whatl happen if water from rain got into a hood scoop down a intake pipe to a turbo. would it push the water out into the engine or would it just lightly mist it out(air mixing with water) into the plenum

im talking about 3-4 oz of water. how long would it staty into the compressor housing?


raining in san diego and a lil water was in the lower intake pipe, maybe i should check the intercooler as well?...

 

I dont think there's a problem, however depending on the amount of water, I inject a good amount of water and no problems because its a mist, now if it were to take in a huge gulp of water, then that might be a problm

 

^^ He's talking about pre-turbo water ingestion.

 

once it goes through a spinning turbo... unless its a few cups worth.. its going to be a mist. i would not worry to much about it.

 

ok checked it out and there was about what i thought bout 3-4 but i made an astounding discovery, the lowest bolt that holds the compressor housing to the plate is a drain, i loosened it first then there was drops, took it out and all the water came out, i love garrett! saved me like 3 hours of work!

 

anyone ever hydrolocked with enough water through a turbo/supercharger

 

I'm sure someone has, but that's going to be a good amount of water...a ton of water really if you think about it. it will have to be enough water that the turbo spinning at a slow 20,000 rpm (which is low on the engine rpm level) couldn't atomize the water...or...even including that the intercooler would cool the charge and possibly have the water cool enough to begin condensing...it will have to then flow through the several feet of piping and into the intake manifold..and then there would have to enough of that water after that long trip to actually overcome the heat of the combustion chamber and not evaporate...physically collect and then lock the engine. Hydrolock isn't just water..it's enough water to stop the pistons from moving since water doesn't compress like air..you need a lot to make that happen.... in a nutshell, hydrolocking with a turbo is rather hard i would bet...i'm thinking you would kill the turbo and stall the engine before hydrolocking it...

 

pre-turbo or not, im talking about water in general.

 

to hydrolock any engine you need to basically submerge your intake in water and suck it up like a shop-vac. any amount of rain just going into your scoop on your hood is going to be fine for your engine unless you are driving around in a category 5 hurricane or a monsoon on the African savanna.

 

Some have...

http://forums.maxima.org/showthread....ight=hydrolock

 

I actually have...blew my motor. It was flooded in certain areas and my S/C just sucked too much water and it ran like ish. It sounded lie a broken valve...I had to replace the engine.

 

man thats what mine sounds like now, like i lost a cyllinder, and it stumbles at low rpms, i hope i dont have to replace it, thats gonna suck.