installed intake - water killed engine
I am so tired of people and their misconceptions.
Think of it logically.
Your filter is down there yes. But if your car is submerged to a point where the filter is IN the water, you shouldn't be driving in the first place. Your cabin where you put your feet would be flooded if the water is as high as the filter.
Go outside and splash water on the filter while you have your car on. See if it sucks in water. It will not.
Go spray water directly on the filter with a hose while your car is running. Will it suck in water? It will not.
Even if the filter is completely submerged and you take a bucket of water and dip the filter in it while the car is on, it will still not suck in water. It would need a vast amount of suction to suck the water up all the way from the bottom to the top of the intake piping to the throttle body.
There was an article on this one of the magazines put on back in the days regarding aem intakes and their "bypass valve" that you attach to the intake so you don't suck in water. Genius marketing if you ask me. All the scared ignorant fools bought this stupid piece of plastic so they can cut their intake in half and attach it on top of paying 200+ dollars for a stupid piping. Sometimes I laugh at how stupid some people can be. It's quite awesome how smarter people can make money off of dumb people lol.
If you don't know, research.
If you don't know, stop listening to other retards.
That is all.
Think of it logically.
Your filter is down there yes. But if your car is submerged to a point where the filter is IN the water, you shouldn't be driving in the first place. Your cabin where you put your feet would be flooded if the water is as high as the filter.
Go outside and splash water on the filter while you have your car on. See if it sucks in water. It will not.
Go spray water directly on the filter with a hose while your car is running. Will it suck in water? It will not.
Even if the filter is completely submerged and you take a bucket of water and dip the filter in it while the car is on, it will still not suck in water. It would need a vast amount of suction to suck the water up all the way from the bottom to the top of the intake piping to the throttle body.
There was an article on this one of the magazines put on back in the days regarding aem intakes and their "bypass valve" that you attach to the intake so you don't suck in water. Genius marketing if you ask me. All the scared ignorant fools bought this stupid piece of plastic so they can cut their intake in half and attach it on top of paying 200+ dollars for a stupid piping. Sometimes I laugh at how stupid some people can be. It's quite awesome how smarter people can make money off of dumb people lol.
If you don't know, research.
If you don't know, stop listening to other retards.
That is all.
to the OP, what intake is that anyway?
^Looks like an ebay special, which was installed incorrectly obviously. My friend, whomever installed that intake need best not touch your car again. The aftermarket intake pipe install should look like this when installed properly :
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hopefully your MAF isnt broken, looks broken tho sorry.
cant imagine the dealership let you drive out with that installed
mass air flow sensor (MAF) is used to find out the mass flowrate of air entering your engine (wiki)
basically the amount of air going into the engine
I would take whatever was installed and install the oem back in
http://is.sewellparts.com/pdf/PTR0353100.pdf
there's also a couple of Fsport intake DIY on CL
hope it helps
cant imagine the dealership let you drive out with that installed
mass air flow sensor (MAF) is used to find out the mass flowrate of air entering your engine (wiki)
basically the amount of air going into the engine
I would take whatever was installed and install the oem back in
http://is.sewellparts.com/pdf/PTR0353100.pdf
there's also a couple of Fsport intake DIY on CL
hope it helps
As to your original question… Can this intake setup hydrolock your motor?
One of the laws of physics is that liquids do not like to be compressed, they compress very little. If you were to squirt water into the intake at large enough quantities you could easily fill one of the cylinders with water on the intake stroke. On the compression stroke this water will not compress and BANG there goes at least a connecting rod.
The question is… In a DRIVING rain, or a puddle splash from the car in front of you it is possible to get that much water? I'm not a betting man, I would NEVER put an intake that close to the ground.
I hydrolocked one motor, that was enough.
If I were you, I'd cut my losses and go with either a factory cold air exhaust.
jeff
One of the laws of physics is that liquids do not like to be compressed, they compress very little. If you were to squirt water into the intake at large enough quantities you could easily fill one of the cylinders with water on the intake stroke. On the compression stroke this water will not compress and BANG there goes at least a connecting rod.
The question is… In a DRIVING rain, or a puddle splash from the car in front of you it is possible to get that much water? I'm not a betting man, I would NEVER put an intake that close to the ground.
I hydrolocked one motor, that was enough.
If I were you, I'd cut my losses and go with either a factory cold air exhaust.
jeff
Whoever did this install should NOT be allowed to touch anymore cars.
You dont necessarily have to get a new intake... just remove the stock tube section.. take your ebay intake tube.. turn it around... and connect it to the throttle body with a silicone hose adapater.
In regards to your MAF sensor... If you are not getting any check engine lights.. you might be able to salvage your MAF sensor.. Looks like the idiot just used another piece of metal to clamp the sensor in place.. Once installed properly.. there should be 2 screws holding the sensor to your intake pipe.
Good Luck
You dont necessarily have to get a new intake... just remove the stock tube section.. take your ebay intake tube.. turn it around... and connect it to the throttle body with a silicone hose adapater.
In regards to your MAF sensor... If you are not getting any check engine lights.. you might be able to salvage your MAF sensor.. Looks like the idiot just used another piece of metal to clamp the sensor in place.. Once installed properly.. there should be 2 screws holding the sensor to your intake pipe.
Good Luck
Last edited by ISCjonny; Jul 29, 2013 at 10:58 PM.
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If it didn't have that stock silicone tube before it was extended I would have said it was a great job and you wouldn't have to worry about hydrolocking your engine. But the fact remains that this was not done to anyone's (at least those of us who know intakes) standards. If you don't have any engine lights everything should be fine and in working order. There is a thread here that shows what a true CAI should look like. I would suggest finding it and replicating what you see there. GL, OP.
**EDIT**
Found it:
Made my own True Cold Air Intake
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=685285
**EDIT**
Found it:
Made my own True Cold Air Intake
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=685285
Last edited by UniSlayEX; Jul 30, 2013 at 07:59 AM.