I was over at my moms pad for the holidays and we've been getting some crazy rain for the past couple of days. its been raining sideways for the past day. Anyway, the street in front of my moms house got flooded. there was water all over.

As soon as i stepped outside, i looked at my car and the bottom of the car was touching the water. scariest part is that i have a CAI. if i moved it now, i take the risk of sucking that water in my engine. if i dont move it, i take the risk of the water going higher and into my car.

I had on a pair of Chuck's and as soon as i took one step... my foot submerged in water. too busy worried about the car that i didnt look to see that the sidewalk was flooded too.

Drove all the way home bare foot. Nice and cozy with warm air going towards my feet and knowing that i got lucky. water in the engine and water inside the car.... def not a good thing.

 

Good to hear you came out of this in good shape. Kind of between the rock and the hard place, but if you had a choice you should have saved the engine as long as you didn't think the water would get much higher than causing the floor mats to get wet.

Much cheaper to replace floor mats than engine.

 

The situation sucks. One of the 05' RL owners lost his car in the same flooding. The water filled half the RL.

 

The other day I was watching the news coverage of the flooding in northern California. There was an emergency crew rescuing a lady stuck in a truck covered almost completely with water. As the boat they were riding in approached the lady and the truck, it passed what looked like a TL that was parked. It was covered with water up to the middle of the doors. The roofline, side glass and some of the taillights were all that could be seen. I'm pretty sure it was a TL because of distinctive taillights and awsome roofline.

Sure hope no one else here got swamped!

 

I know this is a silly question, but in situations like this, would it be possible to disconnect the AEM tube from the throttle body and place an extra air filter over the throttle body to prevent water from being sucked into the engine? Just a thought. Please do not flame as I am not mechanically inclined.
The filter could act as a short ram intake, ugh sort of.

 

I lost a brand new RX7 in 1981 in Newport Beach that way.

 

Don't scare me, I'm waitting for the CAI now... @_@

 

For the K&N CAI, I think u can disconnect half of the TUBE as a short ram.

http://www.cardomain.com/item/KNN690021TB?vq_id=none

All Complete Cold Air Systems can be Converted to Short Ram Systems

 

I was doing fine here in SF, the MXM4s were even fairly happy as long as I left the VSA on. El Camino had big, deep (4"+) puddles everywhere, but the juggernaut kept on rolling.

 

i know what u are thinking and this is not a flame.

but think about it....you need to at least remove the wheel liner to remove the CAI. at this point, ur car is already "almost" under. no place to jack it up to remove screws for the liner. it would have to be very creative (like diver stuff lol) to get that thing out in time if the water is coming. i keep the stock intake (no resonator) i can put it on in few minutes(with tools of course and no, i don't carry them in the trunk). but taking CAI off under pressure/water lol is a trick. well, theoretically speaking/joking.

now if you can find 4 guys quickly to push your car to a higher ground (if any) you might have a better chance.

 

I was thinking of untightening the tubbing that attaches to the throttle body and push it aside, then placing the extra filter in its place. I know that to completely remove the tubbing from the car completely would take some time.

 

I don't see any reason why you couldn't just disconnect the CAI and move the car with no filter. I mean really, how much dirt could it possibly take on? Or you could use a shirt as a crude filter.

 

what are the pros and con of the shirt getting sucked into the engine

 

2 years ago I saw a new 911 get flooded. Water halfway up the doors, it was like the story of the summer...on the news and everything. And get this $hit...the owner didn't even care.

I just don't get some people!!!!!

 

if you can AFFORD a 911.... then you can afford insurance that covers for water damage.

if you save up to buy a 911... then youd be pretty pissed off

 

Should I install my CAI? :shakehead

 

me neither.

 

If I happen to come up on a huge azz puddle, I wll definitely do this. Disconnect the rubber tubing from the throttle body, then proceed through very, very slowly.

 

in order to submerge, the water must be higher then your lower door frame already. driving thru that is just nuts.

in this case, when got no choice (already in it), if you can't find 4 big guys, i guess removing CAI tube from throttle is a good idea. lil dirt don't mean nothing when you are about to lose ur ride to gold fish.

 

Yes but look into a bypass Injen has to make one

 

Getting down and dirty would be the only option, I think a memeber hydrolocked his 3rd gen already today do a search

 

I once found myself in my RSX with no turning back in fron of a 1 1/2 puddle. I had a CAI at the time. i took a screw driver out of my trunk and disconnected my intake from the throttle body and drove through carfully. that little bit wit no filter is worth not hydrolocking. it worked great and I would do it again. it was only for like 2 minutes tops and it ran a little funny but hey it beats water in the motor.

 

So, an extra filter would fit on the throttle body perfectly if one is afraid dirt may enter the opening.

 

no. throttle hole is much smaler. custom make one maybe.

 

^^^thats not a bad idea....

 

with any cai, if you drive thorugh the puddle, it would need to be able to come into the car already for it to suck the water up. meaning, if you can get thorugh the puddle and not worry that it will come inside the car over the sideskirts, you'll be fine. just drive slow.

 

They do and they are pretty cheap.

 

uhm where? Injen doesnt have one

 

bypass

AEM makes a bypass... Will it not work on an Injen CIA?

 

I would not install any CAI in my car that didn't have one of those safety valves to prevent it from sucking water in... I chose the K&N filter instead. my

 

eh...no

it don't even work on AEM cuz no room for 04 model.

 

BTW BPV is pressure activated meaning you have to completely submerged you CAI for it to open up. make sure it close completely and check for defects otherwise u'll be sucking in a lot of half-ass filtered air for a long time without knowing it. that's why i don't like them.

what am i talking about? THEY DON'T HAVE ONE FOR 04 PERIOD.