I got stuck out in a rain storm yesterday....it was one of the most expensive sunday afternoons that i have had in a long time.

There were downpoors that flooded the streets and i have a Cold air intake = hmmm....

yea i stalled out the engine and couldnt get it started. After tracking down a tow truck that was willing to even try to get my car up on it i realized i wsa spending 150bux to have it towed home 15 miles OUCH!.....

Got the car home and im praying that its not hydro-locked.

Started to "investigate" and decided that i would start by just changing the plugs......

Dont ya know it was THAT EASY car started up and ran perfect all night long. I am aggrivated I coulda done taht in the parking lot that she was sitting in!

and yes i have a Bypass valve...its in my garage and it has been there for liek 2 weeks. Tonight i will install it.

I just figured i would share my idiot moment with everyone in the hopes that maybe someone will learn something, somehow from my mistake!

 

<----lesson learned......Rain sucks. Do not live where there is alot of it.

 

After my first engine was hydrolocked I purchased the Icebox

 

i didnt learn nothing from your post that i could use but i learned something that might be useful for u alicia...u usually will get 50 percent of of towing charges by flashing the driver...now 75 percent off to it being totaly free is up to you.. j/k where the hell u been woman...?

 

i been busy!......sorry

and as far as my "free" tow. The drivers name was Willis he had no teeth and i wanted to vommit when i looked at him!! I would definately rather pay!!

 

sheeeesh...

 

What kind of roadside service do you have...i need to tow a friend's car and wondering how much it's going to cost. Thanks

 

yeah, rain and CAI are not a good mix. i get the same fears whenever it rains.

 

i dont have roadside.....i jsut called a towing company.
**** is a rip off, they only charge so much cuz they know they can get away with it

 

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Ummm... I live in Seattle

 

my friends just installed his AEM cai in his '99 lude and its rained once...no by-pass valve either(but soon)...so he drove the beater '92 camry that day

 

I drove in rain all the time in my '99 teg w/ AEM CAI... You just have to be smart about it and watch where you are going.

 

Rain is never good whether it drizzles or downpours.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by TegLove &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I got stuck out in a rain storm yesterday....it was one of the most expensive sunday afternoons that i have had in a long time.

There were downpoors that flooded the streets and i have a Cold air intake = hmmm....

yea i stalled out the engine and couldnt get it started. After tracking down a tow truck that was willing to even try to get my car up on it i realized i wsa spending 150bux to have it towed home 15 miles OUCH!.....

Got the car home and im praying that its not hydro-locked.

Started to "investigate" and decided that i would start by just changing the plugs......

Dont ya know it was THAT EASY car started up and ran perfect all night long. I am aggrivated I coulda done taht in the parking lot that she was sitting in!

and yes i have a Bypass valve...its in my garage and it has been there for liek 2 weeks. Tonight i will install it.

I just figured i would share my idiot moment with everyone in the hopes that maybe someone will learn something, somehow from my mistake! </TD></TR></TABLE>

first thing to do is to drain oil just in case any water got in there and check block
for any holes that hydrolock might have cause.
it will save you a lot of time.

 

sell the aem and bypass valve and get the comptech icebox and never worry about a thing. hte bv takes away on performance. right?

 

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Yes, roughly 1 whp I have heard

 

yeah, i used to be a big recommender of CAI's. . until i heard. .. actually. . seen the result of what can happen. At this point, i know of one LS/VTEC, one B16A, and one S2000 motor that have already been blown due to hydrolock. and even worse than that. . IN CALIFORNIA!!! It doesn't matter where you live. .it doesn't even matter how often it rains. . . Every once in a while, you have to go through a big *** puddle, and there is no way around it. Maybe one of those fire hydrants were broken, maybe its raining, maybe there are problems with the sewage, but regardless. . all it takes is once. .and yoru engine is gone. . . i wanna get this



. . . but its pretty expensive so i'llprobably just end up getting a coldbox or a short ram. .

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by CircuitDA9 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">yeah, i used to be a big recommender of CAI's. . until i heard. .. actually. . seen the result of what can happen. At this point, i know of one LS/VTEC, one B16A, and one S2000 motor that have already been blown due to hydrolock. and even worse than that. . IN CALIFORNIA!!!
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You can add my Civic EX motor to your list

 

And thats why I don't have a CAI.

 

i was up in the Central Coast, man highway was flooded and my dumb *** cruised in it, my **** was hydrolocked, i got lucky though, mechanic took out my plugs and tried firing her up and water shot out like a water gun from where the plugs go, after that my **** ran fine, i got lucky

 

my car is currently in the shop getting its engine rebuilt, because i had a CAI w/o a bypass valve like a dumb ***...and it bent the #1 rod and and piston fell down and started beating on the crankshaft all thanks to RAIN! gotta love it! i was looking into purchasing either a bypass valve or the icebox...whats everybody reccommend?

 

if you haven't done so already, you should change the oil asap. that water u sucked up just doesn't disappear.

 

Icebox would be cool if it didnt cost so damn much.

 

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worth every peny

Only other setup i'd buy would be the Mugen setup.

 

In the Mugen setup you have to take out your A/c right?