my friends 97 gsr felt like going for a swim. I just got back from meeting up with him where it was about to get towed....i told him not to attempt to start it..but too late he said he tried 2 times and both times the engine wouldnt even crank. I pulled out the tube that runs from the valve cover to the intake and alittle bit of water came out..i looked at him and he knew right away that it was hydro locked. Forgot to mention he has a cold air intake with no bypass valve. SO my question is will his insurance company cover this????? he has full coverage..but will it be voided because of his intake?

 

Glad I have a bypass! Tell him to put the stock intake back on. Try to convince the insurance company it happened when it was completely stock. Tell them it ran thru three feet of water. Good luck

 

forget it. I dont think it's hapeenings...

 

yeah thats what happens when you get a CAI, better pray his insurance adjuster is a dumbass.

 

bypass valve isnt going to work if there is alot of water , it only stops the 1 or 2 drops, yeah 1 or 2 drops less but when you suck up a puddle it doesnt matter valve or not

 

Yeah I don't know exactly how effective it is. But I wouldn't drive thru a hugh puddle anyway. Makes me feel a little safer.

 

unless he informed his insurance company of his added "equpiment" as my policy says they don't have to cover it so put on the stock box and then try

 

I actually did the same thing and my insurance company DID cover it. But I was in a unique possition. I worked at a dealership at the time so I tore it apart inspected the damage then called the insurance company to come look at it. They ended up paying for the repair and paying me to fix my car. If I wasnt a complete ****** retard I would have sold them a whole longblock instead of Two rods. I'm still kicking myself in the teeth for that.

 

**** man let me kno how it goes...

 

okay first off, this happened to me...insurance will not cover it because if you have taken a good look at your stock airbox, water is not getting through that thing so even if you say you had the stock airbox on they wont believe you because, well, thats one of the reasons the stock airbox is like it is...

secondly, like i said, this happened to me and it sux, i had to get my whole bottom end rebuilt because i bent a rod and cracked the crankshaft so hopefully all this **** didnt happen to your friend, but tell him to let it dry for a day then try to crank it over with the spark plugs out and see how much water comes out...DONT TRY TO CRANK IT IF IT WONT CRANK

thirdly, umm i dont remember who said it about the bypass valve not stopping but 1 or 2 drops, but your wrong. the bypass valve itself does not ever touch water, it doesnt soak up water if thats the impression your under. it works like this: for a CAI to suck up water, there must be a lack of air and therefore the vacuum created by the engine sucking in takes in water. well, with a bypass valve, if the filter is submerged and the vacuum of air goes away, air will be sucked in through the bypass valve because the bypass valve is simply a foam ring, therefore anything from the bypass valve DOWN has no vacuum, therefore no water can come up because it is not sucking from the bottom any more. in simple terms, with a bypass valve, if water begins to be sucked up, the CAI turns into a short ram, taking in air through the bypass valve from the engine bay....

thats is all...

 

It does sometimes happen to stock, unmodded cars. I suggest he let it sit, buy a USED resonator/airbox etc (if he didn't keep the parts) and play dumb. Even if it takes a week or two to get the stuff, it is better than being out a few grand.

I had a close call and had to buy a new resonator for ~$200 to cover my ***, but it was only a close call and the car just got a little bit of H2O in and didn't hydrolock. Compression is still 210+ across the board. I'm putting in another intake, but it will be an icebox type and I'm saving my resonator.