[Diy_efi] Water metanol turbo assist

[arnie]

Greg, don't care to'steam clean' an intenal combustion engine with
'engineering' levels of water.  Without testing focusing on something
long term, (longer than 90 hrs.) show me or 'put your money where
your mouth is', is my present stance!!!  I believe in WI....when
tempered with common sense!!

GAS

----- Original Message -----
From: "Greg Hermann" <bearbvd at mindspring.com>
To: <diy_efi at diy-efi.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 05, 2003 10:14 AM
Subject: Re: [Diy_efi] Water metanol turbo assist


> At 9:48 PM 1/4/03, arnie wrote:
> >> Any more than that will just decrease output and hurt efficiency
> >> no danger of hurting the engine.
> >
> >Greg, I agree from THAT perspective.  If enuf water is injected
> >into the combustion process, this can have a negative affect on the
> >amount of oil the hone 'plateau' in the cylinder will retain/hold.
> >This is my major concern.
>
> Oil and water don't mix. Yes, the water being injected should be
> WELL atomized. Same as the fuel !! Excess fuel is far more likely to
> "wash" the oil off of the cylinder walls than water is , since oil is fuel
> soluble !!
> As for getting water into the oil--combustion of petrol produces
> copious amounts of water anyway, all you are doing with WI is
> adding more, not adding anything foreign. My comments have been
> about steady state running.  Might well be a good idea to put a
> thermostatic cutoff on the WI--don't enable it until the engine is
> warmed up.
>
> Greg



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