God this is a common thing... I did the sme thing to my 380SE euro and tried to start it. No start. Waited a little bit and it started but stumbled like crazy and ran on an odd number of cylinders. Come to find out that when I got it running the water cracked the coil wire tower on the Dist cap. Do be weary on a thorough engine wash...

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'85 500SE euro Ratrod
'92 500E's x2 / '94 E500 stored
'91 560SEC w/43K stored
'92 Cabby 16V OE 2.1 AutoX car
JDM RHD cars now.

Back in the old days, we always sprayed WD40 in the distributor cap and it worked.

I am terrified of water damage on something that would take a long time to diagnois...not to mention the pain of getting what ever was needed to replace it...especially on my 500 SEC...

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1985 380 SL
2010 CL 6.3 AMG
*2009 CL 550 Sport 4matic
New addition-1984 380 SE
Newest Edition 1986 300E AMG

Whenever I power wash my engine, I use a plastic bag to cover the distributor cap and any other sensitive electronic components.....