Hi,

I have a 5th gen accord with a AEM CAI w/ a Bypass valve. I notice that almost everytime it rains my filter is always soaked. I do have a inner wheel well but that's about all the protection the filter gets. I searched a while ago and saw that some people built sort of a heat shield to prevent water from splashing on the filter. I built one for my filter but when it rains it still gets wet.

I know the bypass valve only works if the entire filter is submerged, but am i inherently damaging my engine with these short splashes of water on the filter? Does anybody have any other recommendations?

Thanks

 

you shouldn't be doing damage with small amounts of water vapor...after all, we don't hydrolock our cars on days with 100% humidity now do we?...

as far as fixing this problem, though, i'd suggest either carry an extra filter to stick directly on the throttle body, or cut your aem intake in half, and then remove the cold air part on days that it rains...there's really not much you can do for a problem like this, and i know, it sucks...i've already hydrolocked one h22, and that was an expensive mistake...

 

Are you sure everything is on ok. I had one and had no probs even with my front blinker out so i can pull in more air. Im also thinkin since our filters are oiled, the water resistance should be greater than that of dry filters.

 

actually i'm not having any problems with it. I'm just concerned.

 

It should be fine. A little water can help deter detonation and it is probably safe to say as long as you don't submerge the filter then you will be ok.

 

i ran AEM CAI for like 4yrs, just avoid large puddles and don't go to high rpms in pouring rain storms.