FMIC on snow days.

[spirol]

I live in canada and unfortunately we have winter. I was wondering if snow can ruin front mount intercoolers? does is rust?

 

[marcmsj]

no sir, you'll be fine.

 

[CyberEye]

Shouldn't rust no. You won't really ruin it unless you hit a snobank pretty hard.

 

[90TSIAWDTALON]

Ur FMIC is prolly aluminum so it wouldnt rust.

 

[Sean485]

Will it rust? No, but where I live they put salt on the roads, salt will corrode aluminum so I make sure to keep at least the IC on my car free of road salt. If they salt the roads up there try to keep it clean, if they just sand and/or plow the roads then it wont hurt anything

 

[Nelsons91AWD]

I live is Michigan and try not to drive on crap days, (drive a plymouth van

i havent seen to much salt this year on the roads though, mostly sand

 

[slugsgomoo]

just rinse it if it gets salty to avoid corrosion. The upside of the snow is that it ought to keep the IC pretty cool.

 

[Defiant]

The upside of the snow is that it ought to keep the IC pretty cool.

Hopefully not too cool: an intercooler packed with snow and blocking-off the radiator's airflow would be bad. Very, very bad. I've not heard of this being a problem, but I don't have a front-mount.

 

[Jehu]

Anodizing will help combat corrosion from salt etc. The intercooler also tends to stay cleaner. W/o anodizing and extra cleaning, an intercooler will look quite ugly at the end of a salty winter.

 

[sjgYFZ200]

During the winter, ive heard that its actully better to not clean your cars frequently, because it gives all the salt a chance to run off/around the car, and corrode it. They say leave it outside, and dont clean it, that way it never melts, keeping the salt from corroding...not sure if its true or not, but I leave mine inside anyways.

 

[psychlow]

Anodizing will help combat corrosion from salt etc. The intercooler also tends to stay cleaner. W/o anodizing and extra cleaning, an intercooler will look quite ugly at the end of a salty winter.

I was just going to suggest this. Anodizing chemically changes the surface to protect from oxidation. As a bonus, you could also add a pretty colored-dye (or make it stealth-black) if you so desire.