Hi all, hope you had a good Christmas.
Has anyone had water entering air box ? I drove home from Swanage last night about 160 miles in the pouring rain without issue. I went out this morning & when I got up to 70mph I lost power & 'limped along at 55 so I stopped & plugged in the Foxwell & noticed the air flow reading was not right so presumed my new Seimens MAF had gone boobies up. When I got home & took the MAF out it was blocked with paper see pics.
I had removed the air box & cleaned it when I fitted it & wondered if I'd left some paper towel in there but after lifting the air filter housing lid discovered the 3,700 mile old air filter had exploded due to water getting in. At the time I put a new gasket on the intake to inner wing including new plastic nuts, new air box lid clips, the drain nipple on the bottom of the air box was removed & cleaned & there's no damage to the air cleaner case so I'm a bit miffed although it's thankfully an easy fix.
Is it OK to block the drain nipple completely & drain it weekly ? as I can only presume it's sucking the water in there.
Has anyone had water entering air box ? I drove home from Swanage last night about 160 miles in the pouring rain without issue. I went out this morning & when I got up to 70mph I lost power & 'limped along at 55 so I stopped & plugged in the Foxwell & noticed the air flow reading was not right so presumed my new Seimens MAF had gone boobies up. When I got home & took the MAF out it was blocked with paper see pics.
Is it OK to block the drain nipple completely & drain it weekly ? as I can only presume it's sucking the water in there.