Last Wednesday afternoon, I had the engine oil changed on my car. Watched the guy do the work and all was done properly. Everything felt normal and it drove just fine after the change.
But, we had had rain that day, and I parked under a tree, and there was lots of seeds on the car, so I took it to a manual car wash in the afternoon to avoid having the acidity from the berries mess up my paint.
I am always careful about water going into the engine compartment, but this time, the car would not start after the wash.
After about 10 minutes, though, it fired right up ... but, the "Service Engine Soon" lkight and message came on and stayed on. And, it would not go away after a few starts (which were all perfectly normal too).
Since I needed a car for Thanksgiving day travel on Thursday, and I did not have time to go home and use my scanner to check the code, I took it into the dealer and got a loaner. And, it was driving totally fine during that trip to the dealer too.
As of today, they have not had a chance to work on the car yet (will do today, but this does not bother me, since I have a loaner), but I am wondering if I am worrying too much. Maybe I should just have them clear the code and see if it recurs?
Any thoughts as to what I might have done? I did not use the high-pressure water through the grill, but did go down the windshield area to clear out leaves. Not far, but obviously enough to quirk something up.
Z
