IC Spray

[Lodgey180]

Has anyone on here fitted intercooler spray ?
My rear washer is leaking and instead of fixing it i was thinking about just putting spray nozzles facing the intercoolers and just putting clean water in the washer bottle. Would this give much of a difference in air temp or is it just a waste of time?
Im going on a run what you brung on bank holiday and trying to sneak a little quicker times lol

 

[Dave_88]

Oi lodgey no cheating!!! lol

 

[Miss Hamilton]

Cheater! Im telling. lol.

 

[Dave_88]

No way your getting my tenner Lodgey!

 

[adam cupra 20vt]

When I done this [not on my leon] I didnt bother to use clean water I still used screen wash and it didnt do any harm.

 

[JamJay]

When I done this [not on my leon] I didnt bother to use clean water I still used screen wash and it didnt do any harm.

But did it make any difference, noticeably cooler intake temps?

 

[sheffboy]

Adam. did it keep the temps down on yours? was it noticeable at all?

 

[sheffboy]

Adam. did it keep the temps down on yours? was it noticeable at all?

edit. beaten to it by JamJay

 

[adam cupra 20vt]

To be honest I don't really know as it was on my big FMIC for my 5GTT and I fitted the intercooler and the water spray at the same time

 

[JamJay]

Lol, sorry Sheffboy, must have been a matter of seconds in it.

I know the newage Subaru Impreza STi's use this technology as standard but I think it's automatic, there must be a reasonable gain.

 

[adam cupra 20vt]

My mate also has this as standard on his Evo but his is not automatic.......he reckons it makes a difference but thats all I can tell you.

 

[Lodgey180]

im init to win it guys lmao !!
going to have a go at it.. charl i might need some of the red silicone piping tho if you still have it ??
got 2 fan jet washer jets on my desk

 

[Miss Hamilton]

hightower has it but should be giving me it back tonight as hes not using it. so its yours mate

 

[sheffboy]

im init to win it guys lmao !!
going to have a go at it.. charl i might need some of the red silicone piping tho if you still have it ??
got 2 fan jet washer jets on my desk

Keep us posted on the results mate

 

[tgorman]

would be interesting to see what comes up

 

[Lodgey180]

hightower has it but should be giving me it back tonight as hes not using it. so its yours mate

cheers hun

il do a run with it and a run without..
i know it wont be alot of difference but it helps

 

[Lodgey180]

got my washer jets and "Y" piece today

1J0 955 873 D
191 955 985 A X2

worked out under a fiver. Going to do it on sunday but need to dissconnect my rear wiper motor as i dont want to look a fool with my rear wiper going haha.
going to have a look see if there is a separate relay for the rear wiper or if its tied in with the front ones..

 

[Andrewcupra TDI]

what about pulling the plug wire from the rear motor, not sure on leons but on my fiesta it was plug connectors , and sure it had its own blade fuse , aint got leon book with me to check

 

[Lodgey180]

i will look into that cheers.. il post some pics up over the weekend .. should be easy peasy

 

[EmDee]

This thread got me thinking, it's an interesting idea since I was considering removing my rear wiper anyway. I Googled it and it seems you may well come back to the car about an hour later and find a puddle by your FMIC.

Apparently, the washer fluid reservoir doesn't have a check valve to prevent all the water from dripping out. It doesn't need one when it is used to clean the rear window since the nozzles are positioned high enough above the reservoir. Now that you have the nozzles for the IC spray lower than the reservoir, all the water will drain out.

It looked from the pics like this was on a Subaru, so I can't guarantee this will happen, but it makes sense. Apparently the solution is to either get nozzles with built in check valves or to buy an inline check valve and splice it into the hose that goes from the reservoir to the rail.