Water for Dripless Seal

SNobsessed wrote: Your powerplant sure looks good!

Thanks you sir.

SNobsessed wrote: Did you get any of the heavy weather yesterday?

It woke me up early. Lots of 'show' and rain.

Not to worry Eric, she's fine.   



I went back to the beginning with a new crank. Gotta luv std/std...



Waiting on the T.

SNobsessed wrote: BuffaloBFN wrote: SNobsessed wrote: Greg, don't forget to post pictures! Of where I get the water from?    Got me there, I should have figured it out for myself. It comes from Lake Lanier . . .

Ha, Im not giving you a hard time- I had to buy mine after the fact as well (my OJ kit was for 1").

Greg, I bought a box of tees like this:

1-1/4" tee on ebay

Then I bought a male 1/2" NPT x 3/8" barb from Mcmaster, along with the fancy colored hose I posted above.

Just in case your kit didnt come with these parts!

Greg, don't forget to post pictures!

I ran it on the hose that feeds the port manifold. Plenty of pressure there. FWIW OJ said the seals don't really even need much, if any, cooling water. They run them on 6000+ RPM race boats with no problems.

I added a stop valve to control the flow of water. Handy for running in the driveway and for ensuring a little backpressure in the line so that the port manifold continues to be well-fed.

Ha, I figured it probably wasnt a budget issue. I wouldnt worry so much about a little 3/8" hose being non-original, at least not considering the block color and valvecovers.

If you want to be fancy, you can pick up some color matched tubing from http://www.mcmaster.com/#tubing/=gh6r71. Try part number 5648K292.

I wouldnt want that tee doing double duty... Having to break out a wrench and switch fittings around defeats the purpose of having the garden hose tee in the first place! Spend the extra $5 and get the extra tee and another 3' of 3/8" hose, it wont break the bank.

You had me curious enough to call Eric and ask... he confirmed that it should be plumbed to the outlet of the RWP (not the inlet) as you want the high pressure side to force water down through the seal and out the shaft log, not pull it in.

Greg, I dont recall what the OJ instructions say. I dont have a good picture of where we installed it either. If youre concerned about it, then I would call OJ directly (1-800-359-9730) and see what they say. They'll probably put Eric Johnson on the line.

We ended up using our own tee, as I bought the kit second hand, and needed a 1-1/8" version instead of a 1". I used the same plastic tee that I use to connect the garden hose to. For a 351w, you would need a 1" barb x 1" barb x female NPT. The female NPT size can be whatever size you need to match the NPT male x 3/8" barb fitting. Probably 1/2" or 3/4". You can get them at Lowes.

Anyone know where i can get that T joint? Is that 3/8 hose that came with the kit? I have the seal but not the kit with the connector and hose. Any ideas on where to source those parts?

So where does the OJ want to be?

I've seen several places to pull this water. The most common seems to be from the 1" hose between the exhaust mani and thermostat. Has anyone decided on the best place? Would using a block drain be better or worse?