No, I haven't washed the engine. It is a water cooled turbo but the crazy part is the intake pipes are dry from the turbo to the top of the intercooler where it feeds in. The water collects in the pipe from the intercooler outlet at the bottom to the throttle body. Its one of the old top to bottom flow units not one of the new side to side flow units.
Both of these times it was after the car was parked overnight on my driveway during a severe storm. During the last two years I've been able to keep it in my garage but for the foreseeable future I'm going to have to park it outside. I live in Houston so its humid but not really foggy. The car runs great the day before on the rain free drive home, it rains over night and in the morning it has water in the pipes. Its really weird. I'm not running water injection either. Keep the ideas coming everyone I really appreciate it. Thanks again, Jesus Lara Haha, it could be the crazy ex you never know! [email protected] wrote: > Have you washed the engine recently? Unless the water is entering at > the filter (as in washing), the only OTHER source would be the turbo > (it's water cooled, right?), which may (Bill/Keith, chime in here > please) have a bad seal, allowing water to spray as a hot mist into > the intercooler piping along with the forced air. > As the pipes are cooler than the hot mist, the mist could be > condensing and pooling in the pipes. > > Jerry aka LGO > > > In a message dated 4/25/2009 9:35:38 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > > Hello everyone, > > Has anyone found water in the intake system after a very hard > rain? My > car is a 93 with an old T25 based FM2 and the upgraded fm3 intake > behind > the drivers side headlight. The turbo side of the intake plumbing > including the filter is dry but the intercooler to throttle body > pipes > fill up with a gallon or so of water. Its not coolant since > there is > no antifreeze in the water nor is the radiator low. > > I'm at a complete loss to explain where the water is coming from. I > lost an engine to this two years ago. At the time I dismissed it as a > fluke event but I had a repeat this morning. Luckily the engine > didn't > fire this time and the starter didn't have the torque to bend a > rod... I > hope. If anyone has any ideas for what to look for please let me > know > I'm completely stumped. > > Thanks in advance, > > Jesus Lara > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > *A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! > <http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1220814855x1201410739/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072&hmpgID=62&bcd=Aprilfooter426NO62>* > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Miatapower mailing list > [email protected] > http://list.miatapower.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/miatapower > _______________________________________________ Miatapower mailing list [email protected] http://list.miatapower.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/miatapower
