If I dont have a bypass valve on my CAI and it rains very hard (good 2-3 inches of rain on the roads) and rain gets on teh filter do I risk hydrolock? I heard that the bypass valve only works when teh filter is completely submerged. Is this true? or does it work wheneve rhte filter gets wet? I just want protection from the water on my filter during rain.

TIA

 

yea u run into risk of hydrolock seen it happen on a rsx was preddy bad to i would just use a short ram

 

Use the cai for the summer and the short ram for the winter A guy I work with just h-locked his GSR Not a pretty site either

Phil

 

I dont have a short and a cold.

BTW I think you got that backwards man. It rains more during the summer usually. I have had two hurricanes go by my city in the past month.

So, the bypass valve is a good investment right? I have hear dit robs a lil hp but its worth it for those hard rainy days I guess??

My main question still hasnt been asnwered though. Does it protect your intake from taking in water like from splash up off the road?

TIA

 

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water thats splashed up wont be enough to hurt anything. getting the bypass valve is recommended though incase you hit that one deep puddle. but even with a bypass valve its possible to hydrolock your motor but just not nearly as easily and is worth the money in my opinion

 

cut the pipe+ silicone coupling= you'll have a short and long intake.
i have heard of the foam thingy on the bypass breaking off and going inside the engine

 

I hydrolocked my GSR with a AEM V2. Now when it rains too hard and water is building up on the roads I remove the intake. I simply bolt the filter directly to the throttle body and throw the piping in the trunk. I am pretty quick at making the swap now. It takes me about three minutes to do it.

My filter was most likely submerged when this happened due to clogged storm drains last fall. I don't chance it anymore. I would be worried about 2-3 inches of water on the road unless you have the spash sheild in the wheel well. THe filter will suck water dropples up the intake which I am sure ***** with combustion.

 

Okay well if you still have the splash gaurd on the car it is not really anything to be worried about. But it sounds like to me that you don't have it installed as most people think this is better for the intake which it is not. If you do have the splash shield removed than you risk it more hydrolocking your motor. The bypass valve will protect it a little when the filter is wet, but was designed for more when the filter gets completely submerged in water. A little water will just cause the motor to shut off or just give it a nice steam clean. It is the large amounts of water you have to be worried about.

And the foam doesn't break off and get ingested into the motor old story.