Sj410 doesn't like water

dazerede · Post by **dazerede** » Fri Feb 07, 2014 1:48 pm

Yes the splash guard is in the radiator but it happened on me a again yesterday went laning with a few sjs and Jimmy's and it died on me so I sprayed wd40 in the dissy and I fired up so I will get a rubber glove and cover the dizzy

twiss · Post by **twiss** » Fri Feb 07, 2014 1:53 pm

Its annoying getting water in the dizzy... I think a few people have thrown around the idea of a small cheapy compressor to blow air into the dizzy cap keeping it positively pressurised while you do through water...

Might have some effect on vacuum advance though so I would only do run it through water...
Maybe so rad fan goes off and compressor goes on

Post by **ScottieJ** » Fri Feb 07, 2014 3:03 pm

I still don't understand how you are actually getting the dizzy wet? It's right at the back of the engine bay and high up? I've never had an issue with getting the dizzy wet unless the water was physically up to the dizzy

This was years ago, only change to the engine was a snorkel, still had the original fan etc.
http://youtu.be/x0ZTq7nx6So

Post by **Jordi** » Fri Feb 07, 2014 3:52 pm

ScottieJ wrote:I've never waterproofed the dizzy on any Suzuki of mine and it's never been an issue! Only thing I used to have a cover for was the coil and it was a proper coil glove.

Coil glove? Do explain, mine has a latex glove over it.

twiss · Post by **twiss** » Fri Feb 07, 2014 4:05 pm

I had a split in one of my ignition leads right at the dizzy end of it... it didn't short out normally unless you drove through a puddle... even the smallest of puddles!

Post by **ScottieJ** » Fri Feb 07, 2014 6:17 pm

Jordi wrote:
ScottieJ wrote:I've never waterproofed the dizzy on any Suzuki of mine and it's never been an issue! Only thing I used to have a cover for was the coil and it was a proper coil glove.
Coil glove? Do explain, mine has a latex glove over it.

I got one off a mate from a kit for a rover v8 but I just found these
http://www.mamotorworks.com/vw/Product/ ... Kit-321220
Shame it's in the USA, cheap enough though

dazerede · Post by **dazerede** » Fri Feb 07, 2014 8:34 pm

The dissy only got a bit damp the outside if the dissy looked dry but when I opened the dissy there was a bit of moisture in there so I blown and dryed it out and sprayed wd40 and I fired up so I will defo get the dissy waterproofed

Pugsley · Post by **Pugsley** » Fri Feb 07, 2014 11:44 pm

You might also want to check the condition of the rubber gasket/seal between the base of the distributor cap and the distributor body in case water is entering through.

dazerede · Post by **dazerede** » Sat Feb 08, 2014 10:32 am

Pugsley wrote:You might also want to check the condition of the rubber gasket/seal between the base of the distributor cap and the distributor body in case water is entering through.

Didn't even know it had a seal lol

twiss · Post by **twiss** » Sat Feb 08, 2014 10:51 am

Yeah its like a big O-ring... probably has been taken off at some point and gone missing!

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