Spraying cold water on a hot engine, running or not, can cause hot parts to
shatter.
I've seen distributor caps cracked from this and worst case exhaust manifolds
cracked from this. One time I saw a bad fire from some guy using the whitewall
cleaner sprayed on a hot engine and it burst into flames. BE CAREFUL what you
spray on a HOT ENGINE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> I thought you were supposed to turn off the engine and allow it to cool
> > before you washed it, at least that's what I've always been told, hot
> > engine + cold water = ruint engine
> IMHO. I can see not wanting to spray a hot engine, but I think the
> water kept mine from getting much more than warm. Maybe someone else
> who knows more about this can tell me if I did a no-no or not.
>
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