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Old Dec 16, 2014 | 10:30 AM
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Under hood snow
Hi everyone, I just wanted to show you what can happen in snowstorm. We had some severe storm for 2 days




snow in hood.









the snow blew under the Bronco and through the grille.



thanks,


Bragi
 
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Old Dec 16, 2014 | 11:08 AM
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Wow! I live in the southern US and have never had that happen.

Did the engine start?
 
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Old Dec 16, 2014 | 11:19 AM
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no, I did not even try to start. I am waiting for the frost to come down. The wind was up to constant 30m/s that is around 67mph. for 2 days all the time...
 
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Hah, wow. We get snow like that, but I've never had that happen before!
 
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West Texas dust doesn't stack up like that.
 
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From: like subarctic, brrr man!
I'd clean out the air intake, then start it.

a little bit of snow shouldn't hurt anything, and if it does then ya found a weakness that needs fixin'!

I drive through snow banks and drifts for fun out in the ice roads, and the engine bay looks like this...
 
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