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Snorkel through automatic carwash

Postby BAM083 on Sun, 21 Apr 2019 7:05 +0000

Hi all, probably a bit of a silly question, but is it safe to use an automatic carwash with a snorkel in my car? Just a normal laserwash type carwash, not the type with the spinning brushes etc.

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Re: Snorkel through automatic carwash

Postby taresk on Sun, 21 Apr 2019 7:57 +0000

Yes, they're harmless.

It's the brush ones you have to avoid, they have a habit of wrapping around the ram head and ripping it off, like they do with wipers.

Snorkels are designed with a water trap in the head for rain, road spray, etc, which lets most out before it even gets close to the airbox, not sure what stainless snorkels have in place for that though.
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Re: Snorkel through automatic carwash

Postby dabbler on Sun, 21 Apr 2019 7:59 +0000

What is this "carwash" you speak of ?
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Re: Snorkel through automatic carwash

Postby Skrewdriver on Mon, 22 Apr 2019 7:15 +0000

dabbler wrote:What is this "carwash" you speak of ?


You know when water falls out of the sky.....
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Re: Snorkel through automatic carwash

Postby berniecam on Mon, 22 Apr 2019 5:42 +0000

Skrewdriver wrote:
dabbler wrote:What is this "carwash" you speak of ?


You know when water falls out of the sky.....

Water falling from the sky -- you say :o I can just remember that did happen on a regular basis some 50 years ago but now :?: :?: :?:
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Re: Snorkel through automatic carwash

Postby Myralga on Tue, 23 Apr 2019 4:11 +0000

berniecam wrote:
Skrewdriver wrote:
dabbler wrote:What is this "carwash" you speak of ?


You know when water falls out of the sky.....

Water falling from the sky -- you say :o I can just remember that did happen on a regular basis some 50 years ago but now :?: :?: :?:


Can’t agree with this more.

The sad truth is I give my old man $H!T when he comes to Sydney. Tell him he just comes to hopefully see it rain.

As for the question at hand as stated it’s harmless. Heck if they did a piss poor job they may not have even sealed the holes in the bottom of the air housing.
If they did it will evaporate over time. The little bit it sprays you is nothing really.


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Re: Snorkel through automatic carwash

Postby Ozwaz on Tue, 23 Apr 2019 6:12 +0000

F~\ck the water from the bloody sky! I had two and a half meters in two weeks, at the moment we are at 4.13
Meters and it's only early in the year.
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