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Those with W/M injection that use the washer reservoir, how often do you need to refill?

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Old 02-25-2009, 01:46 PM
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Default Those with W/M injection that use the washer reservoir, how often do you need to refill?

Someone made a comment the other day they needed to refill their reservoir after 4 hours of driving.

I know it depends on a number of factors and how your system is setup but I'm just looking for a ballpark. Is this something I'm going to have to refill every time I fill my gas tank or more or less?

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Default Honestly it's all about throttle position. If you are WOT all the time you will probably ....

have to refill it more often than your fuel tank.

If you daily drive the car and aren't in boost all the time it will most likely last a tank or two.
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Well true- but you have water/meth too so you know what I mean and it does answer him accurately.
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Default I buy methanol 2 gallons at a time...

two gallons of methanol will make 4 gallons of meth injection sauce (mix with 2 gallons of distilled water). That 4 gallons lasts me about 3 months.

Once filled, the reservoir lasts me about 1-2 weeks. Thats a mix of city, highway, WOT, FATS pulls, etc.
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Thanks Josh, that was the info I was looking for.
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I appreciate the response, it was helpful.
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not often. every other month for me, if that.
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so what would happing if i ran a lil w/m on my stock 2000 s4 with no tune? i got a front mount thats about it for now and do i just hook it up to a switch and push t when i wanna use the mix? or is it hooked to the gas pedle some how and thas how it get shot in?
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For a DD that you drive like normal in traffic you should easily be able to go 6-8 weeks. Obviously how often you use your windshield washers will factor in. I'd guess I make it 4-5 gas fillups before I add fluid to the washer reservoir, and then it is mostly because I think of it, not because the low level indicator comes on. I've got my aquamist system set to kick on at 5 psi of boost, that'll also come into play.

If your system isn't wired to activate automatically don't bother. Manually activating is not a good idea since the times that you'd want it spraying are also the times where you should have both hands on the steering wheel and paying full attention to where you are headed.

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