In my long hard-fought battle to find out why bank 2 runs lean to the point of killing widebands in less than a month, while bank 1 runs fine ever since I completed the motor swap a year ago, I decided to replace bank 2 injectors even though the ones I had ticked fine. In the middle of it, it started to drizzle a bit and I kept going and finished, started the car and to my surprise all 6 ****ing cylinders misfired from the first RPM. Of course I swapped injectors, injector harness which was $80, spark plugs 3 TIMES, MAF sensor, coil packs, and the brand ****ing new ECM I paid over $700 for a year ago.

Swapped the $700+ ECM for a used one I paid $150 for and again same misfire. I look around checking the harness and decide to dig it all out and check everything. Unplugged the 3 connectors next to the IPDM that are anchored on the fender apron, 2 gray 1 black, and to my complete surprise I find water inside the male and female connectors WHILE the water proof seal that is inside the female connectors is intact - I didn't open these up since the motor swap to change the harness and that was the first time. Not only water but there was also debris or what looked like black **** from stale water.


Well, I've been finding water inside those connectors every time it rains, probably because there is no weather proof seal on the sides of the hood like ALL other cars have. Of course people hose down this piece of **** VQ35DE and drive without a problem, but me working with the hood open in a bit of rain, NOT OK.

I have yet another ECM coming to see if it fixes this piece of **** and I'll seal the connectors in silicone after I blow the water out with an air compressor.

This is a heads up for anyone deciding to hose down the engine bay or has an ongoing mutiple misfire they cant track down.