Fortunately, I think it will be ok. I was at very low RPM (around 1700) when it happened. I was going up a hill and was almost at the top when my engine just stopped. Oh, and the road I was on had been choked down to one lane to facilitate what passes for "road construction" around here. Not exactly a good place to have your motor take a **** on you.

I was barely able to coast up to a side street (and block its single lane. Damn!). No way I can push it anywhere, it's all uphill and there's nowhere to push it to anyway. So I cringe and try turning the motor over. After about ten tries it catches and coughs itself into a rough idle. I observe what looks like steam blowing out the exhaust, but thankfully it's not the puffy, white clouds of coolant-tainted exhaust. It smooths out to a regular idle after running for thirty seconds or so, and the "steam" is no longer noticable. After that it seemed to run normally. I still can't help but wonder if I f'ed something up though.

This is the first time in nearly four years of having AEM intakes that anything remotely like this has happened to me. I've been pretty careful, always have the splash guards properly fitted, avoid driving through puddles, etc. But I think it's time for me to go back to the stock airbox.

 

My AEM's commin off ASAP....its been raining here alot lately and its just too much pain to worry about it figure the few hp increase is def not worth it.

 

Ive had my AEM CAI on for almost 2 years without a bypass valve and Ive never had any problems. Unless your actually driving thro foot high puddles i dont think there should be a problem.

 

that is really not true. You can suck up water in a good bit less than that. It's not like it takes a gallon of water to hydrolock a motor.

Do a compression check at least.

 

How deep and high was the water?

 

From what you wrote, it sounds like you got water in the AEM by going UP a hill?? How's that work?

 

.... Kinda makes me wonder if I should get one of those short intakes... thats scary man!

 

Hey at worst you get a brand new engine courtesy of your respective insurance company.

 

Time for Comptech intake and IceBox

 

Ah, you failed to mention where the water was.

 

Yes, I was going uphill. The road I was driving on was closed down to one lane. The right-side lane. Where all of the water flowing downhill was. The right side of the car just happens to be where the air filter is, of course, and I can only guess that I was getting enough water up there to cause my car to stall.

But I do not think now that it actually hydrolocked.

I did a compression check tonight, and I am in good shape. In fact, my engine seems pretty healthy, with only a 4% difference between the cylinder with the highest and the cylinder with the lowest readings.