ok here is the deal my car was doing fine till i washed the engine off today when ,after i got it home, i decided to check and make sure i got the thing clean cause my car is the one being looked at this week. as its idling i notice a slight lope and you can hear an even slighter whoomp noise from the exhaust. are there any problems common to the 93 bonnies that could cause this or will i just have to find out by proccess of elimination

What did you use to wash the engine? You may have gotten the coils wet. A lope to the idle can be cause by a vacuum leak, it'* also possible you knocked a vacuum line loose.

i used the car wash no one here can steam clean it i also forgot to add my wife said it has been doing it for three days but it only became feelable today

I would start with looking for a vacuum leak. Spray some carb cleaner around the vacuum lines with the engine running. If the RPM changes then you found a vacuum leak.

ok will do thanks

ok went out and started the car and it ran fine no loping or whoomp noise does that help narrow it down some

If it'* all better now, then it sounds like something got wet. If you would like to try a experiment, take a spray bottle with water and mist the coils, and plug wires with the engine running. Turn off the lights and watch for blue flashing. That would be a short.

i would like too but the instructors wont let me do that at school and i havent figured out how to turn off the sun yet(no garage)

thanks for the info though