well i just put in my aem cai.. but im worried about water... the filter sits right behind the vent from my kaminari kit.. fully exposed... where if u look at the front of my car.. u can see the filter.. i know that if u drive into a puddly u can suck up water and die... but what about splashes and the water that will be going thru my bumper thru the vents!!! ahhHHHHHH.. i guess when it rains i'll disconnect the second section and run the filter right there?..


or no filter and use a sock =X

 

I forgot who posted but he said he accidentally drove through a flodded area and luckily his cai was fine.

 

u could always sell your cai and go with the k&n typhoon . also, i have friends who have cai's and they always say get a bypass valve. i really have no clue on wut purpose it serves and how it keeps water from coming in, but u should inquire about it. or the other thing is that, you can always shift into neutral when going through water so your engine doesnt suck anything up.. better safe than sorry

 

Just get the bypass valve if u are that scared. AEM site says this about bypass valve.

AEM’s patented air bypass valve virtually eliminates the chance of hydro-lock in the event the filter of your AEM Cold Air induction system becomes submerged in water. The valve installs along the upper portion of the inlet pipe and shuts down induction at the filter when it becomes submerged, rerouting air through its external diaphragm to keep water out and air flowing in.

I dont remeber what people said about power loss with it though. I think one guy thought he lost just a tad power. But no Dyno to prove anything.

 

ciax

that was me, and here's the link:

https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/sh...threadid=36282

although i didn't have my filter as exposed as this guy does, i really think it will be fine unless the filter becomes COMPLETELY SUBMERGED.

again, i will use my hole-in-soda-straw analogy...

ever have a hole in your soda straw? even a TINY one? what happened? you sucked up a LOT of AIR! we are talking about a tube that is COMPLETELY SUBMERGED and only has a SMALL hole for air, yet air flows in freely. see where this is going...? unless you have your filter underwater, you should be AOK.

 

hey army hummers have intakes and exuast on top of the car, so they can drive through lakes and crap...

 

My car has stalled twice on me. I have an Injen CAI, the filter sits right under the driver's side headlight. I jumped on it in the rain twice and both times my car has stalled. Just run easy in the rain and stay away from puddles.