Originally Posted by JoePannone
dont bother taking it off, just buy a bypass valve and put it somewhere inline with the intake tube. like mentioned before, it wont guarentee that you wont get hydrolock. just watch out for puddles and you'll be fine. i had a CAI on my civic for 2 years without a bypass valve and i never hydrolocked because i avoided puddles.
The bypass valve is a waste of money don't by it. Just another marketing trick. You are going to have the CAI totally submerged in water for it to hydrolock. Just don't run over a huge puddle, or drive into the ocean. A small puddle will be fine, just dont' trip.