anyone here with a TL that hydro locked? want to know the chances of hydrolocking as i live in vancouver and it rains alot here.....anyone that lives in a rainy area and have a cold air? what can i do to avoid hydrolocking??? should i beable to drive normally when its raining hard? or should i drive slower

 

If the puddle reaches to your lower lip on the front bumper, you should know better not to even attempt it, even without a CAI; don't cross rivers...

 

how about driving? sometimes thers puddles...if i went through it fast without submerging would that be ok? and driving on rainy days thats ok right?

 

Driving on rainy days is fine. It's the deep puddles you need to avoid. I guess if the puddle is shallow and you go through it quick you should be okay.

 

Ok, let's say you are driving in hard rain, and you can't avoid it, and you think there is a lot of water on the road, you may take a chance and drive through it, or stop. When driving through it, use momentum to get you pass the puddle, meaning, do not hit gas; this way you won't suck water.

Me? I would pull over. I once had to stop and remove the CAI, as I was in middle of no where, and it was the only way out.

 

December 4th 2007 my cars first day in Seattle Washington I had the transport company drop my car off at Acura of Seattle.

I got the car at 6PM and drove to IKEA. When I was in IKEA it rained cats and dogs. As I was leaving the parking lot there was a puddle of water. It was less the 3 inches deep so I move to the center of the street and drove about 50 feet. A large semi came towards me at 45 MPH and ran a wake of water over my hood. After the water settled my head was HydroLocked.

My wife told me then “Welcome to Seattle”.

The cost to fix was just over $6000. That was a head replacement, timing belt, water pump, belts, hoses and a starter. My insurance paid everything except a $500 deductible. I still have my CAT but drive the other car on rainy days.

 

will most insurance companies cover this?

 

insurance companies wouldnt cover you if you drive in a puddle and hydrolock, would they? with an aftermarket CAI.

 

My insurance company was so busy with homes under water the underwriter never made it to the dealership to check out the car. After 3 weeks of waiting they just told Acura of Seattle to fix the car.

 

I dont understand how you hydrolocked? A truck splash a bunch on water on your hood and that cause you to hydrolock?

Dude you've got me worried.. It rains like cats and dogs half the yaer here

 

damn worried too.......rains here alll the time

 

actually tl is pretty good at not going into hydrolock. You should, of course, get some good tires to get you through the water...

 

Their are many TL's here in Vancouver including myself with a CAI for over 4yrs and had no probs. So you should be ok unless you run your TL into a 1-2ft pool of water.

 

i just drove through a pretty bad storm by banff/calgary last weekend and my car was fine. there were puddles everywhere and the car seemed just fine. i tried not to high rev so the engine wouldnt suck in water. i was kinda scared at first, but got over it pretty quick.
i dont think its that big of a problem, unless you submerge the front end into water, the chances of it hydrolocking is pretty slim.

 

We have had roads wash out within a half mile of my house this summer, no hydrolock.

 

Please explain to me how you can hydrolock a car by a truck splash? So every time it pours I should get hydrlocked? Or go into a car wash?

Get out of town with that bs!!!!

PS Tell the truth, there was a lot of water on the ground, you where driving slow, a truck splashes / moves more water towards you, and like a genius you hit the gas to get out of his way...no duh you will suck water in. Sheesh.

 

I almost hydrolocked last year. I only had the car for about 4mos; was running late for work and it was pouring out. I used to have a Wrangler so I was accustomed to flying through pond-like puddles w/ ease. Luckily I was only doing about 25mph when I went thrugh the puddle. Like they say, It was up to my lower bumper lp in depth. The car stopped in a flash and shut off. I tried to restart the car - which is a NO NO, FYI. And couldn't get it to crank over. I had it towed back to my house orignally to see if the water inside would evaporate and I tried to start t again the following day with the same results. Had it towed to the dealer and shat my pants when they told me if might cost me >$5000 to fix. Lucky for me, there was very little water taken in and the mechanic was able to manually crank out the water. Ended up costing me about $450 after all was said and done but I didn't have to go through insurance and just paid out of pocket. Chocked it up as a hard lesson learned. I still have my CAI but I'm very careful now when it's raining and I drive slow as hell so I can be vigilent for big puddles. The only downside are the loathsome tail-gaters of whom I wish for bodily harm.
Get an Injen Hydroshield just for some added peace of mind.

 

how well does the Injen Hydroshield actually work? Doesn't AEM have something similar to this as well?

 

It was not a splash it was a wake of water that was about a foot deep. I had to move out of the way or the truck would have hit me in the middle of the road.

 

ooohh I see. Perhaps it would have been cheaper to get hit by the truck? lol just kidding.. scarry situation. Thank god you didnt have to eat that $6k bill, pure luck lol.