Subject: Re: water into efi system before injectors.

[Mike (Perth, Western Australia)]

At 10:12 PM 18/3/2000 -0500, you wrote:

>> If you mean the regular high pressure electric fuel pumps, sorry they won't
>> last long with water through them :(
>
>Bummer.  I think some people have used fuel pumps however.  Do they
>corrode or what?

Yeah - thats it - there's aluminium, copper brushes, maybe some steel
bearings etc - All that in a conductive fluid like water with voltage
present is asking for trouble. Hence one should also watch out for
adding too much acetone into fuel or alcohol for that matter, both
of these will also cause corrosion.

Incidentally, acetone is used as a water remover and if ever used on an EFI
engine then don't leave it in the tanke too long, it absorbs that little
pool of water that condenses out and stays in the bottom of the tank,
unless absorbed. Though I think these days the 'water remover' might use
something else to reduce chance of pump corrosion...


Rgds ~`:o)

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