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General Information => Troubleshooting => Topic started by: damac on June 25, 2013, 02:45:26 pm
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I had to post this after I almost killed my car today. I didn't even think about this until I was forced to pull over. Thought it could be fuel filter but I had a couple nasty stumbles when stabbing the pedal and just knew it was different. Got a day of nasty rain out of nowhere in the bay area. I was able to cheat and flip the lid with zip ties just to get home so I am guessing I didn't do damage?
Box full of water, filter soaked and a puddle of water in the intake where oil usually collects!
I did this to my rabbit one day just because I had the parts and wanted to get it on the road and have been driving it for months like this. I thought having the inlet exit the engine bay was a good thing and tried to mimic the setup in the 85.
I also planned to revisit the engine later. Lots of people tell me I should intercool, etc. to my rebuilt motor which is all stock right now.
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It's been a long time since I had Rabbit... I guess they don't have a plastic wheelhouse. :(
I recently forgot to replace the raintray in a parts Jetta, filled the passenger footwells via the AC airbox in one night. XD
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m b3 w/inner fenders... cone filter up behind headlight.. bent rod going thru silly no water puddle vs the ones i hit over and over 2 hr prior... and im serious.. it was no water.. just a stream/flow across tilted pavemnt.. like garden hose amount... kid ya not.. bent rod...
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How do you know you didn't bend it before?? lol. Were you in the crank case when it happened? ;)
DAMAC, If it still starts and runs fine.. I'd say you got LUCKY BRO! Good idea, poor execution is all. The mk1's do have an inner fender, but the water is not 100% blocked by it I do not believe.
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when your great running drops a hole... and smokes like weedwacker... it pretty easy to go.. wow.. that stalled my engine... and now its a 3 banger... happened at my fav stopsign... .5 mile from home... i limped it that last half mile...
this was monday/tues of katerna hurrican that flooded the dome all them years back.. the water puddles i hit prior in the evening should have done damage this peeazly little stream caused...
rod hangs on my wall... pull head was easy to see the "stroked bore"..
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I totally knew better, I can't understand why I even started the car. I do some really stupid things sometimes when I get tired.
With the airbox bottom flipped I had to zip tie it closed, but it made it 90 miles home in the rain. Not allot of water splashes up to the timing belt cover I guess.
Drove it hard as ever without a stumble and could hear the turbo again.
I could drive my old f250 in the rain all day with the cowl intake. That bastard was loud, but I guess its because with the drains clear that area could take allot of water in and not be high enough to spill over into the intake tube.