Washing the new VRS

[vrsage]

Hi everyone

 

Gave the new member of the family it's first wash today. 

 

I applied a snow foam as per my usual routine, I did notice however, a lot of the foam went down into the windscreen drain channel that sits underneath the wipers. 

 

There was a honeycomb grill so I just absorbed the excess with a microfiber towel as I wasn't game to add a high pressure rinse in that section of the car. 

 

Im guessing all that left over foam would have drained out from that area of the car. 

 

Should I be worried or concerned? 

 

Or is this normal practice? 30

[bomski]

My usual routine is to apply snow foam then pressure rinse once it's dwelled for a while. I've never once considered manually removing snow foam from under the wipers and have always pressure washed that area with no apparent issues.

 

Re: the honeycomb grille; are you referring to the one in front of the intercooler? If so that's also an area that can be pressure washed.

[vrsage]

Thanks bomski. 

 

My my routine is identical to yours, I don't lift the wipers either. 

 

But there is the grille or tray where the wipers sit that the snow foam tends to funnel underneath the bonnet into a bay type area just where the suspension is on either side. 

 

 

[Chris_VRS]

The grille you refer to is I believe the dirt/leaf trap for the drainage holes on the scuttle panel - the snow foam will be long gone and perfectly fine to pressure wash this area in the future.

 

cheers

 

Chris

[vrsage]

Cheers Chris!

 

The dirt/leaf trap is exactly where I was talking about. 

 

I was worried the water and snow foam had no drainage in this area, so I didn't want the foam to just sit there for huge amounts of time. 

 

Forgot to mention - car is 2017 octavia mk3 facelift VRS

Edited 11 August, 2017 by vrsage