Hydrolock

[civic_rida]

How deep of a water puddle do i have to go through to hydrolock my engine i have cold air intake and a 2 inch drop.

Also should i be worried when it says we expect 10mm of rain from tonight to tommorow night.

[Evan]

Is hydro locking the same as hydro plane?

[ninspeed]

Originally posted by civic_rida
How deep of a water puddle do i have to go through to hydrolock my engine i have cold air intake and a 2 inch drop.

Also should i be worried when it says we expect 10mm of rain from tonight to tommorow night.

Do you have one of the AIM water by pass valves? If not i wuld look in to one. I would just drive as careful as possible, i know when it rains i have to stay back from people as my intake is right behind the grill and is quite open now, it wont take much for water to get in there if your are going through big puddles though

[civic_rida]

bypass= loss in power

[Silencer]

Hydrolocking is when water gets into your airbox or air-intake and is fed into the engine, causing the engine to sieze. (ie: your motor is F-CKED)

Hydroplanning is when your tires are spinning too fast to bite into the road to get traction. Your car starts to lose control. This happens on highways when its wet. Usually you have to be going pretty fast though 120 km/h+ depending on tires, weight, etc.

As to civic_rida's question, I have no idea, but I'm sure it depends on how fast you are going and how exposed your intake is. Just be careful and treat puddles like speed bumps.(ie drive slowly).

BTW, is it raining 10mm or 10cm? (typo?)

[civic_rida]

i've never seen 10cm of rain

[Ben]

Originally posted by civic_rida
i've never seen 10cm of rain

Waterton/Pincher Creek saw 300MM of rain two weeks ago. Most of It fell within 48Hrs...damn, thats ALOT OF RAIN!

[4wheeldrift]

Originally posted by Evan
Is hydro locking the same as hydro plane?

Hydrolock is totally different from hydroplaning. Hydrolock is when you suck a sizable amount of water into the engine via the intake. Its a very good way to bend your rods into U shapes.

[CRXguy]

Well you have to be an idiot to hydrolock your engine. If you see a puddle, change lanes or SLOW down. So simpo!

[GTS Jeff]

Originally posted by CRXguy
Well you have to be an idiot to hydrolock your engine. If you see a puddle, change lanes or SLOW down. So simpo!

Not everyone has da madd skillz

[WBB6]

Originally posted by civic_rida
bypass= loss in power

Bypass Valve = Hot Air in Intake System...thus loss power

so that means that the bypass valve defeats the purpose of a Cold Air Intake!

[civic_rida]

do u have a cold air?

[ninspeed]

Ya.. but it stays shut untile themain filer is blocked right? i rmber asking when they came out if vtec would affect it when it kicks in as there is a lot more air flowing though and would open the valve.. i am not too sure how it works

[James]

I know a guy who just did this to his engine. He is the biggest idiot. 2 weeks ago when it was raining alot, Water got into his intake, so to solve the problem, he decided to cover the intake with a plastic bag! it sucked in the bag, crushing the intake, and F**king up his engine even more!(its now completely seized) Some people.

[B18C]

Cold-air intakes are ass in my opinion. They don't cool the intake temp enough to justify the extra piping or the chance of hydrolocking (though I don't think that hydrolocking is a big problem or anything)

[Weapon_R]

You would have to be pretty stupid to hydrolock your engine. I've had my CAI for about two years without a single episode.

Hydrolock is when water gets into your engine. Hydroplane is when a layer of water gets in between the road and your tires, so that you are floating on water kinda. Makes for a slippery road.

[WBB6]

Originally posted by B18C
Cold-air intakes are ass in my opinion. They don't cool the intake temp enough to justify the extra piping or the chance of hydrolocking (though I don't think that hydrolocking is a big problem or anything)

Cold Air Intakes are really good, it's just the optional bypass that you can add that defeats the purpose of the Cold Air Intake. I think that the risk of Hydro Lock in Calgary is minimal, I can see the concern in city's like Vancouver where it rains alot!

[4wheeldrift]

The AEM bypass valves only work well if the filter is fully submerged anyways.

[B18C]

Well, I did a little test with my injen with and without the coldair extension and the difference in intake temp was about 10 degrees farenheit under VERY hard acceleration (which is like 1whp) and less than 5 degrees farenheit at cruising.

To me that isn't a big enough difference to warrant the extra piping. Besides, even Jackson Racing recommends a shorty for supercharged applications. It supposedly lets the blower draw in air more efficiently.

[redline]

Originally posted by B18C
Well, I did a little test with my injen with and without the coldair extension and the difference in intake temp was about 10 degrees farenheit under VERY hard acceleration (which is like 1whp) and less than 5 degrees farenheit at cruising.

To me that isn't a big enough difference to warrant the extra piping. Besides, even Jackson Racing recommends a shorty for supercharged applications. It supposedly lets the blower draw in air more efficiently.

and people without heat generating SC will see less of a differnence.