today i had to drive on wet snow for about an hour and i've installed a CAI which is little more than a feet away from the ground. Few times while driving i could feel the CAI sucking water. And when i got home and looked at the filter, it was definitely drenched pretty good. I am now worried that my car is gonna get hydrolocked or something is going to get busted inside the engine.
Can anybody please tell me how to prevent this from happening. A detailed help would greatly be appreciated
thanks
2007-04-11 12:01:01 · 7 answers · asked by rev 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
You didn't say what kind of car it is, but the best thing to do is take the CAI off, and put the the stock air box and ducting back on. The flow advantage is not that great with CAI.
2007-04-11 12:05:44 · answer #1 · answered by rat396 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You really have no choice but to raise the CAI out of danger. If you suck in too much water, you will definitely bend your connecting rods. Water does NOT compress when a piston hits it.
It's possible you can shield the opening on the CAI but you might also block the cold air, which then defeats the whole purpose.
You have a potentially dangerous situation here.
2007-04-11 12:06:43 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm going to say this, please don't take it wrong. You've done a very foolish thing. The overwhelming majority (like all) of the intake mods being sold are pure garbage. In this case, you have a very seriously misengineered product. As you seem to know, if water gets sucked into your motor, it will be ruined, possibly beyond repair. The solution to this problem is to take off that POS and put the well designed, non restrictive, totally stock airfilter and plenum back on the car. Load it up with a good paper air filter, and drive another 100,000 miles without worrying about hydrolock.
2007-04-11 12:20:50 · answer #3 · answered by anywherebuttexas 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
if you live in a flood prone area, I would take the CAI off during the winter time and just run a replacement high flow intake in the stock airbox. AEM also makes bypass valve that install closer to the throttle body, when the filter gets submerged in water, the bypass valve opens and sucks engine air.
2007-04-11 12:29:30 · answer #4 · answered by Mike C 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can install an Air Bypass Valve from AEM and it will prevent water from going into the motor. Everyone who has a CAI should have these on their vehicle.
2007-04-11 14:23:19 · answer #5 · answered by tbizzy43068 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cold Air Intake. You'll be OK. The engine most likely didn't see any of the water or if it did it was a fine mist and was burnt through the engine and long gone.
If you would have left the air filter stock, then you wouldn't have to worry. It'll be OK. Relax.
2007-04-11 12:07:23 · answer #6 · answered by Fordman 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
WHATS A CAI
2007-04-11 12:04:27 · answer #7 · answered by bungee 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋