Hey. I did a search and seriously found nothing on this topic. Maybe I did it wrong?

Anyway. I am just wondering about the threat of having water sucked in through your CAI? Everyone around me that I tell that I'm getting a CAI, they all just laugh and tell me my engine is going to explode. I have seen the AEM Air-Bypass. How well does that work? What have you all done to avoid this disastrious problem?

Thanks Alot.

 

I have had an AEM CAI for over a year with no bypass valve. Yes it gets wet and makes fucked sounds no and then - but I consider that cleaning it

Seriously though. I've never had a problem. Just don't try and ford any rivers.

 

<--Has hydrolocked his motor twice.

 

by your own fault correct?

it's not you're driving along and bam... d'oh hydrolocked?

 

If you get a CAI, just get a bypass valve. They work, and it is cheap insurance.

 

Heavy down pour rain, road flooded out, nowhere to go, etc.

I don't recommend the bypass valve, its prone to break pieces end up in your throttle body causing your throttle to get stuck open.

 

despite my good luck this is good advice

This was recalled and they have fixed it.

 

i run a CAI all the time cept winter and early spring, it snows here and **** gets deep water in some spots and in the winter snow of **** i dont need any extra hp from the CAI so i just toss the stock box back on.

 

I ran an AEM CAI for 3 years, and this generic one now for 2... no bypass and 4 of those years was in my home state of Florida.

just dont be silly and it wont happen to you.

 

also dont drive threw lake's, ponds.

 

You've got to be ******* kidding me.
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This search took me 2 minutes.

 

2 minutes !?!??!?!

that's totally unacceptable! a search should require not effort nor time what-so-ever!

refuckingdiculous.

 

Ive had a CAI since '00, no problems yet. I leave it on through winters here in NY.


As far as the "fixed" bypass valve goes, we got a 93 prelude S in at that dealership that was hydrolocked that had the "fixed" bypass valve. It broke and sucked up water.


Just be smart in the rain and hope you dont get stuck like Steve did. If you are that concerned about hydrolocking make your CAI in two pieces for an easy conversion to a short ram if need be.

 

Thanks for all of them help.

Sorry about the search thing man. I typed in Hydro Lock and nothing came up for me. Seriously.

And to the guy who has hydro'd his engine twice. Doesn't doing that totally destroy your engine, or are people around me handing me a whole line of bullshit?

Thanks again.

 

Yeah your engine gets fucked in the goat ***.

At which point its cheaper to replace than rebuild.

 

would someone please hydrolock your H23A1 and sell me the rotating assembly cheap?? assuming you didnt bend a rod?

 

I hydrolocked my motor once, threw #1 rod through both ends of the block.

Thus the 'bomb' from Soy Bomb. Boom.

 

i remember that..

 

I've had an AEM CAI for 2 years now and I have never had any problems. I bought a bypass valve, though never installed it because it causes a slight loss in power, even though AEM improved the design by adding a plastic ring so that the foam dosn't get sucked into the throtle body, I figured that I'll be fine without it.

Just be aware of what the road is like that your driving on when there is a great deal of rain.

 

BS. If anything you'd lose like 1hp or so, nothing worth losing an engine over.

 

We never get a lot of rain or snow in Columbus.

 

Be glad, it's been raining for nearly two weeks straight here.

 

Did you miss this?

 

Generally not a problem though, unless you are either missing your fender lining like me, or you drive through 12" of water with the throttle mashed.

 

rolled aem CAI for 3 years now. never hydrolocked.


Dont drive into large bodies of water.