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Old Apr 4, 2010, 01:49 AM
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white stuff on jet?

Hi All,

ok so today I took out my single 1.0mm jet and put in 2x0.6mm jets

When I took out the 1.0mm jet i noticed that the end of it had a white residue on it.

Any ideas on what that could be?

if necessary I can take a pic of it and post...

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Old Apr 4, 2010, 02:21 AM
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Are you using d-ion or di-min water?

A close-up picture will help.
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demineralised

i can scratch it off with my finger nail...

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Are there "white bits" any inside the jet?

Do you have some idea what this residue is? I can see inthe picture a small white dot, is it "it"?

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not sure, i will open the jet up tomorrow and have a look...

the whole flat end of the jet was covered in it...

I scraped off the bottom halfish of it with my fingernail in that picture..
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I forgot to say Happy Easter! Great time to catch up on work and play.

White power is normally associated with aluminium oxide. oxided/corroded ali will produce those residues. I often seen this on ali sheets when left un-attented under the mercy of the elements.
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hrmm...

the intercooler pipe that I tapped is probably aluminium... could that be the cause it?

thats really the only source of aluminium in my system...

edit - Happy Easter to you and your family too Richard!
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If there are no bits inside the jet to has to come from the upstream end of the induction pipe.
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Additionally,

Are you using any methanol? methanol is filtered through cotton a lot of the time. It is known to clog jets and fuel pumps. The white residue found at the bottom of tanks ect ect is cotton.

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I hav alluminum pipes as well and have not noticed this form on my jets... I use 100% meth. I wonder if there is something in the water?
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50/50 mix...

I use Elf Methanol - BUT a local place decants it into 20L drum... I doubt that its getting infected...

I will take this jet apart later today and report back...
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ok i took the jet apart...

no signs of the white powder/coating on the inside of the jet..

so i have to assume that the white stuff is being put on in the IC pipe... probably aluminium oxide or something...

when I have time I will pull the IC pipe and have a look inside...
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