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Old 24-11-2004, 09:45 PM
pyaap pyaap is offline
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Default Water Injection in turbocharged Volvos

Hi,

I've come across a post on a website in response to a question posted by a guy who is keen on fitting water injection to his car. One of the replies claims that WI is not suitable on turbocharged Volvos and some other cars. Is there any sense to be made of what this guy making these claims is trying to say?

A link to the website is: http://volvo-t5.co.uk/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=1546
If you can't access the page, here is a copy of the text:

"it is absolutely not worth it for the follwing reason -

volvo designed the inlet manifolds so the air flows into them then up and around into the engine. with this design , as the air flow goes up and around, the water vapour will drop out of the airstream as it is heavier. and as a result you loose any benefits from the water injection such as preventing pinking , and all the water would gather at the bottom of the inlet manifold

a better solution is to use an intercooler spray preferably co2 or n2o as they are much colder than the water anyway. these intercooler kits are available from ?180 +vat so are much cheaper than aquamist.. the only downside being you've got to get gas refills and water is readily available .

dont get me wrong though guys i'm not saying water injection doesnt work , it's just that for the reasons i have stated above it is not suitable for our volvo's . new mini's apparently have the same problem"
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