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| WelshGas Member Since: 01 Oct 2010 Location: Vale of Glamorgan Posts: 935   
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With the Mantec - Plastic one piece RAI - properly fitted then it would be virtually impossible to spray water in any significant amount NB: it is not a snorkel - still have drain holes etc: in air pipe to air filter. But the normal air intake can take in a lot of spray from a hose so would have thought the same could happen from that spray wash.
I could be wrong, but I would be happy to try such a system with the Mantec fitted but wouldn't consider it otherwise without protecting the air inlet ( Very few vehicles have an air intake in such an exposed position as the Defender - most are in the engine bay or behind the radiator and often low down and downward facing. ) |
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21st Apr 2011 7:27pm |
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| Kez Member Since: 11 Apr 2011 Location: UK Posts: 271 
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Old Series 1 having a wash!
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22nd Apr 2011 6:04am |
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| Toplink Member Since: 05 Dec 2010 Location: Somerset Posts: 159 
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Well this car wash looks the business.
But why wash a Defender. Mines washed at the end of winter each year and when it rains,open the doors on a windy day and the interior is done. Must use some serious chemicals to strip dirt with just water pressure,does it affect waxoyl ? I may try it with my Series one and SCUBA gear  Its never over in my land rover.
2007 Defender HTop. 1952 Series One 80" 1977 Muir-Hill 111. 2014 Triumph Tiger800xc 1999 Discovery 2 td5 1982 Ransomes TSR300D. 2002 Yamaha XT600e. 2010 Freelander2 (the wifes) 2008 John Deere X140 |
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22nd Apr 2011 5:08pm |
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| szracer Member Since: 10 Oct 2010 Location: Cotswolds Posts: 356  
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Series 1 guy's cheating - He's paid for the exterior wash, but he's going to be getting an interior wash for free....
2010 110 XS USW (the slow one) 1960 Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ (the fast one) 2005 Ducati ST3 1954 Sunbeam S8 |
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22nd Apr 2011 5:49pm |
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| john adam Member Since: 01 Sep 2010 Location: Paris Posts: 77  
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True, but the Series will work perfectly after the wash !!!!!  1971 88 Series IIA somewhere in Southern Italy
1989 Ninety stolen in Paris 2004 90 TD5 gone 2010 110 S Puma TDCI running |
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22nd Apr 2011 6:49pm |
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| Kez Member Since: 11 Apr 2011 Location: UK Posts: 271
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Your right there John!
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23rd Apr 2011 7:23am |
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| mse Member Since: 06 Apr 2008 Location: UK Posts: 5034 
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You will probably find you got water in through the air intake (i think there is advice to avoid spraying water in there) or possibly water under the bonnet at one of the sensors.
The ECU on the bulkhead is IP55 ISTR and wouldnt be your issue - one other option would be water from underneath getting into the drivers seatbox...but my bet would be a sensor or the air intake. Mike |
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23rd Apr 2011 7:46am |
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| Kez Member Since: 11 Apr 2011 Location: UK Posts: 271
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Hi MSE, had local garage have a look with a generic tester - says it was an EGR fault, but could not give any more info - could it be related or just coincidence?
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23rd Apr 2011 8:44am |
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| mse Member Since: 06 Apr 2008 Location: UK Posts: 5034
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There are usually a number of EGR faults and MAF faults logged normally anyway...some are nothing to worry about, some are significant...some are cumulative eg you start with a MAF fault that increases with a number of other MAF/EGR etc faults until you get some engine warning light.
You could - on the other hand - have a faulty EGR valve that is common. There are a number of posts on here regarding EGR's and MAF's...on the latter some by me. Mike |
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23rd Apr 2011 9:41am |
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| ken Member Since: 18 Aug 2009 Location: Banging Birds with my bitches !! Posts: 4328
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If you had a BAS tune you could have cleared the light yourself (yes I know there are other tunes available
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23rd Apr 2011 9:50am |
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| Kez Member Since: 11 Apr 2011 Location: UK Posts: 271
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Can't see it being cheaper than my local garage £0 - he would not accept anything 'for just 10 mins work'
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23rd Apr 2011 4:31pm |
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| john adam Member Since: 01 Sep 2010 Location: Paris Posts: 77
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Lucky boy! Here in Paris I pay not each miniute but each second of work at my garage. BTW very nice Series: if a day I will decide to leave Paris for the countryside I would like to have (again) one of this. Carlo 1971 88 Series IIA somewhere in Southern Italy 1989 Ninety stolen in Paris 2004 90 TD5 gone 2010 110 S Puma TDCI running |
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23rd Apr 2011 6:53pm |
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| ken Member Since: 18 Aug 2009 Location: Banging Birds with my bitches !! Posts: 4328
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Kez what about the time it took to get there and the next time and the next
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23rd Apr 2011 7:42pm |
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| Kez Member Since: 11 Apr 2011 Location: UK Posts: 271
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Carlo, its much the same here in the UK with Main Steelers, just luck to have a family run garage just down the road that value relationships not just cash!
Hi Ken, its only 1 mile away, so even in the series 1 not that long to get there. We covered 130 miles today and no problems since (tempting fate I know!). Ps, just noticed the Weimaraner tag - ours (Dillon) died last Christmas 3 years ago, still miss him: http://www.gatesofremembrance.com/main/pets/tribute/?id=476 Last edited by Kez on 23rd Apr 2011 8:51pm. Edited 1 time in total |
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23rd Apr 2011 8:47pm |
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