caraficionado

Have been seeing a ton of threads on hydrolocking with the Injen and AEM cold air intakes. I currently have the Injen and been losing some hair. I don't take the car out in the rain and if it rains while I'm out, I always check the filter to see if there is any water before starting.



I really want to eliminate the chance of hydrolock, so I'm considering 3 options:

1. Use the hydroshield and cover up hole in engine bay that leads to top of filter (Basically do s2000ellier outlined in this post)
2. Remove secondary intake and convert to short ram
3. Convert back to stock

What do you guys recommend here?

DTS2K05

They sell waterproof bonnets that slide over the filter. Just don't drive it through a puddle.

PureFunction

plug the drain hole that is above the filter and dont drive through a pond. you will be fine

DeeKay

fill hole, put waterproof cover on.

05thumper

Put stock intake back on?

PapiChuloNica

This is what I currently have install on my AEM intake and it helps a lot preventing it from hydro locking. http://www.ebay.com/itm/UNIVERSAL-ST...item484b4a1177

superstuddc27

#2. I've been holding off on a full cai because of the rain situation even though it doesn't rain much here in socal. I figured it'd be too much of a pain in the ass to remove the 2nd pipe+filter every time it rains but judging by the post in that thread above, it seems like you can just disconnect it and leave it covered and put on a secondary filter. That's probably the best solution.
Any kind of sock or shield won't mitigate the most important risk, which is the intake actually sucking up water in a puddle. Residual rain water, yes. but that doesn't seem like all that of a concern imo.




This isn't a bad idea but it doesn't get rid of the risk for actually dunking your filter into a puddle.

takeshi

Whatever you're comfortable with. I have a Fujita and I use a shield and plugged the hole. You have to determine your biggest priority and act accordingly.

We definitely get a lot more down here than SoCal.