dnbguy86

Driving home from work for the first time with my cai, and it started sputtering real bad and finally shut off, my first thought was water went through the motor and i got rods outta the side of my motor. Pulled over to the median, and what did i see.....rods hanging out of my poor ecotec !?!?!?!?






















LoL, just kidding. It was my first time driving in rain with my cai, no problems but i was being very cautious. Anybody else drive like that when its raining for fear of what i was joking about above ???

Mrmaasta

Yes and we have had massive amounts of rain this year. I am pretty confident of its location even during heavy rain and driving nicely, but deep water must be avoided!

But you know anything can happen so Im am going to order one of these

https://www.cobaltss.net/forums/show...ht=Hydrashield

better safe than sorry I guess!

snobird

u know i joked about my civic engine blowing up and a week later it blew up

Mrmaasta

Ouch! Yes it would suck bad to toast the motor :-(

D4u2s0t

LoL, just kidding. It was my first time driving in rain with my cai, no problems but i was being very cautious. Anybody else drive like that when its raining for fear of what i was joking about above ???[/QUOTE]

i don't worry about it because the water would have to cover the filter, which would be about 3 feet... if you're driving in 3 feet of water, you don't deserve the car and it's better off being destroyed in a puddle...

dnbguy86

i don't worry about it because the water would have to cover the filter, which would be about 3 feet... if you're driving in 3 feet of water, you don't deserve the car and it's better off being destroyed in a puddle... [/QUOTE]

Well, im from houston, texas. We all know what kinda gay ass tropical weather i get, not to mention the recent hurricane, and the upcoming hurricane season, so i might have some worries....but i doubt anything will happen .

1SloBowtie

What a douche. I hope you do suck water into your intake and lock your engine. Ever think that actual scenario may have happened to other people, and you're joking about it???

dnbguy86

Well, i see you have a bike there in your sig, so i have only one thing to say to you sir, you've either already gone down or your gonna go down, either way haha ! On a more serious note,it wasnt meant to make fun of anyones misfortune, i was just a little cautious driving home cause ive never had a cai, jeez !?

Cirrus

Might as well stop breathing, too. What if we sucked in a fly, choked on it, and keeled over? Don't wanna make fun of those people that actually happened to!

CARLYLE

the only car i ever heard of hydro lock from a cai is my ******* buddy who made one for his um colorado i think it was and drove into a four foot deep puddle . but thats just one extreme condition. you would never get hydro lock just from driving in the rain it would have to be alot of water to do that

1SloBowtie

Well I had a car stolen before and it was recovered on the side of a street in a rain storm, engine locked with a piston through the block, it was a shitty deal, and I dont see the point in joking about it. But to each his own I guess...

justfo1d

4 foot deep puddle^

isnt that i dunno.. a pond? lol

CARLYLE

yeah it was just after a real hard rain storm and he was romping through a contruction site and we just thaught it was a small puddle then he fell in half way up his door it was the funniest thing i ever saw

2006ArrivalBlueSS

What a pointless and useless thread..where's the mods on this one. Lock it already

p7x

i dont see rain really being a problem, its puddles! You can get that mess that goes over the intake to put ur mind at ease

Brian MP5T

You won't have any problems unless you sink the filter..

biohazard

lmao

CTCOBALTSSS

I have the Injen Hydrashield. Just in case you know. No power loss from it either.

sscobalt06

Everytime that it rains my car runs like sh%t, I live in houston too. I dont think that water is getting in the engine but ever sense I got my INTENSE stage 3 kit it doesnt run good at all when i gets humid or rains hard. It throws the P0103 code every time, and the car feels like it is boging down. It sucks.

D4u2s0t

the stock air box resonator sits probably even lower than a CAI would... so wouldn't you be just as likely to suck up water if you don't have a cai? moral of the story is don't drive in a lake and you'll be ok

slowion2

sure would. I've seen Ions, Cobalts, and a damn VUE hydrolocked before with stock airboxes. it takes an effort to do it the majority of the time unless some asshat runs you into a large body of standing water.

Joeyavhu

I came very close to Hydrolocking my Grand Am V6 the night before I traded it in for my SS/SC. Its not fun to have your engine just shut off after going through a huge puddle where they are doing construction. I was just hoping for it to make it to the dealership then. For the rest of the night, anytime the RPMs went over 2000, the engine shut off. I am a little nervous now about putting a CAI onto my Cobalt.