HeLP::Posible Hydrolock??

[d3vil]

so heres what hapend.. its raining all day today and i need to go work 5.. so i drive to work goin no more 65mph on da freeway.. right when i get to work i took out the filter and its all soak in water
and i pop up my hood and i open the rubber that conects the throttle body and the intake pipe.. and its was completely dry, so iam like Cool the water didnt get to the top[btw i got AEM the dry flow filter].. and i dry the filter at work and time goes by and its time to go bck home, so i install the filter back in place.. drive a bit everything feels normal i didnt push the car at all.. annddd right when i hit the freeway at 4th gear when the rpm hits 5k the car bogs for a second ,and i quickly shift to 6 and drive like normal.. nothing sounded weird on the way back, i try to keep it below 4k rpm.. did my car got hydrolock??? iam thinkin to go get oil change tmrw morning.. hopefully it flush the water out.. would this helps??
anyone that have experience this?? what should i do?? iam afraid if i bring it to dealer they gonna void my waranty.. and i dont have the plastic part under the fender thingi..
sorry for the long story..
helpfull reply would be appreciate

[invsta]

CAI or SRI? It sounds like you have driven the car quite a bit after the incident occurred, so most of the damage has probably already happened.

Main thing is that IT IS NOT GOOD THAT THE FILTER WAS SOAKED. I don't know what your setup is, but you've got to change it ASAP before you drive in the rain again. I'm guessing you have a CAI. Switch it to an SRI quick. Or put the stock intake back on.

It only takes a little bit of water to hurt the motor, so its not unheard of that the rubber tubing area would be dry. The air is moving so fast that the water wouldn't have time to grab hold of any surfaces. It would just go straight into the motor.

Change the setup...

[K20z3 Civic Si [PHONG]]

From what he said, itsounds like he has a SRI unless he can take off his bumper at work to get to the end of the CAI. Hahaha.

Sounds like hydrolock to me

[CivicDemon]

He said he does not have the plastic under the bumper thats how he provably got the filter, SRI should not get any water on it were it sits, and the CAI would especially with out the plastic under the bumper. you should reset you ECU and see if that help could be your MAF sensor got a little wet and dried off by now, just reset it and drive it regular see if it helps.

[ImTheVoiceOfGod]

If the car is still running it didnt hydrolock. Hydrolock = the engine is dead

[streetlunatic08]

same thing happned 2 me. kind of
i have a aem cold air and 0 fender liner.
i drove 2 the store (like 2 blocks away)and my car felt weird then bogged.
and i could only hit about 3k rpm. then the dash lit up.
i pulled over and the filter was dripping removed everything and there were some drops of water in the TB
then i installed my sri and turned the car on,no problems.


ur car should be fine. cai + no fender liner= fail.

[d3vil]

thank you 4 the reply..
iam using cai.. would an oil change help a bit? any idea?

[invsta]

Originally Posted by K20z3 Civic Si [PHONG]

From what he said, itsounds like he has a SRI unless he can take off his bumper at work to get to the end of the CAI. Hahaha.

Sounds like hydrolock to me

haha, good point. Damn, how did water get that high?

Originally Posted by d3vil

thank you 4 the reply..
iam using cai.. would an oil change help a bit? any idea?

Oh, it is a CAI? So how did you get the filter off when you were on the road?

No, I don't think an oil change would help because the water doesnt go where the oil is in the engine.

[w00t692]

Get an Injen hydro shield and your filter won't even get wet anymore.

I was having problems with the filter getting soaked and thus sucking up water at high rpms.

It wasn't hydrolock but m ycar did stall once due to MAF high voltage from water on it.

[enojy]

You did not hydrolock your engine, all you did was create a leak when you disassembled the filter and the coupler to the throttle body. Re-check your connections and try again. Either that, or your MAF sensor got wet.

Originally Posted by invsta

Main thing is that IT IS NOT GOOD THAT THE FILTER WAS SOAKED. I don't know what your setup is, but you've got to change it ASAP before you drive in the rain again. I'm guessing you have a CAI. Switch it to an SRI quick. Or put the stock intake back on.

It only takes a little bit of water to hurt the motor, so its not unheard of that the rubber tubing area would be dry.

Driving in the rain is perfectly fine. The filter becoming wet is perfectly fine -- it's a filter. This is why your throttle body was dry. Even if any droplets of water were to be sucked into the intake manifold, it would require a substantial amount more to hydrolock the engine. Essentially, the entire filter (thus, the end of the actual intake pipe) needs to be submerged in water.

[White Knight]

Originally Posted by w00t692

Get an Injen hydro shield and your filter won't even get wet anymore.

I was having problems with the filter getting soaked and thus sucking up water at high rpms.

It wasn't hydrolock but m ycar did stall once due to MAF high voltage from water on it.

this happens a lot.

OP make sure your MAF sensor is dry. take it out and dry it if you need to, it doesnt sound like hydrolock to me.

[White Knight]

Originally Posted by ImTheVoiceOfGod

If the car is still running it didnt hydrolock. Hydrolock = the engine is dead

just read this one....


your engine is not hydro-locked.

[Captain Slow]

Originally Posted by White Knight

this happens a lot.

OP make sure your MAF sensor is dry. take it out and dry it if you need to, it doesnt sound like hydrolock to me.

Someone (who knows what they're talking about...not me obviously) should make a sticky with the symptoms of hydrolock. This seems to come up fairly often.

[DatBigDude]

Originally Posted by ImTheVoiceOfGod

If the car is still running it didnt hydrolock. Hydrolock = the engine is dead

Why is this still in discussion?

[galaxygrey13]

Why would you take it up to 5k rpms in the rain anyways. I have an exposed CAI and I drove it for about 25 miles in the rain going over puddles and my car didnt even hesitate once because i was keeping the RPMs low. The harder you step on the gas the more it sucks. I replaced it with an SRI for the meantime while it stops raining.

[mr.infamous]

Originally Posted by enojy

You did not hydrolock your engine, all you did was create a leak when you disassembled the filter and the coupler to the throttle body. Re-check your connections and try again. Either that, or your MAF sensor got wet.



Driving in the rain is perfectly fine. The filter becoming wet is perfectly fine -- it's a filter. This is why your throttle body was dry. Even if any droplets of water were to be sucked into the intake manifold, it would require a substantial amount more to hydrolock the engine. Essentially, the entire filter (thus, the end of the actual intake pipe) needs to be submerged in water.

it only takes half a cup of water to get hydrolock, so driving in the rain is not a risk i would be willing to take. i had the same thing happen to my car too, i just let the motor sit and let the water evaporate and dried off the filter with my sisters blodryer.

[actionjeans]

Originally Posted by mr.infamous

it only takes half a cup of water to get hydrolock, so driving in the rain is not a risk i would be willing to take. i had the same thing happen to my car too, i just let the motor sit and let the water evaporate and dried off the filter with my sisters blodryer.

Your sister has a blodryer?

And is she hawt?

[JamesL06SI]

this happend to me with my cai then i switched to sri

[bro2snakeaterblk08]

Its because the OP is driving around with no fender lining. Water from the tires will reach the filter quite easily, that would explain why the filter was soaked... Nice going OP.

[mr.infamous]

Originally Posted by actionjeans

Your sister has a blodryer?

And is she hawt?

ughmm yes she does have a blodryer and she is prego so i dont think you would be to interested?? lol