Moisture in the comd side CAC tube

Cougar281

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Moisture in the cold side CAC tube

I pulled my custom intake off this evening to get it over to my friend so he can paint it if it gets warm enough, and when I pulled the intake off, I found a fairly significant (seemingly) amount of water droplets clinging to the inside of the CAC tube and boot. They appeared to be perfectly clear, so I don't think they're coolant (the only place I can think of that possibly getting into the CAC is the turbo, and no loss of coolant). It was snowing/raining today, is it possible there's that much moisture in the air and it was making it's way through the air filter and condensing on the cold side tube?

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workin' diesel

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Tough to say. Looks like condensation buildup. I have an aftermarket intake on mine truck and since I live in an area that can also be rather wet summer /winter I intstalled a outerwears pre filter on my intake filter. They are really good fro repelling all types of moisture. It should also filter against super mosit air comming in. I took mine off yesterday to clean and there were alot of driesd salt spots on it and non on the actual filter element itself. I recommend the pre filter.