That makes sense on a diesel engine, which is at least 15:1 and higher (24-ish:1).. That would really suck to hydro-lock a diesel engine!!
In my experience, the amount of fluid from these nozzles is no where enough to hydrolocally lock both my 1.6l and now my 2.7l petrol engines. This is assuming that one uses a proper anti-syphon device so that the cylinder(s) don't fill up while the engine is turned off and just sitting there
Using my rheostat, I can peg it for full 14 volts to the pump and if I crack the throttle just enough to get apprx. 0.5 psi boost (actuating my pump) and hold it there for like 10 seconds, and then floor it, I can feel the engine bogging out. There is too much water in the intake and it is fowling out the spark. I can always run a richer alcohol mixture to counter this, but if I just go straight to WOT, then there is no "apparent" bogging at all, and the OBD-II scanner shows a very smooth timing curve (thus no misfires).
So the nozzle that I am using must have a low flow rate then
Or at least it is no where near enough to hydro-lock the engine.
I have heard of people who just take their windshield squirter hose and shoot it straight into the inlet of their turbo. Sure the turbo would do a superb job at atomizing the water droplets, but that is A LOT of water. With no nozzle, a much larger volume of water can be passed into the intake, which I bet could be enough to blow the engine
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