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damn melbourne weather, ran past a pretty big puddle of water today and my cai sucked in water. Not sure what to do now, for about 30 second my car started blogging then when i was at a red light the car turned off on me. Left it running under shelter for about 30 minutes and it seemed fine. WHAT DO I DO?
How is the car running now?> You should invest in a INJEN rainjacket for your pod filter
Your CAI isn't covered at the bottom of the bumper? The pod needs to be pretty much submerged to do any real damage, so a puddle should be fine provided it's not knee-deep.
Any idea how much water you sucked up?
they do sell valve releases for those CAI, might be good to get one of those
If i had to guess, the puddle was probably ankle height. just sitting in the driveway at the moment, sounded abit sick.
Well I don't know what to do once it's done bro, but at ankle-depth you should be fine. And your pod should be protected from beneath the bumper by the plastic guard, yeah?
If you've hydrolocked your engine you'll know about it...it'll sound worse than sick because the bottom end will basically blow its ass out
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Amen to that. I'd be checking water in your electics myself.
Drain out your engine and check for water (will turn to milk-shake colour/won't look normal) for a start
i dunno but i just drove in ab out shin high water. Massive dumping of rain. and im fine. probably sucked in some water. but i got the guard and there to stop most of the rain...
where the hell did you put your pod?
Down in bumper, but how low is your car man? The pod's still over a foot high from the ground so the water would need to be pretty deep right?
lol after leaving my car on for about 4 hours the next day it seemed fine, thanks for the help guys
it may seem fine but to be safe, change your engine oil, check for water, it's better to be safe then sorry mate