1989RS

i was wanting to know if any one knows whether or not ive got a bad nitrous solenoid...ok what it does is when i have a full bottle, it does not open... it just clicks, but when the bottle is, say 1/2 full, it will open fine. i was told by several people that the solenoid was bad. but a friend of mine said that it was because i had too small of a gauge wire running the solenoids(it was 14 gauge) and that i needed a relay as well.
p.s. it worked fine for a good month or so... i bought it used

1989RS

well, i guess no one knows then:lala:

Mike-91 Formula 350

Take the solenoid apart and if the seal on the plunger looks a little swollen that means fuel has gotten to it which is a common problem especially on a motor running a carb with the solenoid mounted below the throttle blades.A solenoid rebuild kit will probably cure it.

a73camaro

With a full nitrous bottle, take a larger wire (10 AWG or smaller) from the positive terminal of the battery and touch the +12 V side of the soleniod. If it opens, then you need to wire in a relay. If it don't not open, I'd say that you have an internal short within the windings of the solenoid. And that would need (the solenoid) to be replaced.

More than likely your NOS circuit is drawing too much current and causing too much of a voltage drop thru the conductors.

1989RS

thanks a bunch that might actually help tons:hail:
thanks, again, john