I hydrolocked my motor a couple of weekends ago (with all this rain in Southern Cali). Anyway, it wouldn't start for 3 starts, and when it finally did, it idled around 200 RPM for the longest, and the whole car was vibrating very violently for a while. It's running fine now though. After that little incident, i've decided to invest in an AEM bypass for my AEM CAI.
My bypass just arrived in the mail today. I'll probably install it tomorrow. However, in the instructions, it says that "in some circumstances, cause a very minimal reduction in the increase in horsepower given by the Cold Air System." Does anyone know what kind of reduction we're talking about?
How exactly does this work anyway? When the filter becomes submerged, does the bypass filter activate as the source of air intake, or does it just absorb the water that's inducted from the filter?
Also, any pointers or difficult spots to be wary of during installation?