Water Injection

[Shane Moseley]

Try hydrolocking a diesel - I got 2 piston rods that were bent in several
dimensions (corkscrew-like).  Wasn't pretty but an awesome display of torque
potential.  $268 in parts and a few hours and she was back in business.

Latr,

Shane

Jared Ryan wrote:

> A neighbor had her Mazda in a puddle, not even a very deep one, and another
> car passed and made a wake, and the Mazda sucked in water and bent two or
> three connecting rods.  Whether or not water will damage an engine seems to
> depend on the engine.
>
> But I can't see how a well-thought-out water injection system would
> hydrolock an engine.  Just build in safety devices and it should work fine.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Barry Tisdale <btisdale at cybersol.com>
> To: <diy_efi at diy-efi.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2001 9:48 PM
> Subject: Re: Water Injection
>
> >
> > I humbly submit your mechanic friend wasn't familiar w/ anything other
> than
> > a real $hitty injection systems.  As for hydrolock, I think that's a
> > non-issue here; my wife once drove her Chevy Cavalier thru a deep puddle &
> > sucked enough water into the engine to stop it instantly.  I just took out
> > the plugs, cranked it, poured some alky in the plug holes just to rinse &
> > dry it further.  Changed the oil, no internal damage whatsoever.  Want to
> > tell ya how high the water shoots out, though!
> >
> > I *love* my Aquamist.....
> >
> > FWIW - Barry
> >
> > At 07:42 PM 7/25/01 -0700, 944Technologist wrote:
> > >Caution - Water Injection
> > >
> > >I had a heated conversation last years with one of California's more
> popular
> > >Porsche mechanics. He was dead set against it and would not consider it
> has
> > >any merits. He had seen too many engines blown by Hydrolock from water
> > >injections systems.
> >
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