water in spark plug chamber

[nyckanny]

Hi in my friends 95 s14, there is moisture in the spark plug chamber. I found this out after the car was rought idling. it would not have a steady idle in neutral, and bounces around. additionally the engine was shaking like crazy under the hood. so i pulled the plug wires out to see that there was moisture around the spark plug wire shaft. we cleaned that up with a towel. as well as put a screw driver with a dry towel inside to clean the channel in the engine head. so we started up the car after this, bang, idles great now. so i leave it on idle a little, drive around the block. then shut it down. a few minutes later, restarting the car, the idle is bad again, not as bad as before but still bad. check the plug wires again, same thing! theres water/moisture there again. there is only moisture in the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th plugs, when ur standing in front of the car with the hood open. strange thing that the water came back and the idle is funky again. so i dont have a plug socket right now. so i just pulled the wires out and left it there to air out overnight, we will see what happens tomorrow. where on earth could the water be coming from, maybe theres a coolant leak somewhere into the channel for the spark plugs?

thanks

[s13sr20chris]

that is bizzare! i dont believe that there are any water jackets around the plugs. at least not that close to them. i am interested to see if it does that again tommorow.

[benemorius]

Are you certain it is water and not fuel? Could be running rich and saturating the plugs. If you're uncertain which it is, pull out a lighter. Fuel burns; water doesn't.

[navysnail]

when it does start, let it run for a while, when it heats up the water will evaporate and should be good to go

[navysnail]

from reading the other thread in 240 tech, it sounds more and more like you are running rich, in which case benemorius could be right, although i dont know how fuel would make it past the spark plug.

start by making sure that your maf is giving the right signal to the ecu

[benemorius]

If one cylinder isn't getting wet, I would suggest fuel injectors. OF course, that is assuming it's fuel and not water. Perhaps I shouldn't assume anything, but I am. heh