Ok i know there is a bypass valve...I just heard alot of problems with them, and also you lose horsepower. Is this true?

It just started raining like hell today and the street drainage sytems here are old and they suck. So our main roads are always getting flooded like crazy. I just wanted to know what i could do to prevent hydrolock other than the Bypass valve.

I was thinking that i could cut the tube and put the filter on the short part kinda like a short ram intake and use it that way for the winter. Then I could attach the botom part back for the summer using one of those rubber things and two clamps kinda like how you attach it to the throtle body. I know manufacturers like Injen use a similar method to switch from short ram to CAI on their intakes. should i do this instead? Please let me know what you guys think....thanks alot.

 

I'm wondering this too. I'm not really that paranoid about it, the thought of hydrolock scares the **** out of me though.

 

This would be your best bet. In my opinion, I wouldnt want to pay all that money for an AEM and then have to saw it in half. I had the AEM as well and I was planning on doing that, but I just couldnt justify spending the money and then cutting the tube. Just get the comptech icebox and set your worries aside.

 

Ok i just need a quick solution so these are pretty much my options. since i am going to have to drive my car like tomorrow i need to do something fast. Also i didnt pay for the AEM it came with the car when i bought it. The first owner put it on

 

it just started raining here in norcal. i think i might be sticking my stock airbox back in just for the time being. i get paranoid

 

How does the icebox compare to the AEM intake as far as torque/HP boosts are concerned?

 

I saw that you guys were discussing hydrolock and thought that I would just let you in on something that I saw. I was working on my car one day at the Auto Hobby Shop here on base (USAF) and this guy that is stationed here had a 98 Civic EX with all the boltons. Well I noticed that the guys had taken the head off the car and me being nosey I wanted to see what he was doing. Well as I get closer to the car I see in the block or the cylinders rather a ton of rust and a puddle of rusty water or something on one of the pistons. I didnt pay much attention to the block and I asked the guy what happened did you blow your headgasket and just let it sit for awhile and the coolant just eat away at your cylinders and stuff. The guy says no I threw all 4 rods out of the block my eyes got big and I look back down at the block and sure enough there are 4 holes right in the block but the rods were all still there just bent all to **** and a couple just hanging out the block. All in all there were 7 holes in the block from the rods and the casue to all this was Hydrolock. It was the craziest blown engine that I have ever seen as far as a stock car with no turbo or anything. So Im kinda weary on the cold air intakes after that sight. I wish I had some pics to post. The engine is still up at the shop if I can I will take some and post them.

 

Just loosen it from the throttle body if you have to go through some deep water. Keep your splash guards intact. I had to go through a fairly deep water spot before. I turned around and came at it with some speed but before I got there I turned the car off and put it in neutral and just let the car splash away. After I was through I just popped the clutch in gear (to get it to crank) and went about my business.


[Modified by ActiveAero, 4:29 AM 11/8/2002]

 

Just take the cai off and put stock back on or go short ram.

5hp is not worth the stress of worrying about all this for the next month.

 

or do what he said.

<will go back to stock airbox when he can find all of the parts.

 

lmao. if you have to jump through hoops to drive your car in the rain, maybe you just shouldn't drive in the rain at all. go back to the stock airbox and sell your CAI to some stunnaz.

 

I'd have to say go with the bypass valve or if it is going to rain really bad then put the stock back on. I don't know where you live, but all the places I've been it doesn't really rain all that much in the winter so I don't think taking it off for the winter is the solution.

If you live in an area where it floods a whole lot then just go with a short ram so you don't have to worry about hydrolock all the time.

 

Don't use an AEM cold air?

 

LOL this only happened once. I don't coast around with my car off in the rain.

<imagines seeing a guy cut his car off before every puddle.

 

If your so scared about hydro-lock, just get a short ram intake

 

I was thinking about drilling a small hole in the intake close to the throttle body, and covering it with ducttape.

When it rains, just pull the ducttape off, and there wont be enough vacume to suck up water.

 

Sounds silly but if you drill a big enough hole it should work. I once thought of drilling a hole to put in a PVC valve that I could open and close at will.

 

Same concept as trying to drink with a cracked straw. The liquid doesn't get to your mouth.

I think I'm going to wait to see whats up with the new AEM before I go get a intake though.

 

Ive had my CAI for 3 years, 3 winters and never a single problem. Im not worried at all. Just be mindful of where your driving and dont try to cross any major rivers in your honda.

 

I've had AEM CAI's in my last three cars, current car included. I have NEVER had a problem, and I do not have the bypass. Do not drive through very large puddles, fast or slow. You should be avoiding puddles that are deep in any car, you never know what you might be running over. It rains pretty good here in chicago in the spring/summer and I've never felt uncomfortable. If you get stuck in a flood and have nowhere to go, don't drive slowly through the flooded street. Turn around, or stay put. It may be inconvenient, but you just have to use common sense. You have to have the filter fully submerged to suck water, and if you even have any water on the filter, that means you are in at least 5 inches of standing water.

 

don't floor your car when you're in big puddles...in other words, dont be stupid...

 

Best solution is take it off, sell it and buy an icebox (or other intake that doesn't have the filter sitting 4" off the ground).

 

I dont know how to put the stock one back on. Can someone tell me how and what parts the whole airbox and resonator include, cause i dont know if i have them all.

 

Best solution would be to get an icebox



ooooh.


[Modified by skafia, 1:29 PM 11/8/2002]

 

Buy an AEM short ram ..... that's the best solution .......

And not trying to be a smart *** either ...... it DOES perform exactly the same at high rpms ........