Snow under the hood..!!!!

[Bucko]

Hi folks, my first new thread but I figured that it would be something that would interest everyone.

Traded in my FJ for a 4Runner last September, love it so far. I live near Buffalo NY and after driving in the snow the other day I opened the hood to check the washer fluid level and I saw lots of the white powder all over the engine compartment.....more especially on the left and right side and all the way back to the firewall....

Today my wife brought it in for it's first service and showed the techs these pics....and the response was that some other people had complained about this same issue (snow in the engine) and they mentioned that the new hood design is probably the cause....but said that it was normal....????????...wait what?....normal?

I'm not sure if any of the owners who have the new style hood have seen this....or even know about it?....The tech told my wife that if enough people were to complain then maybe a FCO may be created.....

I think that this would also be an issue in wet weather......so I bet we can expect premature rust in the engine compartment

 

[LawnDart]

If we can do water crossings at headlight level, or drive through heavy rain, you're fine. Nothing to freak out about.

 

[mcarey86]

Kind of interesting. I'm not too concerned though.

My last car actually had a big functional hood scoop on it, and as far as I know, WRX/STis are all doing just fine.

I've also never once decided to open the hood after a snowstorm, so I wouldn't even know if it was an issue.

 

[chmura]

Whats the next topic? Finding dust particles on the engine cover??:ybrick:

 

[Bucko]

Whats the next topic? Finding dust particles on the engine cover??:ybrick:

I would say that given Toyota's long standing fight with rust that this would be a little higher on the totem pole than those pesky dust particles...

 

[Ron4RNevada]

'13 SR5s don't do that - - -

 

[philsey]

[MENTION=66316]1engineer[/MENTION]

Please consider this my formal request for a "first world problem" emoticon.

 

[Salvo Jimmy]

Try driving in deep soft sand. All 4WDs I've owned since about 1970 to include GMC, Jeep and 4Runners get sand under the hood.

So snow is no surprise to me.

 

[LawnDart]

so snow is no surprise to me.

sno-way!!! Snowmygod!

 

[philsey]

Sno-shit

Sno my problem mang

 

[Northern 4Runner]

I find my '16 TE seals very well. There are rubber gaskets the hood seals against. I live in north east Canada and my engine bay looks like new to me. Even after highway driving with lots of salt spray.

 

[bofa]

New hood design?

OP any chance the hood wasn't fully latched?

 

[BlackWorksInc]

Well if you drove it enough I would imagine that would evaporate away?

 

[Bucko]

New hood design?

OP any chance the hood wasn't fully latched?

I thought that too but after the dealer said that others have complained I figured it must have been latched...

 

[BlackWorksInc]

I thought that too but after the dealer said that others have complained I figured it must have been latched...

Is this from sitting or driving? Because it looks like it got blown in by winds and that you didn't drive the vehicle enough to get the engine bay warm.

All vehicles will have moisture in the engine bay to a degree, granted it seems a bit excessive in this case; but once the engine bay is warmed up it should be fine.

I haven't seen this on any of the 4Runners coming into the shop lately in Bend, OR; so I'm guessing it's more a NY winter thing as we've had some pretty good snow storms lately.

 

[Bucko]

From the posts I take it that this is not much of a problem......when I spend half of what my house is worth on a vehicle I tend to be picky about flaws.....which this clearly is......
thanks for the feedback...

 

[jrandom]

[MENTION=146325]Bucko[/MENTION] is the truck new or new to you?


Mine doesn't do this, but I don't have the blowfish front end either.

 

[Bucko]

Is this from sitting or driving? Because it looks like it got blown in by winds and that you didn't drive the vehicle enough to get the engine bay warm.

All vehicles will have moisture in the engine bay to a degree, granted it seems a bit excessive in this case; but once the engine bay is warmed up it should be fine.

I haven't seen this on any of the 4Runners coming into the shop lately in Bend, OR; so I'm guessing it's more a NY winter thing as we've had some pretty good snow storms lately.

it was after an hour of driving and it was snowing pretty good. The middle area over the engine was clear...wet.....but both sides had the snow....all the way back to the firewall...not seen in the pics.

 

[Northern 4Runner]

I tend to agree that the snow/frost likely blew in there while sitting during a snow storm. The heat generated under your hood would make quick work of that snow/frost.

 

[Bucko]

[MENTION=146325]Bucko[/MENTION] is the truck new or new to you?


Mine doesn't do this, but I don't have the blowfish front end either.

it's both...new and new to me..