I took the vent out from under the hood were the hole is in the roof..Is it safe for water to hit that part of the engine?

 

it's safe if you like dirty, rusty engine parts.

 

It's fine. I run around with mine out. but if I know I'm going to be driving in hard rain, I put it back in.

 

water gets in with the vent in too.

 

mitsu put it there for a reason. although i think everyone is guilty of taking it out once in a while, myself included.

 

^right, water is always going to make its way to the engine bay. but when driving it doesn't matter. i've had mine out for about 3 months now but i park inside all day. During the winter i might put it make on

 

cool yeah the exhaust mainfold is already rusted from factory..what else can look ugly there..lol

 

I've had mine off for the past 3 months and it still looks the way I bought it.

 

Yeah when I first brought mine home... My roommate was looking at the engine and said damn dude couldn't you have at least gotten one that wasn’t all rusted. I said that they are all that way!!!

 

hot metal and cold rain doesn't sound like a good combo to me.....

 

im with mikey mike.hot turbos dont like cool water. mitsubishi designed the vent so that the least amount of water would be let in. i dont think underhood temps it will cool very much more with the mesh and vent taken out.

 

you can take it off, but parts will corode and rust.

I ended up putting mine back in.

 

i just check the weather for the week. if it looks like it will rain soon, it goes back in.