hey I live in NW ohio/SE Michigan and we had a really bad blizzard today....of course my school was the only 1 open.. on my way home all roads were covered, slush, snow all that crap.. I even went through 1' high drifts in the middle of the road.. my AEM CAI sucked up nothing! so this is only a 1st hand account for you guys who are thinking about bypass valves and all that.. they really arent necessary unless when you go fishing, you use your car instead of a boat!
if my car can go through those atrocious conditions without danger, then im sure you guys can!!

cheers!

 

Please do not listen to the above. He was in snow... which i pray will never be sucked through a filter. If you get water on your CAI you are screwed. Keep that in mind.

 

last time i checked, snow is made from water. or have things changed

 

yes but popcorn is made from seeds....its just a matter of the snow not fitting and not being as much to go through the filter

 

some people DO hydrolock their motors with CAIs.

 

it takes more than just getting some water on your filter for hydrolock, you have to get quite a bit.

There is a method of steam cleaning the inside of your engine using water being sucked into the engine.

 

Snow= SOLID Water= LIQUID

Now tell me which one of the above is more likely to suck throu the filter???

I rest my case.

 

yea, exactly. No kidding snow is frozen water, that doesn't mean its going to go through the filter just because water does.

 

Thank god i live in az and don't have to worry about water

 

Until monsoon season. I know plenty of idiots who have
hydrolocked their cars in AZ

 

Any water in the engine is an issue as it takes only a small amount of water in the piston chamber to bend the hell out of a rod (water=liquid=bad compressibility). CAI do suck up water and can destroy your engine. We had a bad flood here over Thanksgiving, I didn't see a stream of water on the side of the road (damn wipers suck ***) and I ran smack into it and it stalled instantly. The stream was about 1 foot high. It bent two rods but luckily my heads were in tact. Had to replace the block regardless. Do NOT listen to this guy... ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS drive with caution when you have a CAI in your car. Yes, you can get lucky and suck up a small amount of water and suck it out of the engine and your engine should be fine, but that shouldn't help you rest any easier...

 

but cant the heat of the engine melt some of the snow that might get into the engine bay or near the intake filter?

 

nice metaphor

 

Not when the filter is down by the road and the snow. That's why it's called cold air intake, the filter doesn't get hot, therefore snow won't pass through the filter. The only way to hydrolock an engine would be if an amount of liquid water greater than the volume of the combustion chamber were to make it ALL the way into the chamber without being vaporized first.

 

lol

 

One thing that could possibly happen is the slush behind snow and water will get on the CAI. Then freeze up. I have heard stories of this happening and the car dosent get enough air and just dies. If I were you I would just get a short ram for the winter weather.

 

thats what im tryoing to do....but..I cant find an AEM short for cheap..

 

You can always get a bypass valve installed then just remove the second half and install a filter from there. Or just leave the bypass valve in there. Personally I dont have it, but I have heard of people saving their car because of it.

You can probably find a short ram for around $150 unless you find it used.


[Modified by Fooser, 8:10 PM 3/26/2002]

 

blizzard + CAI eqipped GSR = fun fun!! (Fooser)

It's all fun and games til some one loses a motor

 

I still beleave this is an exaggeration. There is a point where water in the engine causes extreme problems, but if a small splash of water gets on your airfilter your engine is not going to hydrolock.

There are several situations where water is used effectively with engines.
I stated before, it has been for many years, used as a method to clean the insides of the engine. Water is sucked into the engine and vaporized, turning into a steam which cleans the insides.

Also water injection used to cool the engine, is a fine mist of water.