I'm running some scenarios through my head regarding a water injection system on my oil burning Chevy 350 TBI.
My hope is to keep deposits down in the combustion chambers. I've gotten rid of bad pinging/detonation in the past giving the engine a steam cleaning by pouring water down the intake. But I'm still currently fouling a plug in #1 quite often and I'm tired of spending the money to keep PEA in my tank all the time and filling up with Premium gas as well.
I've read on line that you want to keep water to under 10-15% of fuel burning otherwise you risk contamination of the oil with water.
So, I have a 22 gallon gas tank. So one gallon of water/full tank of gas is the ratio I'm shooting for, which is about a 5% water/gas ratio. Should be safe, right?
I'm thinking of using a hyperdermic needle perhaps to create an inlet in either my brake booster hose or into the PCV line....just before either line connects to the intake. What do you think of this idea?
Lastly, do you think either of these vacuum sources will have enough force to suck water out of a gallon jug through some tubing? Or am I wasting my time?
Thank you in advance.
My hope is to keep deposits down in the combustion chambers. I've gotten rid of bad pinging/detonation in the past giving the engine a steam cleaning by pouring water down the intake. But I'm still currently fouling a plug in #1 quite often and I'm tired of spending the money to keep PEA in my tank all the time and filling up with Premium gas as well.
I've read on line that you want to keep water to under 10-15% of fuel burning otherwise you risk contamination of the oil with water.
So, I have a 22 gallon gas tank. So one gallon of water/full tank of gas is the ratio I'm shooting for, which is about a 5% water/gas ratio. Should be safe, right?
I'm thinking of using a hyperdermic needle perhaps to create an inlet in either my brake booster hose or into the PCV line....just before either line connects to the intake. What do you think of this idea?
Lastly, do you think either of these vacuum sources will have enough force to suck water out of a gallon jug through some tubing? Or am I wasting my time?
Thank you in advance.
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