Snow around induction Kit

[logic_guy]

My induction kit is at the bottom of the car, tucked behind the bumper.

As i have a lowered car, i was acting as a snow plough and then got stuck. Popped the bonnet and saw that there was snow covering my induction kit.... Big problems for the engine?

[SaxSpeed]

yes lol u dont want water in ur inlet

[Sam]

My induction kit is at the bottom of the car, tucked behind the bumper.

As i have a lowered car, i was acting as a snow plough and then got stuck. Popped the bonnet and saw that there was snow covering my induction kit.... Big problems for the engine?

yes lol u dont want water in ur inlet

It might have been a problem if had carried on/sat there engine running, but wont have caused a lot of damage.

The filter would have stopped a very high percentage/all of the water/snow that got sucked up if any at all.

Might be worth removing that part of the piping until the weather is better :)

[SaxSpeed]

ye definatly lol, wouldnt want to go through a big puddle with it there, as water is alot worse than snow as its the water in snow that will knacker the motor

[logic_guy]

Well snow is like a 'pulp' so the filter will stop it getting sucked up. Where as liquid will seep right though the paper.

I was probably doing 3K revs at the very most in places. I was messing around in the snow and acted like a snow plough.

I didn't hear the induction roar though :-/

[SaxSpeed]

well theres ur answer lol

[logic_guy]

well theres ur answer lol

Water in the engine?

[SaxSpeed]

what is ur car non running now?

[Sam]

Well snow is like a 'pulp' so the filter will stop it getting sucked up. Where as liquid will seep right though the paper.

I was probably doing 3K revs at the very most in places. I was messing around in the snow and acted like a snow plough.

I didn't hear the induction roar though :-/

I didnt think the filter was made of paper, i thought it was a fibre based material thats why you can wash them.

Water cant be compressed and if water went into the engine it will more than likely fuck the engine up

[SaxSpeed]

depends if its a pannel filter, standard or induction

[Ryan]

ye definatly lol, wouldnt want to go through a big puddle with it there, as water is alot worse than snow as its the water in snow that will knacker the motor

Water in snow? Snow is frozen water. There have been many saxos with it there over the years, in reality going through a big puddle isnt going to suck the puddle dry and the filter is there for - filtration. A saxo engine isnt sucking enough to pull a large volume of water from the ground upwards to the inlet manifold. If anything it would pool in the pipework for the filter.

yes lol u dont want water in ur inlet

Water is fine in small amounts, you have moisture in the air. When it becomes a problem is when there are large volumes going into the cylinder. Water doesnt compress/combust to well in larger volumes.


and please stop typing in text talk.