smoking NOS 5175 solenoids

[malice10985]

I was showing a buddy how my n2o kit works, so I turned on the first solenoid( fuel press. control) and left it on for about 5 minutes.

While I was going through everything with him, he pointed out that smoke was pouring out from my hood.

I shut everything off and inspected the system. the solenoid was very hot and after it cooled, it would no longer operate.

What are your thoughts on this? Should I look for a rebuild kit for the solenoid or just get a new one? Has this ever happened to anyone before?

I think it overheated because i didn't have any super cold n2o streaming through it. Moral of the story: don't be like me kids. I feel like tim taylor, I show what not to do. [img]graemlins/dunce.gif[/img]

[calvo]

make sure the relay is hooked up right. If its bad than jus replace it.

[slow]

NOS noids suck, i burned one out on a friends car, for being on for 30 seconds, without any nitrous in the lines.

Buy a new noid... :(

Or upgrade the noid to a NX one (lifetime warranty)

Ryan.

[AZ3.8Camaro]

They get hot... they are pretty much just coils.
The nitrous cools them.
No nitrous=hot solenoid.

[Bird_Of_Prey]

FWIW, NX will not warranty a solenoid that has been abused. Which means that if you leave it "on" for 5 minutes, they will see the burn marks on the inside and tell you to go scratch.

[slow]

thats true...

I should have stated that.

Ryan.

[malice10985]

I learned from my miskakes... I ordered a new solenoid. [img]graemlins/dunce.gif[/img]

[12secondv6]

I've burned up 2 NOS noids in the past :(

Buy new ones

[ChronoGN]

yea, you are supposed to have them open for more than 30seconds(I think, might be shorter than 30sec). I remember reading a warning like that on NX wesbsite.