water into cold air intake

[<Lucci>gs]

if water were to get splashed on my filter could that lead to some deep deep problems

because everytime it rains a lot when im driving i always get afraid of that happening so i avoid puddles and such things like that

but would could be the worse thing to happen?

and if anything were to happend wat should i doo?

[steviek]

you should always avoid puddles regardless if you hav a CAI or not. Most of the time if water does get in there it will make your car bog down. It is extremely unlikely that permanent damage will be done to your engine (most water would just converted to steam). But it could do something more like short out electrical shit. If it happens and your car is bogging really bad just turn it off and wait till it dries or try and blow on it Its really not that big of a deal its more of an inconvenience to my understanding but hey I could be wrong.

[<Lucci>gs]

Originally Posted by steviek

you should always avoid puddles regardless if you hav a CAI or not. Most of the time if water does get in there it will make your car bog down. It is extremely unlikely that permanent damage will be done to your engine (most water would just converted to steam). But it could do something more like short out electrical shit. If it happens and your car is bogging really bad just turn it off and wait till it dries or try and blow on it Its really not that big of a deal its more of an inconvenience to my understanding but hey I could be wrong.

thanks for the heads up

its just that i have heard that it could cause some problems thats why when i drive in the rain i almost shit my pants

so now i know not to worry

and plus i mean u probally are right about this cuz if it rains a lot im sure water would get on the filter and nothing has happend yet

[smoke121212]

cut your intake pipe, this way theres less chance of it sucking up water.

[SilvrEclipse]

The only permanent damage you could do would be to hydrolock the motor

[david-b]

Hydrolock is fun. That's about the worst that can happen, which is pretty bad if you really think about. Need a new motor then.

If it rains a lot and there's puddles all over the place, you may want to consider cutting your CAI and lift it off the ground a little bit. I had my CAI dropped all the way to the ground. Was actually sitting on the splash shield. I was driving on the tollroad one day doing 90 and it had just rained. Little did I know that the one sectino of road floods and I ran right through it. Car bogged and came really close to dying. If I wasn't doing 90, I would've probably hydrolocked it. Not fun. I cut it alittle that same night.

As stated above, most of the water will just convert to steam, but it depends on how much water is sucked in. Also, water on the filter will cause some performance/fuel problems. Will slow you down and ruin your gas mileage until it drys/or gets sucked in.

In short, don't sit where your filter is in a puddle and start revving. And stay away from big puddles.

[<Lucci>gs]

so should i just cutt it or should i just get a new one?

[david-b]

Originally Posted by <Lucci>gs

so should i just cutt it or should i just get a new one?

I have to ask... is this a serious question?

[smoke121212]

dont waste the money just cut it! like david, mine was sitting on the splash guard as well (kinda pushing it down). all i did was get a hack saw cut it about 6-8 inches and i was good to go. it takes all of 5 minutes to do, depending on how thick the pipe is. good luck.

[vanilla gorilla]

AEM makes an air bypass valve that installs in your intake to bypass sucked up water.

[SilvrEclipse]

The bypass valve is just another foam element that goes between your intake pipe, the motor can suck air in from there if the filter is under water and the water can drain out if it makes it that far. Only problem is that hot air gets sucked into the motor also which kills all the performance you get from a CAI.