My head is still spinning from "how did the water get into your fuel tank" but here goes. What are you doing to get the manifolds/headers to glow? What temps is your gauge showing on your dash? Does the engine perform ok on the road? Using an infrared gun ($10 on Ebay may not be exact but can be used for comparison), what are the temps at the exhaust ports, at the collectors, at the cat convertor, etc. Check cooling hoses, radiators, etc. with gun also. We NEED more data. Pics would be helpful.
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Jim.... Last year we had torrential rain and flash flooding in my area. My NAERC was parked in my driveway though it was fully covered I was worried. Unfortunately I have had many many issues with this car and slowly I have been trying to remedy them. I am a computer person, though I have knowledge of cars and learned a lot through the years, i am by no means a professional mechanic when it comes to cars, specially as complex these home built replicas are. I also lack patience and time to do deep mechanical work, its easier to get someone who is professional mechanic to take care of things that would take me a many hours, there are lots of professional mechanic out there but it seems there are lots of professional "Scam artist" in my area, anyway I had a mechanic look over the "not starting" issue and he told me that there is water in the gas tank and the tank needs to be dropped, cleaned, ect ect scam scam ripoff ripoff blaaa blaaa ect. he saw Lamborghini and many $$$$$$... I bought into it because of the torrential rain and the location of the gas fuel door facing up in the car as well as for its cheap quality. In the end from what I recall, it wasn't the "water in the tank" it was the fuel pressure regulator that was bad.
To ans your questions:
What are you doing to get the manifolds/headers to glow?
It will glow just by idling. It will be red hot after driving even short distances
What temps is your gauge showing on your dash?
I dont trust the dash gauges yet but the temp shows under 200 (more to follow)
Does the engine perform ok on the road?
Seems to be running fine but I have many other issues to deal with on this car
Using an infrared gun ($10 on Ebay may not be exact but can be used for comparison), what are the temps at the exhaust ports, at the collectors, at the cat convertor, etc. Check cooling hoses, radiators, etc. with gun also.
I will collect the data later this week once I have a bit of time and post
Jim thank you again for all the ideas and your vast knowledge in assisting me. I am looking forward to seeing your build again soon
CCIE
