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Originally Posted by Catorce
I thought we already went through this. I posted multiple times about when the squirters open, perhaps even on this thread.
How did you test your opening pressures, Bo? No one has tested more of these than I, and I have the patent to prove it.
I don't care what Bruce Anderson and all the gurus say. I have tested them ad nauseam. They open with as little as 20psi of water, are FULLY open and spraying at 40psi, and can be cracked open with as little as 10 psi of air.
They do NOT function as written in all these published works. The spring inside the stock squirters is very, very light and easily compressed.
The myth that they OPEN at 50 psi is just that, a MYTH.
If you are testing used squirters and they are opening at high pressures, they are loaded with gunk inside.
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Catorce, it's your posts that inspired me to go back and check the opening pressures.
Used a pressure regulator and applied air pressure... Turned up the regulator until air came out...
Spent most of the day on a metal lathe, making a tool to flow oil/cleaner through the squirters. 90% done. Will hopefully post pics tomorrow if I'm done with it. It's kind of cool.
Tool passes through the case bolt passage, seals top and bottom, with o-rings to direct flow. It is threaded, and locked in place making it easy to use and push fluid through. Making the fixture really to be able to flow cleaner efficiently through the piston squirter, but can also be used to check opening pressure...
Catorce, respect your wealth of knowledge. Just sharing the results I found.
Will run through cleaner and see if it changes...
Bo