Check your meth nozzles!
Check your meth nozzles! Recently I had to dump my methanol tank (My WW fluid reservoir) to install some new pusher fans...
Since I had to remove the meth lines, I thought I would inspect things thoroughly.
I ran water through all the lines... Fine.
I checked the nozzle at the WW tank... looked a bit dirty... Hmmm... Soaked in some degreaser and it was fine.
I checked the nozzle that sprays into my charge pipe...
DAMN...
It looked so dirty...
I took it off and and rigged it to my water hose... It sprayed in an odd mist, half one way in mist and the other way dripping... WTF.
I took apart the back end... Snow meth nozzles have a filter screen end connected to the main nozzle piece pushing a spring that pushes a small router with four cuts at the metal tip, to direct the flow, that is pushed against the small hole tightly.
The screen had some brown debris... I have no idea WTF it was.
the metal tip at the end of the spring had the cuts filled with the same...
After cleaning it all out, I put the nozzle back together and tested it again with the water hose... Full mist spraying all around now... Surely, I was not spraying my full shot of meth before.
FYI, the car is a weekend car... Rarely gets driven... Maybe 8k miles since I had checked the nozzle.
Plus, I only use VP Racing M1 Methanol mixed only with pure, distilled water.
I was wondering a few things: Have some of you guys had the same experience? How often do you guys check your nozzles?
And some advice... Check your methanol spray nozzles!
Since I had to remove the meth lines, I thought I would inspect things thoroughly.
I ran water through all the lines... Fine.
I checked the nozzle at the WW tank... looked a bit dirty... Hmmm... Soaked in some degreaser and it was fine.
I checked the nozzle that sprays into my charge pipe...
DAMN...
It looked so dirty...
I took it off and and rigged it to my water hose... It sprayed in an odd mist, half one way in mist and the other way dripping... WTF.
I took apart the back end... Snow meth nozzles have a filter screen end connected to the main nozzle piece pushing a spring that pushes a small router with four cuts at the metal tip, to direct the flow, that is pushed against the small hole tightly.
The screen had some brown debris... I have no idea WTF it was.
the metal tip at the end of the spring had the cuts filled with the same...
After cleaning it all out, I put the nozzle back together and tested it again with the water hose... Full mist spraying all around now... Surely, I was not spraying my full shot of meth before.
FYI, the car is a weekend car... Rarely gets driven... Maybe 8k miles since I had checked the nozzle.
Plus, I only use VP Racing M1 Methanol mixed only with pure, distilled water.
I was wondering a few things: Have some of you guys had the same experience? How often do you guys check your nozzles?
And some advice... Check your methanol spray nozzles!
I was too lazy to do it by giving the meth pump some power, plus all the lines and nozzles were out of the car so it was an easy test.
I was shocked to see how it sprayed at first, and then later I obviously knew why...
To be honest, the tip that's pushed by the spring, the "atomizer" that mists the spray, sprayed fine after cleaning it, but it was still discolored... I wonder if there's corrosion occurring?
Now that I think about it Last time I had my intake tube dis-connected from the TB and intercooler I tested my alkycontrol kit and both nozzles seemed to spray a fine mist....actually more like 2 small hurricanes lol.
Staging Lane
Joined: Jan 2006
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I use a devils own kit and M1 mixed with washer fluid and have found junk in my nozzle. I clean the screen every couple of months. I think I have found pieces of my first check valve in it once, but also get some light colored corrosion chunks from time to time.
Yeah... I wonder WTF that is...
Ah... Cool... It's good to make sure once in a while.
