Water in the Cold Air Intake!?

Ok, I KNOW that this has come up numerous times, but I never bothered reading it cause I didnt have a cold air to worry about. However, I just bought a Type R and the guy has an AEM Cold Air in it. Should I get a filter so water doesnt cause any waterlock of the engine? Anyone know if its likely to happen? Maybe just take the intake off during the winter? Any advice would be appreciated.

You will have no problems with the CAI and water, unless you drive straight through 3 feet of water. The fender well is 99% of the time dry, even when it rains. The only reason you would want to get the bypass filter is so you can drive through deep water, but again how often do we do that. So there are my $0.02. Good luck and have fun with your Type R. Stefan525

3ft of water? thats up to your windows i would say more like 1.5 feet

i would suggest getting the aem bypass valve. it is only $40 and it can save your engine. you dont drive through a foot of water regularly but lets say youre caught in a flash flood (im from tx) then youre fuked. hydrolock.

Lol, great. Two different opinions. Im leaning on better safe than sorry, but one more quesiton...does the bypass valve make me lose the power gain from the intake?

yeah, it does lose some, but not a lot

1.5', 3' what ever. My point was that my CAI filter is about 1' up form the ground, so you don't need the by-pass unless you want it as a precutionary item. The only power you would loose is very minimal since you only loose a bit of aerodinamic flow. So it's up to you on what you spend your money on. Remember you can spend a lot of money in this game, so make wize choices. good luck. stefan525

Originally posted by stefan525
My point was that my CAI filter is about 1' up form the ground

Not on my car :o :D

I need the bypass valve because, like GSR, I am in the southwest where monsoons happen and we have no drains in the street (we rely upon evaporation for that :hehe: ). I'm looking to get some rubber tubing to replace the bypass valve for the other 10 1/2 moths though, where we get 0" of rain...

just happened to me 2000 integra gsr with aem cold air intake. got stuck in a huge storm flooded road.. threw a rod so get a bypass or something cause you never know what you might get stuck in

3 year old thread, please don't bring back old threads.

I have an aem cai on my gsr, i live in montreal where this summer we have had 3 fluds, with water 2 feet high, luckely i wasn't in my integra that day!, or my engine would have ceased, just remember to avoid all puddles and you should be ok.

I have an aem cai on my gsr, i live in montreal where this summer we have had 3 fluds, with water 2 feet high, luckely i wasn't in my integra that day!, or my engine would have ceased, just remember to avoid all puddles and you should be ok.


3 year old thread, please don't bring back old threads.

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