TransAmRAFormula

I just have a CAI question: If daily driven rain or shine, will the engine be harmed if the intake gets wet? A buddy of mine was wondering, because his daily driver camaro has a K&N CAI. It looks as if going through a puddle would propel water up into the intake. I heard this is potentially harmful to the engine, but I would like some additional thoughts. Thank you.

vtec

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i dumped several litres of water out of a buddies hydrolocked LT1 back in the day. said he drove through a "pretty deep puddle" around 3k rpms and had to get it towed home. it had a k&n cai with all the factory plastic around it and in place. i dumped the water out of the cylinders, squirted some tranny fluid in them, replaced plugs, changed the oil, and it ran fine afterwards.

TransAmRAFormula

thanks for the info man. I knew that getting water into the motor through the CAI wasn't good, I just wanted to verify with some one with more experience.

BlackBird87

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I drove mine through some pretty bad rain storms on the highway without all the factory plastic and i was fine. by no means would i drive through big *** puddles

curacaoz28

I ussualy dont drive in the rain, if I do i creep (i dont care if the other cars honk), some times i stop do let the cars go by so I can go in the other lane to avoud puddles (over here we have a LOT)

Marc3.4V6

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my general plan if I come across a puddle I have to drive through is to go through it with enough speed to go through and turn my car off just before I hit the water, back on when I am clear for minimal water ingestion.

lifeisgood

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theres plenty of people running cai's, like the above statements dont be retarded lol, and youll be fine

BlackBird87

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The front wheel in behind the intake for the cai so its damn near impossible to splash water in it unless its a 2 ft deep puddle and you submerse the filter

Black1995Z28

.....seriously?

I live in Florida where it rains every day during the spring, and never have had an issue on any car

wrd1972

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I dont think there is much issue simply driving in the rain. Now if you go through a deep enough puddle that nearly the whole filter is submerged, it might get very ugly.

Stocker94z

If it's raining or just a little damp I won't drive my car. Simple as that, some people call me crazy but she NEVER sees rain. That's why I have some other DD's.

96azz28

I drove through a big puddle before and my car started to shake and it was freaking me out pulled over let ir run for a min and the shaking stopped and the ran fine afterwards

Puck

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Drove my car through all sorts of nasty FL thunderstorms and never had a problem with my K&N CAI - it had the plastic cut out the bottom too. Never bothered the opti either for that matter...

You would have to drive through literally a foot of water for it to be an issue...and I have no plans to convert my camaro into a boat, so I make it a habit to not fjord any rivers with it.

hitmanws6

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Tell him to to the lid conversion and not worry lol. But yeah as stated unless you go through a really deep puddle you have nothing to worry about

knightryda01

Any ideas on the volant intake? The filters are right up by the nostrils on the ram air hood? Ideally I don't want to see rain, but if i happen to get stuck I dont want to be paranoid...