Originally Posted by ZiviCase10287
i can tell by your name, lol.. the only way you can actually hydrolock your engine is if the filter sucks up a LOT of water at once.. probably what 2 liters of water then it will hydrolock, a little rain won't effect it.
the engine only displaces 2.2 or 2.3 liters... it only needs to suck up enough water to keep ONE of the cyliners from reaching top dead center. water, unlike air/fuel mix, is incompressible... have you ever seen how small the combustion chamber is at TDC? anyway, it's much more like a cup of water in the engine will hydrolock.
but i agree that you have to basically drive into a lake to hydrylock your engine with a CAI.