This is a timely thread. We just bent two exhaust valves (cyls 2 & 3) and the assumed culprit is the INJEN CAI. An expensive lesson. Are the by-pass valves on the market of any value? Or is this just the risk you take with a CAI?

 

Please explain 'wetting the battery'... I don't understand this term. I hose down my engine bay all the time, and my battery is just fine.

Yes, bypass valve works, and in a case like this they're of great value.

I just bought a suction gun to change my wife's tranny fluid (no drain plug). Might want to pick one up ($20 cdn.) and see if you can suck any water out through the plug holes? Other than that, I'd say put it in a garage, run a heater to get it good and hot, and a dehumidifier? Hopefully once it's dried out it'll start up.

Is it possible to 'bend' a Honda OEM rod? Or do they only break? Also, would the water be only in one cylinder, or multiple cylinders?

 

They only help if you regularly submerge your CAI in water. They also defeat the power gains of a CAI back to stock or less. So if you're just going for the look of a CAI and to say you have one then get the bypass valve. If you have any other reason to have a CAI, don't get one.

 

well...its the next day and still the car does not work....i raised one side of the car to see if water was still in the manifold and sure enough a little more water came out...i put new oil in...decided not to take off the intake manifold b/c not really experienced in that....so i am tryin to clean and dry out as much air as possible...gettin a lil worried...if anyone has any other suggestions or any advice into the next step of saving my engine would be great

 

replace your spark plugs & wires since they probably got wet...

 

Pull plugs and crank the engine. Let dry and put the plugs in the next day and try to start it.

Compression test, then, maybe, a leakdown test will give you some more info.

 

the time is 6:11pm in dallas, tx and the sun is shining.....and PRAISE GOES TO THE ALMIGHTY GOD for resurrecting my car from tha DEAD!!!! my car is alive.....after changing the oil and trying to dry out all possible amounts of water...she slowly began to crank...and finally.....vvr..vrr..vrrooom....no white smoke out the muffler..no check engine light...so i hope that no internals were damaged....but to let u guys know..my baby is alive now... much :thumbup: to my friends that helped me get my car back to where it is now and to my fellow HAN members that helped me through this terrible ordeal......now from experience and fair warning...CAI= very bad

 

:thumbup: Glad to hear it. The engine should be fine.

 

Congrats man!!! Well, for one, I'm happy for you! Let me correct your formula... CAI + deep ass puddles = very bad. Honestly, I've been thinking about going back to stock. I'm sure my engine will thank me for the reduced Si content.

I'd still like to know how 'wetting the battery (and wires)' would have had anything to do with this.

 

Glad to see that you can recover from this....

I had an AEM CAI installed in 1998, pre-bypass valve days. No big hurricanes heading for California, so I'm not too concerned.