Filter for water injection?

[Begle1]

Has anybody ever seen a filter for the water you inject into the engine?

The typical solution is windshield washer fluid, which who knows how well they filter. The right thing to do is use distilled water, but that's too expensive.


It'd be nice if there was a filter that you could have faith enough in to fill up with the water out of the hose at the gas station. But since it's hard enough to get minerals out of drinking water, I wouldn't think there'd be anything simple that could filter the water that well.

Or is there? Would your typical Brita drinking water filter work at all?

I mean, I could always turn the exhaust manifold into a flash evaporator, but that's way too much work...

[wannadiesel]

I'm running a clear plastic fuel filter in the suction line on mine. The meth I get is from work, we store it in a condemned 1000 gallon propane tank so there's usually some rust flakes (and who nows what other crap) in it. Smells like ethyl mercaptin too.

[DTanklage]

my kit is on its way here. not gonna worry about the water, tap water should work. it did in the 70's when we were srewing around with turbo bikes. and it worked in the 80's with small 4 cyl (datsun) motors. why wont it work with todays systems?

meth on the other hand is touchy stuff. i dont mix old w new meth. right way to do it (same with race gas) is to keep it in FULL STEEL CANS. that means if you buy 55 gals you ought to pour it into 11 five gal cans, filled to the brim, and store it in the dark. they say not to store it on the ground but i dont know how important that is. if you buy 5 gals you can put it in one gal steel cans. that is what i do with race gas for the bike. air is its biggest enemy

don

[Begle1]

I'm sure it would work, but contaminates in water couldn't be too good for the engine? Shouldn't it be filtered for the same reason that air is filtered?

I just don't want hard water deposits on my valve seats...

[DTanklage]

lol, i would be more worried about the affect of STEAM CLEANING THE CYL WALLS than some micscopic particles

[Begle1]

lol, i would be more worried about the affect of STEAM CLEANING THE CYL WALLS than some micscopic particles

The "steam cleaning" is supposed to be a benefit, isn't it?

[DTanklage]

i dont know...

every motor i have ever taken apart has had engine oil on the cyl walls

cast iron cyl with cast iron ring or maybe a chrome moly coated cast ring riding on it...

tank

[Begle1]

Has anybody ever heard of getting water in crank case oil due to water injection?

[seeker1056]

If your truly worried about minute crap in the injection water they sell a brass inline filter that is cleanable, on Evilbay for about $15.00

personally I think the injection nozzle will plug before anything of any consequence will get to the motor that would cause any significant damages.