Aquamist HFS-3 and MINI Tank GB

[BostonR56S]

niiiice.

and, sorry guys!

[BostonR56S]

So, not to go WAY off topic here, but, I was at my brother's mechanic (they're pretty close friends, free labor close). Hes a ridiculously good audi mechanic, and is very knowledable about cars overall. I figured after my car sat for a few hours i'd have him give it a listen since I have the clacking (what I thought to be the lifters) when the engine is cold coming between cyl 2/3 (NOT timing chain tensioner, i've had it and its been fixed). Anyways, he gave it a listen and immediately pointed towards a dying HPFP. He says he's heard the exact noise before and thinks thats what it is. After saying how MINI has extended the warranty on them, he was pretty sure his assumption was right.

The on topic portion of this is I brought up the stumbling on cold start for the first 20 seconds of driving, and he thinks it can certainly be attributed to the HPFP not performing correctly (dying) while cold. This was my initial assumption before everything, but kind of slowly forgot about it since I hadn't seen the effects people have talked about with longer crank time/bad idle etc.

Side note also, check valve has seemed to stop the dripping.

[Guest]

Yeah buddy!
Just ordered my kit

Thanks Jeff.

Happy Chanukah to me!

[ColinGreene]

horay!

[Guest]

Crap, I forgot to ask....

What is the size of the gauge? I need to order the mount still.
52, 60 or 66mm?

[ColinGreene]

52mm is the size. i like the cravin speed stuff but i cant bring myself to pay that much.

[Guest]

(12-02-2011 02:42 PM)ColinGreene Wrote:  52mm is the size. i like the cravin speed stuff but i cant bring myself to pay that much.

Thanks.

It is a little pricy, seems to be the best way to go though.

What did you use then?

[HbSean]

alta for me.. Fair price and it works well

[silhouette88]

I used an AutoMeter but I really don't like it (but it's by far the cheapest solution besides DIY). Even though I was leaning away from the Alta one, I think it's actually the best value. The Cravenspeed mount is ideal, but damn that's a lot of coin.

On another note, I switched to 100% methanol about a week ago and I haven't experienced my engine "stumbling" since then. I did experience it one time after I had the check valve installed. I'm going to run it at 100% meth for a couple more tanks and then switch back to 75% to see if the problem comes back.

[ThumperGP]

Alta mount is the best for the price...cheap and simple and works fine.