nexsuperne Posted July 23, 2013 Report Posted July 23, 2013 Hi, does anyone know the height of the air intake on a mk2 gal? I spent a lot of last winter recovering cars that had gone through fairly shallow water and knackered engines. Mostly Mondeos and Astravans. Has the galaxy got the same stupid '3 inches off the floor' design? Quote
nexsuperne Posted July 23, 2013 Author Report Posted July 23, 2013 Thanks for the info. I take it that it is behind the headlamp or top of the arches? Quote
seatkid Posted July 23, 2013 Report Posted July 23, 2013 (edited) No, its the top left corner of the radiator grill (looking toward the front of the car) - It has a fine (snow) grill and connects to a large pipe going to the bottom section of the large airbox (with bottom valved drain holes IIRC) in the engine bay. Air to the engine is taken from the top half of the airbox - Don't think you'll have any problem with water ingress into engine. (Mk1 info - I presume the Mk2 is the same) Edited July 23, 2013 by seatkid Quote
SilverBeast Posted July 23, 2013 Report Posted July 23, 2013 It's here (blue circle) Mine's just like this with the drivers headlight removed. Looks like something should go into it but doesn't. I wasn't sure if something else had been left off by the garage that replaced my radiator but when I asked on the Forums no-one seemed to think it should be any different. It goes to a tube in the drivers wing that then feeds into the air filter housing (they'd managed to leave that rattling round inside the wheelarch too! Quote
seatkid Posted July 23, 2013 Report Posted July 23, 2013 It's here (blue circle) http://www.fordgalaxy.org.uk/ford/public/style_images/master/attachicon.gifHeadlight Removed.JPG Mine's just like this with the drivers headlight removed. Looks like something should go into it but doesn't. I wasn't sure if something else had been left off by the garage that replaced my radiator but when I asked on the Forums no-one seemed to think it should be any different. It goes to a tube in the drivers wing that then feeds into the air filter housing (they'd managed to leave that rattling round inside the wheelarch too! Oh......didnt imagine it could be so different for the mk2. In that case ignore all my previous posts - that photo looks as if water could be a problem. Even more reason for me to stick with my Mk1..... Quote
nexsuperne Posted July 24, 2013 Author Report Posted July 24, 2013 God that's rubbish! Time to relocate that I think. Most of the cars I recovered were fine until they met a car going the other way. The bow-waves created by each car would then slap into and over the bonnet of the other car and suck water straight through the air intake. If they had just slowed down to reduce the bow wave, or cut their engine just before they passed, then many of them wouldn't have suffered dead engines from hydraulic lock up. Thanks for the pics. Time to buy another Land Rover. This was my last one.... Quote
chrispb123456 Posted July 24, 2013 Report Posted July 24, 2013 Have to agree it looks like a tubes been left off but thats how the MK 2's are, the MK1's had a short extension pipe but still at about the same height as the 2's Quote
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