Driving in rain desnorkled - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

08-20-2007, 08:19 AM

is it ok?

thanks

blinkwatt · 08-20-2007, 08:27 AM

Dude it's cool,think about it. You've seen what the snorkel connected to correct? Rain would have to be shooting from a 90 degree angle to get in the intake system. Even then it has a uphill climb and has to get past the air filter......highly unlikely.

*No aftermarket intake kit has a snorkel and air is brought in from almost the same location as a desnorkeled system. I hope that makes sense.

Wret · 08-20-2007, 08:53 AM

Your car, and all cars for that matter, ingests a certain amount of water when you drive in the rain. Even in a deluge, you won't suck in enough to harm your engine. It's not until you drive through water deep enough to submerge the intake that you need to worry.

RandallNeighbour · 08-20-2007, 10:37 AM

I don't know about the technical aspects, but I have been driving in rain for 3 years now desnorkeled and have not had any problems. Hope this helps!

However, if you desnorkel, you must not drive your car through an automated car wash (which you probably wouldn't do anyway but is worth mentioning) and you should not shoot your hose into the intake when washing the car in the future.

And one more thing... don't flick your cigarette butt out the driver's side window whilst driving down the road or it could be sucked into the intake and cause a fire.