it just started rainin around my area... and i was wonderin if i could still keep my CAI on int he rain.... YES i knoe this is an ancient topic... but i hear many different opions about it... can sumone please tell meh if it is ok or not thanks!!!!

 

if you have a bypass valve you are fine...but if not, you are still ok as long as you stay away from puddles

puddles=

=hydrolock

hydrolock=

 

word. just dont sit on the puddle and start revvin ur engine... hehe. u should be fine

 

i just took my cai off and put my shorty on. i dont want to risk sucking up water!

 

i think that's why the bypass was invented.
the choice is really up to your i think it's should be fine with the bypass havent heard of any situation that water got into the engine through the bypass. i have one on mine and it rains quite often over here too.

 

I would even go as far as putting on my stock air box! I'd rather be safe than sorry!

 

haha thanks? still a few yes's and no's... so im still decidin...

 

or cut your cai and make it into a short ram intake. and save the other end so in the summer, you can put it back on. thats what i did

 

If you just HAVE to use a bypass valve you may as well put your stock airbox back in. The amount of hp decrease is just going to even back out to stock.

Bypass Valve=wasted money

 

i wouldnt really worry about the rain i had just bought and injen CAI and was worried about it sucking up water at first so i drove out in some heavy rain one day came home and checked my filter to see if it was wet or anything and it was not at all... just dont go driving in deep puddles

oh and i sold my bypass to a friend an he hates it, it sucks up air all the time insted of when its suppossed to
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[Modified by Apexi99ex, 2:27 AM 11/10/2002]

 

really? how come? explain.so basically your saying that AEM just wasted hundreds of thousands of dollars in the development of a useless product? what about all the
engineering and technology they put in it, did that go to waste too?

 

its like a straw with a crack in it. it will still work, but wont give you same power.

 

I have been driving with an AEM CAI for almost three years, and I have never had any problems with rain. I have driven through lots of rain over the years. As long as you don't go driving around in lakes, you should be fine.

 

Exactly...very well put.

 

its your choice man. all of us are kinda saying different things. make your own mind about this. hope it goes well for you though.

 

Thanks peoples!!! i think ill leave on...