Air Inlets - Where does debris go?
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Air Inlets - Where does debris go?
Occasionally, I'll have small leaves drop into the rear air inlets when the car is parked. I don't see how these come out from underneath, is there a way to clean the area out? Anyone?
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I have not studied the cooling ducts on the C7, but I would think that they are just a duct that directs the air that enters from the inlets to the areas that are being cooled, much like the brake duct cooling vents on the C6 and C5 Z06's
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yup... it's a PIA - you cannot get the vents off except from underneath and require inner fender removal...I keep a set of ankle weights over them when I park for the night in my complex which has huge tree debris...moving soon, but if I stayed, I'd make covers....
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I believe the OP is talking about crap getting in there as well. On the Z51, those vents are functional and feed 2 heat exhangers. So any crap entering is going to be trapped by those exchangers, much like a C6's radiator being plugged up by crap that is "vacuumed" up by the bottom-feeding air intake
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I believe the OP is talking about crap getting in there as well. On the Z51, those vents are functional and feed 2 heat exhangers. So any crap entering is going to be trapped by those exchangers, much like a C6's radiator being plugged up by crap that is "vacuumed" up by the bottom-feeding air intake
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I parked under a white pine that was shedding needles. The needles tend to fall end down, so after about 2 hours the vents were stuffed with hundreds of them. I had pull them out one by one...
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