Bonjour à tous
I redid the steam generator, the small copper pipe sent me too much splashing water despite 2 meters long.
I wanted to do it in stainless steel and brazed on the exhaust to be able to remove it later but considering the difficulty to have stainless soldering and good flow at a reasonable price I finally made the copper generator, a form a little complicated to go behind the original stainless steel cover and have a little volume and avoid direct splashing water to the exit.
I had to change it a little: water inlet at the lowest point and more vertical exit for the water to come down more easily (and yes there are still projections!).
Test drive this morning early and tonight in heavy traffic jams (blocking trucks ?!), it's good it works much better.
Side amenity although not measurable (placebo effect?!) Flexibility seems better: the other days (without water) the engine always tends to jerk at low speed and low load especially in traffic jams (heat), here it is better and I allow myself to pass the street corner in 2ème 1 000tr / mn while usually it is in 1ère (the idle is 1200 rpm). It seems to me that despite the traffic jams the oil temperature remained relatively low compared to the other days.
It's at least that's won.
The water consumption is very low for the moment (I was afraid of upwelling).
For gasoline consumption it will be necessary to make comparative measurements by putting the poorer injection and rolling on the flat at a steady speed with and without water ...
Ah, if I had a circular test track closed to traffic!
Pictures of the steam generator set astride the exhaust tube, despite the game between the 2 it heats well:
After small modifications of the entry and the exit:
Michel
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