry them, dry inside plug and coil wire connectors, wires, plugs, and distributor. you may get away with spraying with wd40. w=water d=displacement 40=dont know. lol.

 

Off topic...but the 40 in WD-40 stands for Norm Larsen's 40th attempt at perfecting a spray that could effectively prevent corrosion. Learned that my junior year in HS in Advanced Chem. Haha.

Any ways, like they said dry off everything. Disconnect the grounds and dry them off. Pray the Opti didn't get water in it.

 

If it were my car, I wouldn't want to use something like WD-40, which doesn't clean but leaves a residue. Since we're talking about electrical contacts, you want something that cleans out, dries fast, and doesn't leave anything behind. For instance: Permatex Electrical Contact Cleaner
And if I'm not mistaken, other sprays such as MAF cleaner will work too.