AEM Meth injection kit warning

GrimJack

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If you install one of these, keep in mind that the pump is not water resistant, and must be installed somewhere that it is not subject to the weather. Kind of them to mention this in the instruction, too. Oh... wait...

Otherwise, water gets into the electric motor, corrodes pretty much everything in there, and it stops working so well. It's pretty disgusting when you take it apart and get brown sludgy water all over yourself trying to figure out what went wrong, too.

Not that I'd know all this from personal experience or anything... :3d_frown:
 
tekdeus

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Maybe you could just get a thick sandwich bag or some kind of rubber condom thing to keep the water off it? Just have it drain down and keep the bottom open for motor ventilation. Might save you the hassle of moving everything into the trunk Dave. K&N sells conical air filter covers designed to keep water from splashing onto the filter in off-road vehicles, but it is not 100% watertight since air must still pass through it.
 
GrimJack

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I've thought about it, that's for sure. Or just disassembling the pump casing and using silicone to waterproof it.

However, I know the hatch mount will work, and I'll take extra work for reliability any day.
 
Zazzn

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how are you getting water on it? isn't it covered by a part of the under cove rand the wheel fender cover?

I have mine in the same place but haven't driven my car much though the rain so i haven't had the same problem.
 
GrimJack

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Admittedly, I don't have the undercover that goes under the foglight, (Hell, I don't have the foglight, either) and that might affect it, however, water drops straight on it from the headlight assembly - especially when the headlight is up.
 
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Ran mine behind that rad support panel under the fender liner on the opposite side of the car to the washer reservoir and it's been fin even driving in torrential downpours :)

Struck me as funny a not waterproof water injection pump :D

Mounting it vertically will help as well.
 
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GrimJack;1488279 said:
I've thought about it, that's for sure. Or just disassembling the pump casing and using silicone to waterproof it.

However, I know the hatch mount will work, and I'll take extra work for reliability any day.
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Grim you can't do this. The pump which is essentially the same as an RV waterpump needs to breathe.

How do I know this, we had a customer (my family owned and operated several RV businesses in my hometown for 39 years) that did exactly what you purpose......Well, it burned his RV to the ground.

Just thought I would throw that out there for ya. I really would hate to hear of your car catching on fire.
 
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Grim,

Thats the same place that my pump is located, but I do have the splash shield installed. Its too bad the pump must be gravity fed, as using the washer fluid resivoir leaves little options for pump mopunting.

I try to avoid driving the car in the rain anyways, and never in the snow!!
 
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Just put it in a dry place from the get go and you have zero hassle. The windshield bottle is the lazy way out to mount it. :icon_razz

When you want to run the lines, LMK Dave, it took me an hour and change to do my entire kit.

Duane
 
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