turbowop
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When boost leak testing your intake system, make sure to turn off you meth kit. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/banghead.gif
It's been a long time since I busted out the compressor and adapter to make sure my system was leak free, so I did it this evening. My stupid ass didn't shut off the methanol master switch. And since I had the key in the acc position so that I could see what the boost gauge was reading, it had power and meth started spraying into my UICP at 10psi. I heard a click (the relay) and didn't think much of it. I also heard the nozzle spraying, but with my loud compressor going, I thought it was just light boost leak at the throttle shaft seals. With no real boost leaks, pressure bled down pretty slowly so it was above 10psi for a good amount of time. It sprayed a shitload of meth over the course of two tests without me knowing. Then I tried to start the car... /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif I realized as soon as I turned the key and it didn't start like normal exactly what happened, and felt like a complete f***ing moron. I figured hydrolock and bent rod(s) for sure.
I pulled the plugs to find a pool of meth sitting on the pistons. I also disconnected the UICP from the throttle body to have a gush of methanol rush out. I wasn't happy, but knew I had to cross my fingers and clean up the mess. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif
I used some vacuum hose taped to my shop vac to suck the methanol out of the cylinders. I also did a quick compression test to see what it would read. It wasn't pretty, but I knew all the meth probably washed the walls of the cylinders down, so I wanted to get it started and get some oil back on there. Plugs went back in, IC pipe reconnected and I started the car. It was pretty rough, but cleared up after about 60 seconds. I went out and drove it, warmed it up then did a couple of 2nd gear pulls. Got it back in the driveway and pulled the plugs again to do another compression test. 145psi across. f*** me. I think what saved me is that my trunk battery circuit breaker blew when trying to start the car. Is it possible to bend a rod in a hydrolock situation with just the starter? Was I freaking out over nothing?
That's one way to clean the carbon off the tops of the pistons...
It's been a long time since I busted out the compressor and adapter to make sure my system was leak free, so I did it this evening. My stupid ass didn't shut off the methanol master switch. And since I had the key in the acc position so that I could see what the boost gauge was reading, it had power and meth started spraying into my UICP at 10psi. I heard a click (the relay) and didn't think much of it. I also heard the nozzle spraying, but with my loud compressor going, I thought it was just light boost leak at the throttle shaft seals. With no real boost leaks, pressure bled down pretty slowly so it was above 10psi for a good amount of time. It sprayed a shitload of meth over the course of two tests without me knowing. Then I tried to start the car... /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif I realized as soon as I turned the key and it didn't start like normal exactly what happened, and felt like a complete f***ing moron. I figured hydrolock and bent rod(s) for sure.
I pulled the plugs to find a pool of meth sitting on the pistons. I also disconnected the UICP from the throttle body to have a gush of methanol rush out. I wasn't happy, but knew I had to cross my fingers and clean up the mess. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif
I used some vacuum hose taped to my shop vac to suck the methanol out of the cylinders. I also did a quick compression test to see what it would read. It wasn't pretty, but I knew all the meth probably washed the walls of the cylinders down, so I wanted to get it started and get some oil back on there. Plugs went back in, IC pipe reconnected and I started the car. It was pretty rough, but cleared up after about 60 seconds. I went out and drove it, warmed it up then did a couple of 2nd gear pulls. Got it back in the driveway and pulled the plugs again to do another compression test. 145psi across. f*** me. I think what saved me is that my trunk battery circuit breaker blew when trying to start the car. Is it possible to bend a rod in a hydrolock situation with just the starter? Was I freaking out over nothing?
That's one way to clean the carbon off the tops of the pistons...