I was taking apart my old engine block, so I could put the larger injectors into the FC () I noticed that one of the fuel atomizers (?) was broken and the other half was nowhere to be found.

I can't believe these things are made out of plastic...since it got sucked in by the engine, could it possibly be a cause of engine death? My old engine died from a hard ping on the rear rotor, which caused it to sieze (and dig into the rotor housing) I'm wondering if my little discovery had anything to do with it.

heres a pic. On the left is how the atomizer is supposed to look. On the right is the one that broke.

 

anyone?

 

i should say so old chap, but this would be an uneducated guess on my part however.....

 

it seems like it would be a freakish way for an engine to go, and would be extremely uncommon...but it still worries me...

I wonder if they make metal ones?

I dont want to take any risks, as i've had a string of wierd gremlins (negative cable getting caught in steering mechanism and tearing in half, little c-clamps falling of actuator rods, spec of dirt clogging a solenoid)

The only way I could think of it breaking is if the injector was firing poorly-- since gas is corrosive...it eventually broke the plastic

It's witchcraft i tell you!

 

<--- not a pro, but that sounds quite feasible. Rotors don't particularly like digesting plastic parts.

 

YOur car is possessed Dayum

 

I think it is. As I was doing final prep for 7stock today, I had to fix a blown downpipe gasket, and cleaned out the charge control pipe/actuator as it was opening and closing very very slowly. I think that may have been the culprit of some boost problems.

 

Your car's name isn't "Christine" is it?

 

Yes, that WILL blow an engine.

 

Ahh I think I have some closure knowing what blew my last engine.

I wonder if anyone else's engine died because of this?

Putting a plastic piece right in the intake tract, as well as being constantly exposed to corrosive material. They must have been smoking crack y0!

Now the mission is to find some metal ones. time to add another reliability mod to the list

 

I think it would be easier to create a list of whats NOT reliability mods on a FD, seeing as just about anything you do to them makes them more reliable.

 

If it was metal and broke off the chance of engine damage is 100% some times the plastic goes through with no problem. the plastic gets crushed chewed torn and exhausted