Someone had mentionned how rain/water seems to collect from the hood and splash directly onto the air-filter.

Since this is the filter itself that is soaking wet, the by-pass does little for us.

My question: What do we do on a rainy day? Do we have to drive very carefully/slowly? Never mind the puddles that may or not be on the road, but what about the air-filter being completely soaked? Is that a concern?

Thanks for any insight.



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R.I.P Integra Type-R #932
Black 2001 CL-S
- Comptech Headers
- Xephyr Performance CAI

 

its expected to get wet

theres no chace that water will get into your engine, if thats what your affraid of

just make sure you clean and oil it when required, so it doesnt dry out

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99 TL

 

Cripp,

My question/concern as well (esp. living in the Northwest) - that is, surely some aerosolization/microaspiration of water must occur when you have a very wet filter - but how much is too much or bad? I've done a few things already to try to minimize the amount of water splash that reaches the Xephyr filter:

- make sure the two drain holes at the bottom of the concave shaped area of the splash guard are not plugged with dirt (mine were, thus causing a 'puddle' of water to slosh around at the bottom of the splash guard, likely contributing to a wet filter).

- I tried to elevate the vertical height of the entire CAI assembly, at least so that the angle of entry into the VSA throttle body was completely horizontal; this way there is at least a couple of inches clearance between the bottom of the filter and the splash guard basin. This did require an additional bracket of sorts (I can post pics later if you're interested).

- I think the openings at the bottom of the splash guard (both the narrow slits and the larger oval shaped ones) allow too much entry of 'splash water'. I tried to modify these with adhering plastic weather guard material in such a way to allow equal airflow, but less 'back splash'

- As others have suggested, I also placed thick foam weather stripping underneath the hood on that side.

Despite these things, I think the filter will still get wet when it rains a lot or when there is a lot of road splash - it'd be nice to know how bad (or not bad) a wet air filter is...



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'01 CL Type S NAV, Black/Black, Comptech headers, springs, .28 tint, Solaris hi-beams, Pilot remote fogs, Zaino faithful; CAI (Xephyr) on order; Comptech sways, Koni shocks to come.

 

just drive it. think about it, for your engine to flood you would have to drive thrwo about a foot and a half of water. not gona happen unless u offroad your CL. i've driven throw some pretty big puddles and nothing has happened yet.

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Nick
01' Cl-S Silver/ Black W/ Navi and Spoiler
V-1 Radar Hard Wired, Limo Tint all around
Comptech Headers, Sways, Springs, and AEM CAI
I've got one of the CLS's from the fast batch.
Lead Foot!

 

But i think other concerns may be that since the CAI is getting wet so often, the oil is so easily washed away that you'd have to reapply more than normal. And is this hassle worth having to have this as a concern? Many of us wash our cars very often and when the soapy water gets on it, it defintely washes a great deal of the oil away. Any solutions??

jeremy

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2001 Acura CL Type-S
Black - Ebony Interior - Spoiler - 20% Tint - Cleared Headlights

2000 Mercedes Benz E320
Black - Black Interior - Nav - Chrome AMG Rims

 

How often do you have to oil the filter?

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01 white/ebony CL-S
Pewter Xephyr CAI
PIAA's 19224

 

Clean and Oil approx every 30K miles

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2001 Nighthawk Black CLS Type S - Xephyr Performance CAI, PIAA 19173(Yellow) Road Lamp Upgrades, Full Wood Trim, Spoiler, 1/4 Mile in 14.424@97.23 MPH Atco Raceway 3/10/01 Best GTECH Sprint 5.554/28/01 with Poobah watching Xephyr Performance Intakes

 

Might be a stupid question, but how are you suppose to clean it, and oil it?



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01 white/ebony CL-S
Pewter Xephyr CAI
PIAA's 19224

 

K&N sells a kit to clean and re-oil.

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2001 Silver 3.2CLS
Muds, Spoiler, Hardwire 8500, Polarg M-6 lamps, K&N filter #33-2178,
Comptech Headers, Sways, mufflers
Planning: SSR 17X7.5 GT1 Wheels, Brembo Brakes.

 

It requires a cleaning kit that soaks and oils the filter element. Here is a link to a pretty good price on the kit http://www.autobarn.net/knfiloilclea.html .

Chris

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2001 Nighthawk Black CLS Type S - Xephyr Performance CAI, PIAA 19173(Yellow) Road Lamp Upgrades, Full Wood Trim, Spoiler, 1/4 Mile in 14.424@97.23 MPH Atco Raceway 3/10/01 Best GTECH Sprint 5.554/28/01 with Poobah watching Xephyr Performance Intakes

 

Thanks Chris!!



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01 white/ebony CL-S
Pewter Xephyr CAI
PIAA's 19224