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Author is it just me or is this a bad place for an air filter
mattk
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16th Sep 10 at 11:19   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
looking into some form of induction kit for the car, best one around for the GP is the GSR kit, bolts traight to the turbo and still incoperates the AFM

just a bit wary of where it sits

scoob
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16th Sep 10 at 11:23   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
large puddles would worry me
Fro
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16th Sep 10 at 11:25   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Na be areet just dont go through puddles deep enough to submerge it. Had one on the golf and never had any problems with it.
Kurt
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16th Sep 10 at 11:26   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
We used fit cheap eBay ones in a similiar location on Alfa's when I worked there, it gets suprisigly wet behind there, these all rusted and in one case ruined an afm

The filters we fitted didn't look too dissimilar to that either
scoob
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16th Sep 10 at 11:27   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
i wrote of an escort van driving thought a big puddle there air intakes are really low i wasnt happy
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16th Sep 10 at 11:30   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Most 1.8T engines from the VAG range locate there ait filter there
mattk
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I cant see it sucking up large amounts of water tbh, 1ltr of water weighs 1kg, would take a mighty suck to suck that up a 70mm pipe

its just spray im worried about
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16th Sep 10 at 11:46   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
well you have the wheel arch guard protecting underneath.

+ it wouldnt been seen as the best product if it caused issues!
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My mate went through a deep puddle in his Stilo(air filter is at the bottom like that) and it took a load of water into the engine.

He had to have a new engine fitted.
3CorsaMeal
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where is the standard air intake located?
Steve
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very bad, my leon one was like that, i was always aware so avoided puddles but the lad who bought it off me drove it through a puddle and knackered engine, needed a new one
Fro
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You will be ok with spray, i drove all through a winter with terrential rain etc and was still all good
leon.
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mines goes to the turbo not the inlet obviously but ive not had any problems, even when i was on a motorway going to alton towers in the most torrential rain ive ever seen and it is quite exposed.

ignore the text



[Edited on 16-09-2010 by leon.]
mike56gte
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thats where my mates sits on his golf gti and was fine for years but we had really bad floods last year and his got submerged going through a puddle and fucked his turbo.
Kurt
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I think as long as you don't drive through deep puddles or fords you'll be fine Matt

Mine gruppe m probably has more chance of drinking water, sucks air down from the scuttle panel
Fro
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Submerged could end like this



that was with standard airbox too, was a big flood.
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16th Sep 10 at 14:10   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
had a mate who had something similar was great till it sucked up a puddle n ruined everything id be very cautious
Andrew
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I'd be worried with road spray on a daily car. Be fine as a car used only in summer. I wouldn't do it.
Rich H
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Peugeot 306's have stupidly low air filters too, again be wary of big puddles!

 
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