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I can't find it, but there was a ___ on the FB group that was diving in the rain ( Guy and his GF - can't remember if she was taking video ) and it was coming down hard into the engine compartment.
Are you concerned about dirt left by the rain in the engine compartment or actually hurting the car? It won't hurt the car, but it will make it dirty.
Originally Posted by VetteDrmr
More thinking about rain draining while the car is parked.
Hmm, have had to drive my car ~60 miles 2 days when it was raining. Both for dealer service appointments to have 1) the driver's mirror replaced as it was defective and 2) get alignment checked/set after I had >500 miles.
One was a steady rain and car was a mess, lots of dirt on the rear and bottom sides. Washed it. The other a light rain, washed it again. The engine compartment was dirty! Not the engine cover but as you'd expect where the rain came through the vents!
Cleaned the window behind the passenger compartment yesterday. The back was easy using my window cleaning wand (inside a bit of a pain.) However water sports and dirt on the engine supports and flat plastic areas. Meguire's Water Spot Remover worked good enough for me. Someone OCD probably would not be super happy!
[QUOTE=JerryU;1602271005]Hmm, have had to drive my car ~60 miles 2 days when it was raining. Both for dealer service appointments to have 1) the driver's mirror replaced as it was defective and 2) get alignment checked/set after I had >500 miles.
Jerry
What was wrong with the drivers side mirror?
I've tried but FB does not appear to have search available. The video of the guy driving with his GF taking the video of rain coming in was a hoot, but it was a wile back 2-3 months (?) and it was taking forever just to look a week back manually.
On your front engine C7 (or C1, C2, C3, C4, C5, or C6), when you are driving in the rain, do you think your engine is staying dry? It is like a car wash in the engine compartment, with water coming through the radiator and getting thrown up by the tires. Yet, usually the engine keeps running and most electrical things keep functioning.
It is possible that the C8 engineers have found out that it rains sometimes and have taken that into consideration.
The vents on the C8 engine compartment aren't an issue, I agree, but the tires on my C7 are covered by fender liners, and not throwing water up onto the engine. Maybe yours is missing some parts?
Hmm, have had to drive my car ~60 miles 2 days when it was raining. Both for dealer service appointments to have 1) the driver's mirror replaced as it was defective and 2) get alignment checked/set after I had >500 miles.
One was a steady rain and car was a mess, lots of dirt on the rear and bottom sides. Washed it. The other a light rain, washed it again. The engine compartment was dirty! Not the engine cover but as you'd expect where the rain came through the vents!
Cleaned the window behind the passenger compartment yesterday. The back was easy using my window cleaning wand (inside a bit of a pain.) However water sports and dirt on the engine supports and flat plastic areas. Meguire's Water Spot Remover worked good enough for me. Someone OCD probably would not be super happy!
I had the engine compartment plastic Ceramic coated when I did the car. No more spots when I clean it or drive in the rain & it shines up pretty good.
Hmm, have had to drive my car ~60 miles 2 days when it was raining. Both for dealer service appointments to have 1) the driver's mirror replaced as it was defective and 2) get alignment checked/set after I had >500 miles.
Jerry
What was wrong with the drivers side mirror?
Strange thing happened- see pic. The gel in the mirror that controls diming, went bad! Service Manager and Corvette Tech said they had seen that in older cars BUT never new and never on the whole face. Bad batch I assume. GM had the mirror in stock. 15 minutes to change! All fine now.
Strange thing happened- see pic. The gel in the mirror that controls diming, went bad! Service Manager and Corvette Tech said they had seen that in older cars BUT never new and never on the whole face. Bad batch I assume. GM had the mirror in stock. 15 minutes to change! All fine now.
Thanks! I had seen that issue once before on this site. They had both sides go stupid I recall.
09-29-2020, 07:42 PM
Not a problem
