question about rain
06-16-2004, 05:39 AM
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question about rain
i havent seen anything on this and thought it might be worth asking, would a terrential(sp) downpoor effect the turbo in any way, such as sucking water into it and dragging it as far as into the intake? i have a filter on my turbo, but the end cap fell off, and i havent replaced it yet, so theres about a 2"hole at the end of the filter and it rained like hell yesterday, the car runs fine, but was just wondering if anybodys seen that happen?
06-16-2004, 08:25 AM
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Re:question about rain
But really, I don't think you would have to worry too much about the rain unless you drove you car through a huge *** pudle and submerged the turbo...mind you that would have to be pretty ------- deep. I'd be more worried about sucking in a small rock or bird or something like that.
06-16-2004, 11:44 AM
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Re:question about rain
Iwould think that the turbine would atomize the water before it makes it to the manifold. Just like a pre-turbine water injection kit. It would have to be a lot of water to hurt. And for a bird, consider it fried chicken and make yourself some soup!
06-17-2004, 06:42 AM
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Re:question about rain
all of the above! i have a 3" cold air pipe hanging low in my front bumper and have sat behind cars in torrential rain without any problems, what i try to avoid are those nasty river crossings, but then again i don't drive a 4x4 
06-17-2004, 12:48 PM
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Re:question about rain
I've taken the nasty river crossings before, with water well past the tires.. then again I was driving a 4x4.. lucky the raging waters didn't wipe my *** out, at least it got all the mud and ---- clean.
Having an open hole in the intake is just a dumb idea. I think jeff posted pics of a turbo that was left open somplace in the main page.. fucked the compressor blade right up. I would be more worried about a bug getting in there then a rock/bird.
As far as sucking rain up, yeah if you're driving and you hit a puddle that deep, you're going to be fucked.. but more then just the turbo, you'll probably soak your ignition system.
Having an open hole in the intake is just a dumb idea. I think jeff posted pics of a turbo that was left open somplace in the main page.. fucked the compressor blade right up. I would be more worried about a bug getting in there then a rock/bird.
As far as sucking rain up, yeah if you're driving and you hit a puddle that deep, you're going to be fucked.. but more then just the turbo, you'll probably soak your ignition system.
