Here's a chart that shows when intake icing is most likely...yes, it's an aircraft engine, carburetor icing chart. Works exactly the same for an earth bound motor with a TB though:
If you live in a climate where the humidity/temp conditions are in the orange, green, or blue bands you might want to keep the coolant hoses...definitely in the blue or green. Like I said, it does not have to be freezing outside or freezing precipitation (snow, sleet, etc) for intake icing to form. For example, at +20 deg C OAT, +10 deg C dewpoint (~50% humidity) puts the engine well in the green zone for moderate icing at cruise (steady state RPM) and serious icing at idle RPM.
hvyman;1344055 said:
You do not want to "bypass that shit" without thinking about it. The good news is all that will happen is the engine will run like crap and perhaps strand you on the roadside for a bit till the ice melts...while you scratch your head and blame it on "the crappy 7M". Different story on an airplane...there's been a lot of smoking holes from this happening to airplane engines.