Hydrolock Claimed my VW. CAI beware!
I'm RICK JAMES, bitch!
Joined: Mar 2002
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From: Baltimore, Md
I've had my CAI for a while and have had no problems. The filter sits inside a chamber in my bumper so water can't really be splashed on it. The only way would be driving into water high enough to fill up that chamber.
BMW Tech
Joined: Oct 2002
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From: Suffolk County, NY
i wouldnt care about being fradualent
just think of it this way
say you pay around 1500 a year
you had the car for about 2 years thats already 3000 that they keep from you and u never see it again
this is just a way of using that money
i say just swap the intake or get the bypass valve
just think of it this way
say you pay around 1500 a year
you had the car for about 2 years thats already 3000 that they keep from you and u never see it again
this is just a way of using that money
i say just swap the intake or get the bypass valve
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euro trash
Joined: Jun 2003
Posts: 564
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From: Baton Rouge, La
I talked to the insurance guy yesterday.
THANK GOD ALL THE PLASTIC UNDER MY HOOD IS SILVER!
The insurance guy looks at the engine bay, notices that the CAI is the same color as the throttle body and intake manifold... and probably gets confused as to how the engine is layed out.
(VR6's have an unusual setup, the throttle body's near the back, but the intake manifold runs over the engine and the runners are near the front).
ANYWAY.
The insurance adjuster apparently thought it was a stock intake system, so he went ahead and authorized a rebuild. So, basically, anything that was damaged, I'm getting a new one. Maybe I can talk them into putting in a few... "other parts"... while they're at it...
Moral of the story though... buy a short-ram for crying out loud... Make your real power somewhere else... don't risk a CAI.
THANK GOD ALL THE PLASTIC UNDER MY HOOD IS SILVER!
The insurance guy looks at the engine bay, notices that the CAI is the same color as the throttle body and intake manifold... and probably gets confused as to how the engine is layed out.
(VR6's have an unusual setup, the throttle body's near the back, but the intake manifold runs over the engine and the runners are near the front).
ANYWAY.
The insurance adjuster apparently thought it was a stock intake system, so he went ahead and authorized a rebuild. So, basically, anything that was damaged, I'm getting a new one. Maybe I can talk them into putting in a few... "other parts"... while they're at it...
Moral of the story though... buy a short-ram for crying out loud... Make your real power somewhere else... don't risk a CAI.
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Joined: Mar 2000
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From: Southern NH
Originally Posted by senseiturtle
I talked to the insurance guy yesterday.
THANK GOD ALL THE PLASTIC UNDER MY HOOD IS SILVER!
The insurance guy looks at the engine bay, notices that the CAI is the same color as the throttle body and intake manifold... and probably gets confused as to how the engine is layed out.
(VR6's have an unusual setup, the throttle body's near the back, but the intake manifold runs over the engine and the runners are near the front).
ANYWAY.
The insurance adjuster apparently thought it was a stock intake system, so he went ahead and authorized a rebuild. So, basically, anything that was damaged, I'm getting a new one. Maybe I can talk them into putting in a few... "other parts"... while they're at it...
Moral of the story though... buy a short-ram for crying out loud... Make your real power somewhere else... don't risk a CAI.
THANK GOD ALL THE PLASTIC UNDER MY HOOD IS SILVER!
The insurance guy looks at the engine bay, notices that the CAI is the same color as the throttle body and intake manifold... and probably gets confused as to how the engine is layed out.
(VR6's have an unusual setup, the throttle body's near the back, but the intake manifold runs over the engine and the runners are near the front).
ANYWAY.
The insurance adjuster apparently thought it was a stock intake system, so he went ahead and authorized a rebuild. So, basically, anything that was damaged, I'm getting a new one. Maybe I can talk them into putting in a few... "other parts"... while they're at it...
Moral of the story though... buy a short-ram for crying out loud... Make your real power somewhere else... don't risk a CAI.
bboy Wesley West
Joined: Oct 2003
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From: six-five-o
Originally Posted by senseiturtle
I talked to the insurance guy yesterday.
THANK GOD ALL THE PLASTIC UNDER MY HOOD IS SILVER!
The insurance guy looks at the engine bay, notices that the CAI is the same color as the throttle body and intake manifold... and probably gets confused as to how the engine is layed out.
(VR6's have an unusual setup, the throttle body's near the back, but the intake manifold runs over the engine and the runners are near the front).
ANYWAY.
The insurance adjuster apparently thought it was a stock intake system, so he went ahead and authorized a rebuild. So, basically, anything that was damaged, I'm getting a new one. Maybe I can talk them into putting in a few... "other parts"... while they're at it...
Moral of the story though... buy a short-ram for crying out loud... Make your real power somewhere else... don't risk a CAI.
THANK GOD ALL THE PLASTIC UNDER MY HOOD IS SILVER!
The insurance guy looks at the engine bay, notices that the CAI is the same color as the throttle body and intake manifold... and probably gets confused as to how the engine is layed out.
(VR6's have an unusual setup, the throttle body's near the back, but the intake manifold runs over the engine and the runners are near the front).
ANYWAY.
The insurance adjuster apparently thought it was a stock intake system, so he went ahead and authorized a rebuild. So, basically, anything that was damaged, I'm getting a new one. Maybe I can talk them into putting in a few... "other parts"... while they're at it...
Moral of the story though... buy a short-ram for crying out loud... Make your real power somewhere else... don't risk a CAI.
hope the rebuild comes out well.
I nearly wet myself!
Joined: Aug 2002
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From: Sioux Falls, SD
Originally Posted by senseiturtle
Maybe I can talk them into putting in a few... "other parts"... while they're at it...
