mattk
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Registered: 27th Feb 06
Location: St. Helens
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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
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scoob
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Registered: 16th Oct 03
Location: Beverley, E Riding of Yorkshire
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large puddles would worry me
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Fro
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Registered: 20th Jun 06
Location: Rainham, Essex Drives: A3 2.0TDi Sport
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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.
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Kurt
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Registered: 23rd Oct 05
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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
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scoob
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Registered: 16th Oct 03
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i wrote of an escort van driving thought a big puddle there air intakes are really low i wasnt happy
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VrsTurbo
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Registered: 8th Jun 10
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Most 1.8T engines from the VAG range locate there ait filter there
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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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VrsTurbo
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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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A2H GO
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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.
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3CorsaMeal
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where is the standard air intake located?
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Steve
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Registered: 30th Mar 02
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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
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Fro
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Registered: 20th Jun 06
Location: Rainham, Essex Drives: A3 2.0TDi Sport
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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
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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.]
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mike56gte
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Registered: 23rd Jun 09
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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.
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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
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Fro
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Location: Rainham, Essex Drives: A3 2.0TDi Sport
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Submerged could end like this
that was with standard airbox too, was a big flood.
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wrattengsi
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Registered: 6th Nov 09
Location: kent sittingbourne
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had a mate who had something similar was great till it sucked up a puddle n ruined everything id be very cautious
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Andrew
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Registered: 5th May 04
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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.
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Rich H
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Registered: 26th Oct 05
Location: West Sussex Drives: E46 M3
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Peugeot 306's have stupidly low air filters too, again be wary of big puddles!
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