Re: Air Filter pre-screen

[John Kiekhaefer <jonnk@execpc.com>]

The problem with this is that in Northern USA urban areas, there is also a good
amount of road salt being sucked in which clogs the screen when the snow melts and
then evaporates.  One winter in Milwaukee was enough to block my screen
completely.
John Kiekhaefer
98 GLX Red

Eric Schumacher wrote:

> Hi
> The screen is there to cover the situation where it is very cold and
> snowing and the car is not warmed up yet (very common in Deutschland) The
> engine sucks in the snow which is stopped by the air filter.  The filter is
> soon coated with snow/ice.  It is a race between the engine compartment
> heating heating up enough to melt the snow and the engine dying due to lack
> of air.
>
> With the screen there the snow stops at the screen and soon blocks it. As
> soon as that occurs the flap in the back of the air box is sucked open and
> warm engine compartment air is sucked into the box supplying air till
> things warm up enough to melt the snow.
> Us Southern californians would never figure this out on our own but once a
> German tells you about it the light comes on.
>
> At 10:39 AM 5/2/99 -0400, you wrote:
> >ONly when then engine is cold?   Or always?  WOuldn't the air filter do
> >a good enough job?
> >
> >SUndie....
> >
> >Eric Schumacher wrote:
> >>
> >> Its in there to catch the snow when the engine is cold.  Not a prob if you
> >> live where it doesn't snow a lot.
> >>
> >> At 10:07 PM 5/1/99 -0400, you wrote:
> >> >
> >> >So.  I just removed my air-filter pre-screen today.  It was just TOTALLY
> >> >filled with crap.
> >
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