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I've read around the forum a bit and I've noticed that one or two will say that my slow leak is normal for a nitrous setup.
I setup my dry nitrous system, tested out the whole deal and even shot some nitrous through the solenoid without it hooked up to my intake.
Then I let the car sit for a few days with the valve closed....
Today I start up the engine and it sort of hesitates and then I hear a muffled pop coming from the engine compartment :( ...
After that, I did start the car. It idled rough for a few seconds then acted like nothing happened (no SES or CHECK ENGINE or any other lights ever came up).
I opened the hood and could not find any sign of a backfire through the intake, although I am almost certain that is what happened.
Does it sound like my solenoid has a leak? After all that time (72 hours or so) some nitrous leaked into the intake through the solenoid causing a small intake backfire when I started the car?
I used gobs of teflon tape on every damned fitting, so I am guessing that the weakest links would be the bottle or solenoid construction.
My fix for this? Well.. when I'm on my way home, I close the bottle valve and then punch the gas, giving the car the last huff of nitrous in the line. Hopefully I wont have another backfire tomorrow morning.
I tested out my system on the road today and I am loving this dry 75 shot!! I have crossed over into the dark side and there is no turning back. I am using a .044 jet and I am thinking of going to a .048 next (something like 87-90 horses to the wheels).
I'm thinking I'm going to put nitrous on my daily driver next (5-Speed 1.9L 1998 Saturn SL1 with 195,000 miles - gotta love GM cars).
I setup my dry nitrous system, tested out the whole deal and even shot some nitrous through the solenoid without it hooked up to my intake.
Then I let the car sit for a few days with the valve closed....
Today I start up the engine and it sort of hesitates and then I hear a muffled pop coming from the engine compartment :( ...
After that, I did start the car. It idled rough for a few seconds then acted like nothing happened (no SES or CHECK ENGINE or any other lights ever came up).
I opened the hood and could not find any sign of a backfire through the intake, although I am almost certain that is what happened.
Does it sound like my solenoid has a leak? After all that time (72 hours or so) some nitrous leaked into the intake through the solenoid causing a small intake backfire when I started the car?
I used gobs of teflon tape on every damned fitting, so I am guessing that the weakest links would be the bottle or solenoid construction.
My fix for this? Well.. when I'm on my way home, I close the bottle valve and then punch the gas, giving the car the last huff of nitrous in the line. Hopefully I wont have another backfire tomorrow morning.
I tested out my system on the road today and I am loving this dry 75 shot!! I have crossed over into the dark side and there is no turning back. I am using a .044 jet and I am thinking of going to a .048 next (something like 87-90 horses to the wheels).
I'm thinking I'm going to put nitrous on my daily driver next (5-Speed 1.9L 1998 Saturn SL1 with 195,000 miles - gotta love GM cars).
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