dj_patm
05-25-2011, 03:32 PM
Hey could really use some of your guys help...
Does anyone know where I can get these Water Repellent filters for CAI here in town? I’m in desperate need as my car is having serious issues with all the rain lately, and I don’t want to pay $80 to get it here over night.
http://www.streetunit.com/Injen_Water_Repellant_Pre_Filter_p/x-1034.htm
And maybe you guys can just chime in on whether my self-diagnosis is correct as well.
When there is a lot of water on the road and I’m at higher RPM’s (happens often due my ridiculously short gears) my car will on occasion hesitate a bit, throw a CEL but continue to drive fine, with the CEL going away once it resets itself after 5 or 6 starts.
However sometimes – 3 times in the last 2 months, including twice in the last three days to be exact – when it is really wet and after a harder drive (highway stuff or passes) my car wouldn’t start. It would turn over and then just die right away, sort of like it wouldn’t idle. The car turned on, the revs went up and then just dropped and stalled. So far I’ve been able to remedy this by letting the car sit a bit and turning it on and just bouncing the gas pedal up and down until it eventually “catches” and lets me idle. This usually takes more than a few tries, however, today it took a ridiculously high amount of tries. I was actually worried about doing some sort of damage cause of all the starting and dying, it was that bad, but eventually it caught.
One of the times it actually started dying on me on Deerfoot while driving. I thought I killed the car. The gas pedal felt really weird, like there was no tension. But I let it sit there for a bit and eventually got it going with the above method….
So yeah… thoughts? Even the minor CEL that go away only started happening after I got a Cold Air Inake and they only happen in the wet. I've yet to get one in the dry.
Does anyone know where I can get these Water Repellent filters for CAI here in town? I’m in desperate need as my car is having serious issues with all the rain lately, and I don’t want to pay $80 to get it here over night.
http://www.streetunit.com/Injen_Water_Repellant_Pre_Filter_p/x-1034.htm
And maybe you guys can just chime in on whether my self-diagnosis is correct as well.
When there is a lot of water on the road and I’m at higher RPM’s (happens often due my ridiculously short gears) my car will on occasion hesitate a bit, throw a CEL but continue to drive fine, with the CEL going away once it resets itself after 5 or 6 starts.
However sometimes – 3 times in the last 2 months, including twice in the last three days to be exact – when it is really wet and after a harder drive (highway stuff or passes) my car wouldn’t start. It would turn over and then just die right away, sort of like it wouldn’t idle. The car turned on, the revs went up and then just dropped and stalled. So far I’ve been able to remedy this by letting the car sit a bit and turning it on and just bouncing the gas pedal up and down until it eventually “catches” and lets me idle. This usually takes more than a few tries, however, today it took a ridiculously high amount of tries. I was actually worried about doing some sort of damage cause of all the starting and dying, it was that bad, but eventually it caught.
One of the times it actually started dying on me on Deerfoot while driving. I thought I killed the car. The gas pedal felt really weird, like there was no tension. But I let it sit there for a bit and eventually got it going with the above method….
So yeah… thoughts? Even the minor CEL that go away only started happening after I got a Cold Air Inake and they only happen in the wet. I've yet to get one in the dry.