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Condensation
Posted: Mon Dec 15, 08 10:09 pm
by BUDGIE
Why am I getting condensation vapor coming out of only one tail pipe
There is a balance pipe in the system
The exhaust gases are cool on the no vapor side compared to them being hot on the vapor side.
No head gasket problems.
Firing on all 8 pots, although seems to be running very cool

Posted: Mon Dec 15, 08 10:13 pm
by Pete
Not had that before - does it clear from both when warmed up?
Posted: Mon Dec 15, 08 10:16 pm
by Cannonball
maybe one off the silencers has water in it ??????????
Posted: Mon Dec 15, 08 10:21 pm
by BUDGIE
It does get less the more it warms up, but there is a definite difference between the two. The whole off side system seems to be cooler

Posted: Mon Dec 15, 08 10:22 pm
by BUDGIE
Cannonball wrote:maybe one off the silencers has water in it ??????????
No Dunc

Posted: Mon Dec 15, 08 10:27 pm
by steveo
cold is rich
mixture rich that side , count how many turns out the right side idle mixture & see if the left side is the same! .

float needle not seated that side , float level

Posted: Mon Dec 15, 08 10:40 pm
by BUDGIE
I looked at that today.....had all the plugs out and no big surprise they where all sooted. The trouble is it's running twin 4s and a big cam, so the idle is a pig to get
right.......BTW only the off-side screws made any noticeable difference
I don't think there is a stat in there so adding one tomorrow, she is running to cool right now which isn't helping matters

Posted: Mon Dec 15, 08 10:53 pm
by Cannonball
Budgie wrote:I looked at that today.....had all the plugs out and no big surprise they where all sooted. The trouble is it's running twin 4s and a big cam, so the idle is a pig to get
right.......BTW only the off-side screws made any noticeable difference
I don't think there is a stat in there so adding one tomorrow, she is running to cool right now which isn't helping matters

bloody hemi,s

Posted: Mon Dec 15, 08 11:20 pm
by BUDGIE
Here's a funny thing/coincidence

......I followed Jim's Hemi Cuda at the Nat's and noticed the nearside exhaust smoking quite bad, the offside was clean......a Hemi thing
Not had this with other Hemi's

Posted: Mon Dec 15, 08 11:36 pm
by Anonymous
Posted: Tue Dec 16, 08 12:09 am
by BUDGIE
Can't see what difference that would make anyways Adam ( to rich

) ........will start from scratch tomorrow
Cod liver oil fix's anything........she will be gettin a double dose

Posted: Tue Dec 16, 08 12:19 am
by Anonymous
Posted: Tue Dec 16, 08 12:35 am
by NaughtyAlan
Take it you mean steam son?
Check your coolant with a head gasket tester.
Posted: Tue Dec 16, 08 1:17 am
by Anonymous
NaughtyAlan wrote:Take it you mean steam son?

, now yer talkin Bugies language.
Posted: Tue Dec 16, 08 10:23 am
by Dave999
need a theromostat to get the cooling system working correctly
only works if both flow and pressure are correct and that can only be achieved with the correct stat and housing.
at the mo pressure will be achieved eventually but in the wrong way due to lack of restriction at the thermostat. i.e the flow will be too great and the pressure will be achieved by some areas getting very very hot and others being far too cool. the flow needs to be slower to achieve uniformity in cooling. it will cool better at the hot bits and worse at the very cold bits once the system is complete, which is what you want. at the mo you will have poor combustion if some bit are too cool and massive heat soak from very hot bits on switch off. nothing will be expanding and contracting as designed because the cooling system is incomplete.
lack of a thermostat always shows cooler running but its a false reading due to the lack of uniformity in cooling efficiency across the motor. may as well just tape the needle on the temp guage to the place you want.
think the stats came in two ranges (aussie ones do) (home use and UK JP export). for the UK the hot one would be the go as it doesn't get much over 70 F ambient temp
then set ya carb up at operating temp.
Dave