help question

i just started my car for the first time since last year

541 kb 1471 hh littlefield and the nozzles that cool the rear of the blower have fuel spraying a mist out of both of them ( out of the vent holes ) i didnt let it run that long and i took the lines off and there clear of any trash i know this isnt normal and i have never seen it do this before i just went through the motor heads blower ( restriped ) basicallly the whole car every thing is fresh front to back i thought i would ask you guys befor i started looking for something weird

thanks for the help

thanks jim

 

you didnt put the rotors in wrong did you when you re-stripped it

 

john is right. the rotors are in the wrong sides. i sent a blower out a few years ago and it did the same thing.

 

mike yes the holes are up

john and bruce i am 99% sure the rotors are in right i kept them apart so not to get them mixed up but now you have me worried i messed up some how i made sure they were in time how can i tell before taking it a part it turns smoothly i have had the the blower apart several times for service and never a problem but there is the 1% now i not sure you guys have me second guessing myself but its possible i

thanks jim

 

Hi Jim,
I would check it. There are lots of answers because it has been done before......I admit!!
Dale

 

Oh yea, like talking on the phone while doing it, easy to do
i can say i have done it once and didnt even notice it

 

well its posssible i guess but how do you tell left from right are the rotors marked any where if there not they will be marked from now on thanks for the help guys


thanks jim

 

I'll abmit, did this once in my TD days. Motor started right up, sounded good. Went to do a burn out and fell on its face Drove me nuts?! Fowler "suggested" I had them in backwards and I say "No way!" Well, he was right! Lesson learned and remembered!

 

oh i am going to take it apart for sure

is there a way to tell the difference

back when i did this it was down several days tring to find a screw for the damn teflon i guess i just mixed them up i knew something was wrong when it started i seen the mist of fuel and it didnt sound just right but i hadnt heard it in awhile thank for all the in put

this site is great im on several times a day reading all the post you guys put on here and believe it are not i take notes in case i ever have some of the problems i see posted i hated to ask i didnt want to look stupid but i didnt want to tear ant thing up


thanks again for all the help

jim phillips

 

their in backwards

i restriped mine and fuel sprayed out rear nozzles
and blower got hot in rear very quick
look in hat and i bet they are in wrong
it happens
good luck
duane

 

sort of hard to explain but look through the blades and rotate the blower in the correct direction. the rotors should roll in the shape of a V from the front to the back. even in the wrong sides it rotate smooth and sound o.k. when idling but it will blow the fuel out the holes on the nozzle bodies. think about this. when they are in right, the air bows to the bottom at the front. if in wrong, it would blow up and to the back.

 

thanks bruce now i know thanks for the explaination simple to understand some how i got them mixed up now i can check one before i put it back on the car should i restrip it again

 

Now you never will forget it

 

the guy that put mine in wrong specializes in roots blower modifications. I never thought to check the rotors so that just shows even the best make a mistake.

 

thats what i love about this site people helping each other i will only give advice when i know what im talking about over the years i got advice from a few that didnt know as much as did but i was young and didnt have a clue but once i learn some thing from someone who has been there done that i appreciate it once i learn something i dont for get it and i wont make that mistake again

thanks again for the help oh the new car is bad ass looking i hope it runs as fast as it looks blown 541 kb hemi 1471 littlefield 3speed lenco 47 fiat now i just need a place to run it


thanks again jim

 

Jim,

When looking at the blower from the pulley end, the right rotor should twist right. Been there, now we have a diagram on the wall lol...

 

LOL will to form now on thanks for the help i just cant believe i mixed them up it wont happen i know that

 

Alcohol altered

Hey Jim my name is matt moreira. I was reading this thread,& said you have an alcohol altered, if ya don't mind what region are you racing out of?

 

Wouldn't rev up would it.....

After having a similar experience we were talking to the late and great Red Redeker and sort of quizzed him like "so what would happen if the rotors were flipped after a restripping" He just looked over his glassed and said "Wouldn't rev up would it!"........priceless