Stim8ed
Member
Good to know
Nodge68
Well-Known Member
The cover wasn't fitted on the facelift models, presumably to safe a few pennies.
Nodge68
Well-Known Member
But it's not so good for wading, which is why the FL1 uses the higher inner wing air intake.
Arctic2
Well-Known Member
No not at all even though it is at the top of the bonnet,
and it is a lower car, it is still a lot better than the 2.0 or 1.8 induction on the R40 MGZT with K series engine, most of the time the shannon tube gets holed and can suck in water
Nodge68
Well-Known Member
I managed to suck water into the air filter housing of my new ZS 180 many years ago, when I thought I'd be ok driving through a shallow flood near home. I was rather surprised to find the air filter soaking wet, when the engine stalled. I didn’t realise at the time, that the air intake was so low down.
Thankfully no water got past the filter, or I'd have been in trouble, if I'd trashed the engine in a 3 month old car.
