Leak during car wash

[Maxx Mazda]

Maybe water was i nthere and it froze overnight and broke something.

 

[Stormtrooper77]

Maybe water was i nthere and it froze overnight and broke something.

Yeah, I know that's why it didn't work the next day.

 

[Kansei]

Good luck with your leak, I think I figured out what mine was. Just now I went back to the car wash that always caused my problem. This time there was no issue, and the only change was switching from my winter SRI to my CAI. I guess the high pressure wash water got under the hood way too easily (I don't have any sort of rubber gasket between the hood and body) and was getting sucked up into the filter.

There's definitely some mechanism to prevent water from coming in. I always envisioned it as being along the lines of a "drip loop" in a power cord for aquarium products. Basically the duct goes down and then has to come back up to get into the blower. At the bottom is a hole to let water out. Although this setup seems logical and simple, I have no information pointing towards it being the system employed by our cars. If it is, then I would reason that some debris clogged the drain hole.

 

[i12drivemyMP5]

With the weak ass paint jobs on these cars I wouldn't suggest even doing power washing of any sort. I use a very soft bristled brush on the end of the water hose & no soap at all. I have that 50k mile stuff on there that sheds the water off like it was oiled or something & doesn't even leave spots if you don't dry it so all I ever use is lo pressure water to clean it. Anyway, yeah, close those vents when going to all those car wash places...........

 

[Stormtrooper77]

With the weak ass paint jobs on these cars I wouldn't suggest even doing power washing of any sort. I use a very soft bristled brush on the end of the water hose & no soap at all. I have that 50k mile stuff on there that sheds the water off like it was oiled or something & doesn't even leave spots if you don't dry it so all I ever use is lo pressure water to clean it. Anyway, yeah, close those vents when going to all those car wash places...........

I don't know where you live but here when it's -25C and you drive into a heated car wash, you're windows are going to fog like crazy, inside and out. There's too much humidity in the air when in there. So closing the vents is not an option. Plus, you can't recirculate either, that causes fogging in this weather too. So your only option is to turn on the A/C. Note, our A/C does not work in temperatures under 0C.

Just a suggestion on your washing technique. I would start using car soap there man. I mean, your skin has oils, you wouldn't not use soap would you? Just a thought. Plus, all that wax stuff that claims you get a wash everytime it rains or you just have to rinse, that's all crap.

 

[i12drivemyMP5]

I don't know where you live but here when it's -25C and you drive into a heated car wash, you're windows are going to fog like crazy, inside and out. There's too much humidity in the air when in there. So closing the vents is not an option. Plus, you can't recirculate either, that causes fogging in this weather too. So your only option is to turn on the A/C. Note, our A/C does not work in temperatures under 0C.

Just a suggestion on your washing technique. I would start using car soap there man. I mean, your skin has oils, you wouldn't not use soap would you? Just a thought. Plus, all that wax stuff that claims you get a wash everytime it rains or you just have to rinse, that's all crap.

Not wax