Just a friendly reminder to routinely inspect your solenoids...
01-12-2006, 03:04 AM
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Just a friendly reminder to routinely inspect your solenoids... ... because if you don't, your 5 month old, barely used but 6-7 times fuel noid may open under it's own free will (both wires feeding it were completely clipped) and stick open, thereby shooting a high power stream of raw gasoline into your engine, and cause your car to die in the middle of nowhere, stranding you. Thinking nothing of it you may proceed to try and restart the car not knowing that there is a massive puddle of gasoline in your intake manifold. Luckily God doesnt' hate your car as much this day as He seems to every other day and the car wont start, thus sparing your engine from a possible engine totaling backfire. Again this a completely rhetorical situation, but just remember to frequently check your noids.
01-12-2006, 07:27 AM
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To the Top! Great recommendation on maintanence! Everyone with a n2o setup should do a a maint. check to prevent this!
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01-12-2006, 08:16 AM
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Originally Posted by Zeus
... because if you don't, your 5 month old, barely used but 6-7 times fuel noid may open under it's own free will (both wires feeding it were completely clipped) and stick open, thereby shooting a high power stream of raw gasoline into your engine, and cause your car to die in the middle of nowhere, stranding you. Thinking nothing of it you may proceed to try and restart the car not knowing that there is a massive puddle of gasoline in your intake manifold. Luckily God doesnt' hate your car as much this day as He seems to every other day and the car wont start, thus sparing your engine from a possible engine totaling backfire. Again this a completely rhetorical situation, but just remember to frequently check your noids.
01-12-2006, 12:16 PM
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Originally Posted by TNTramair
lol...is it just me or does this not sound like your talkin hypethetically???
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01-12-2006, 02:33 PM
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Originally Posted by HolyShiznit
How do you check your noids anyways?
-Disconnect all lines going INTO the solenoids (fuel, nitrous feed line).
-Bypass safety items (window switch, fpss) by grounding the relay directly (this depends on how you've done your wiring)
-Start the car, arm the system, and manually push down the WOT switch.
If the noids are working, they click when they activate/deactivate. It only takes a few minutes to do, I don't know if there are better/easier ways of doing it.
01-12-2006, 09:12 PM
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most people just undo the nut on the top, unscrew the body, and remove the plunger. There can be damage or obstructions on the inside of the noid and it will still click. Better to take it apart.
01-13-2006, 08:43 AM
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Originally Posted by Zeus
most people just undo the nut on the top, unscrew the body, and remove the plunger. There can be damage or obstructions on the inside of the noid and it will still click. Better to take it apart.
01-13-2006, 04:03 PM
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Originally Posted by hugger427
To be safe, I've heard that you should send noids back to manufaturer for a refreash every year.
01-17-2006, 08:21 PM
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Too late, I already bought a TNT kit. My buddy originally had it for his car, but then ran his motor too lean (unrelated to nitrous) and burned it up. He's trying to save up enough for a new motor now.
01-17-2006, 08:23 PM
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Originally Posted by WS6HUMMER
I'd like to at least get some pics of what a bad and good plunger look like so I can know what to look for. Anyone got some pics?
