Washed engine, now wont start

[abc123]

I have a 96 golf, 2.0 liter, washed under the hood, did the engine, and everything under the hood, now it wont start. It soudns liek the engine wants to start but it wont. I air dried all my wire connections, checked all my hoses, battery is fine, plenty of gas, covered the computer and windshield wiper motor b4 getting the anything wet, I used straight water and a degreaser on everything, i also let the car sit for 5 hours then tried, still wont start

Anybody have any guesses on what could be the problem????

[Sam]

Check (and dry) your spark plugs.

[golf tdi 02]

have you checked inside the dizzy cap for water :confused:

[Fizzbitt]

have you checked inside the dizzy cap for water :confused:

Was about to ask the same... I just washed the engine bay of my Civic a couple of days ago and as well as covering the dizzy cap etc i was advised to keep the engine running while washing it.

Hope you get it sorted soon..

[abc123]

Yes I checked my plugs and they spark fine, the dizzy cap is fine, i washed my bay once b4 while it was running and again something got wet and the car stopped running, i thought it was the computer so i covered the compuiter this time and apparently it wasnt the problem....any toher guesses???

[Col]

On the 2.0 MK3, you've got the huge connector at the front of the engine, I'd split that, wd40 it and try again.

[abc123]

tried that as well, its goin to the shop tommorrow-i give upp

[rpbartlett]

i did the same thing with my cavalier a few years ago, left it for a few days and started fine. Probably just needed to dry out