grounding magnesium blower

I just saw a mag blower at a shop near that was all corroded on the bottom edges of the blower it looks like the material on the blower started popping apart and they said it was bad grounds to the magneto and engine anyone here of this the reason Im asking is I have the same blower and dont want the same thing to happen.Didnt have time to call Robert Reehl today he usually knows this stuff.Let me know thanks

 

Could it be that the "corrosion" is actually the result of alky making the magnesium react? We ruined a real nice blower because the alky ate the mag.

 

A good friend of mine had his blower destroyed by what was thought to be a grounding issue, however he had been running a mag blower for several seasons pryor to installing this one without any issues. Ugly stuff.

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we had the same thing happen 3 or 4 yrs. ago what happened was we ran the car on a match race on sat that nite it was raining so we put the car upstairs in the trailer very fast may i add we did not down service the fuel system because we was going to run on sunday in the later part of the afternoon well the blower was lock up could not figure out what went wrong...pulled the blower off to see that the fuel ran into the blower because the fuel shut off was open and there was this white paste packed into this thing..put on another blower and call mert littelfield and the first thing out of his mouth was ...its a mag blower it's locked up from corrosin..(miss spelled)..AND YES THE BLOWER WAS JUNKED...kept the end frames and rotors gears and drive and left the case at the track..a real bummer learning exp...Dave Lowe
this story is to tell people NOT TO BUY MAG BLOWERS

 

The dips seen through the mirror on the second pic are exactly what our mag blower looked like also.
Like Dave, we had an internal fuel leak problem that put alky in the blower inbetween events. Our blower also locked up.

 

swiss cheese.

saw that happen to a mag blower manifold ages ago. back then some guys would hang the nose of a dragster by the ceiling of the trailer. Not good when you still got alky in it.

 

wanna sell the rotors???Dave

 

So basically I screwed myself buying a mag blower SUPER!!!What do you guys think of getting all the fuel out of the system and coating the inside of the blower with some lube

 

after done racing blow out the blower with air real good then spray gel it and leave the butterflys open..you should be ok..Dave

 

Magnesium corrodes as it draws moisture from the atmosphere, add this to the fuel also wanting to attract moisture, extra care needs to be taken.

When possible keep in the hot water cupboard and check regularily.

I have used & owned mine since 2002 with no problems at all.

 

Thanks a lot guys you were a lot of help where can I find the lube I should use

 

I sell the the prizm blower gel for $ 5.50 per can plus shipping the only reason I sell it for this not $18.00 per can is I buy by the pallets I sell to don schumacher racing for all there top fuel teams..plus many other racers here on ITA..I don't make a dime off this just get a good deal for my own use and pass it on to other racers...Dave..620-249-5909 or race shop 620-231-8068

 

I have a chance to buy a mag 14:71 for reasonable money, is it worth the hassle of this maintanance?

Tim Steed

 

I bought some DMPE lube, it was "stickier" than the Wizards stuff, what is the better product?

 

it is all Prizm it is owned by a company named lawson they just bought it out.. we buy it by the truck load as in pallets, we do not relable our cans like alot of people do..Dave and yes it works great

 

when in prizm

Prizm lube? Ok i was gonna hyperlink those two words to the urban dictionary but after reading the link. I better not

 

Would this lube be used on non magnesium blowers too? I assume it would but don't like to use that word.

 

yes it is the same