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Old 01-22-2008, 04:19 PM
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Left the hood up while doing a few things on the 951.. ran to the parts store , started to snow while I was out.

Come home and the engine bay is covered in snow I wiped/blew away as much as I could (concentrating on electrical connectors)

I know its probably not a big deal.. but you never know. Should I be worried about anything?
Old 01-22-2008, 04:22 PM
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Water will get in the engine bay some how. I regularly hose down my engine bay and have seen no ill effects. If you're really worried about it, I'd use a hair dryer.

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OK, figured.. I'm just paranoid with this thing.

I finally found the memory stick with pictures of my 951. Heres a shot of the engine.. excuse the mess behind the car (after I got the 951 out of the garage I cleaned up all the junk in there)

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I know how you feel Mike.... on the rare occasion one of my cars makes it out of the garage it takes me days to get it back in as I always have to clean out all the random crap I have built up in there.
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Make sure the spark plug wells are dry
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I would just go ahead and start it and see what happens but thats just me..

P.S. I don't think its an issue.
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Originally Posted by Mike Markota
OK, figured.. I'm just paranoid with this thing.

I finally found the memory stick with pictures of my 951. Heres a shot of the engine.. excuse the mess behind the car (after I got the 951 out of the garage I cleaned up all the junk in there)

That's a nice hot air intake you got there!



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