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Old 05-03-2007 | 04:40 AM
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whos done water treatment on their 8

ive been wondering about this lately. ive done this with a friends fc and have read the threads in the rx7 forum but havent seen any on here or must of missed it. just curious if someone has done this yet.
Old 05-04-2007 | 03:24 AM
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I put some in a couple thousand miles ago. More a an insurance policy sort of thing since rotarys hot. Dont expect to see your temp gauge drop by half or anything. For $10 it can only help.
Old 05-04-2007 | 06:29 AM
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Ummm what is "Water Treatment"?
Old 05-04-2007 | 06:42 AM
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Ummm what is "Water Treatment"?
+1 what he said.
Old 05-04-2007 | 11:05 AM
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I think they are talking about introducing water into the intake through a vaccuum hose while the engine is running. Someone had mentioned it on this site a couple of years back, iirc. As the water turns to steam it's supposed to purge carbon from the combustion chamber.

Edit: here is a link

https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...or#post1764433

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Old 05-04-2007 | 11:10 AM
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I think they are talking about introducing water into the intake through a vaccuum hose while the engine is running. Someone had mentioned it on this site a couple of years back, iirc. As the water turns to steam it's supposed to purge carbon from the combustion chamber.
Exactly what the OP is referring to. Don't think I've seen anyone on this site mention doing this to the Renesis. Seems to be most common among the 1st Gen RX-7 group, in my experience.
Old 05-04-2007 | 11:44 AM
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try the SEARCH function, it works ....
Old 05-04-2007 | 11:45 AM
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I've tried to water board my car to get more HP...but all it did was clean the bugs off...
Old 05-04-2007 | 12:40 PM
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Do you mean "Water Wetter"?
Old 05-04-2007 | 01:15 PM
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I think this is in regard to the dust that collects on the vehicle's body panels, and by applying an amount of water treatment, the dirt can be more effectively removed in some situations.

I have noticed the vehicle usually looks "cleaner" and more "shiny" right after I have completed a water treatment. But the effect does not last long, not more than a day in my experience. Also I do not know if this is totally placebo effect.

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Old 05-04-2007 | 04:45 PM
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I think this is in regard to the dust that collects on the vehicle's body panels, and by applying an amount of water treatment, the dirt can be more effectively removed in some situations.

I have noticed the vehicle usually looks "cleaner" and more "shiny" right after I have completed a water treatment. But they do not last long, not more than a day in my experience.
Do you use soap or urine in addition to the water? I've tried both.
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i attached a vacuum hose to the top of my throttle body, and the other end into a gallon jug of water. While sitting in the driver's seat, I gave the car about 3500 rpm throttle and slowly unpinched the vacuum hose and let it suck in water. After a half gallon I got tired of it (It was not sucking up water quickly), drove around for a while. After about 2 miles the engine started running normally again. Can't say that I found any improvement, but my engine was running fine before and I use FP4000/FP60 and the LC20 in my engine/fuel.
Old 05-04-2007 | 05:06 PM
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The golden shower isnt as good as hydochloric acid...cleans anything right off...
Old 05-04-2007 | 09:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Silver_Surfer
Do you mean "Water Wetter"?
I misread the poster's questions, Water Wetter was what I was referring to.
Old 05-04-2007 | 11:15 PM
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wow you guys are funny .....but yeah i was referring to what Nubo said heres the link for info http://www.rotaryresurrection.com/2n...injection.html
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