[itsmillz]

Ok so yesterday here in jersey it rained like a mofo. So im at work and i figure maybe i can leave before it gets to bad. well he.ll no aint work out that way. a little insider i forget to mention is i have a cai and recently no need for detail but i lost my splash guards under the car and tire well. so im driving it start to boggg like crazy i even stalled out once and it wouldnt start. i let it roll into a apt complex and let it sit then tried to start it and it started i let it sit for like 30 mins or so the i drove it home i noticed i wasnt able to bring it pass 3 grand. so i do the spark plug trick and pull them out crank the car.

oh yea i have a supercharger as well it was sounding crazy but calmed down in sounds normal now.but the car was blowing smoke out the exhaust it looked like moisture it wasnt oil or any other detected foul smile.i put the plugs back in and it revved a little higher so my neighboor told me to take them out and put the ones i had in the before back in and the car revved better . could be do to something other then the change of plugs but i dont know.

my problem now is my oil pressure gauge isnt rising like it did b4 its staying pretty low like lower then normal i usually see it tap 60 or go a tad big above but thats it. now tho its hiting maybe 40 50 no higher. i going to go get a oil change.the car seems to struggle going fast in the high rpm's. i didnt drive though a mass amount of water which explains why the car still turns on but what other possible things could have happen that i should check? ps. wide band is normal it idles normal and i can still boost but i dont want want to break anything ...

 

[obert]

Get the oil changed asap and get ne plugs after that and then hope for the best.
There might be something else you can ad to the oil but I am not sure !

 

[itsmillz]

will do but what is it water in the oil?

 

[obert]

will do but what is it water in the oil?

I d/k if there is much you can do if there is but to change the oil and baby it.
And then change the oil again soon after. Try to google it and see what other people say to do, maybe there is some thing you can ad to the oil changes to help but I would not be driving it or boosting it at all untill you get the oil changed.

I am sure others can help you out more then me but that's all I got. Also I would get a hydro shield for your filter, it does help a litttle bit !

You might have to take the s/c off and dry out the intake also and clean and dry your air filter too, I guess it just all depends on how much water you really got in there.

 

[itsmillz]

ok but being that the car is running this could be a noob question but i want to be clear this mean i didnt throw a rod or damage a piston correct? being that it fires up normally and everything else is normal except for speeding?

 

[obert]

If you through a rod your car would not be running and the more you run it with out taking care of the oil change the more damage you will do to the motor if there is water in it ! It is a good sign that it is running and driving but if there is water in it you are not doing it any good by driving it !

 

[obert]

I have heard of something called limp mode that the car can go into to keep you from really damaging the motor when something happens but I am not sure how to get it out of that mode if it is in it !?

 

[davecivic91]

If there was water inside of the actual engine the water would have "bent" a rod... so if you can actually drive the car I may think you have gotten lucky. Your SC creating a vacuum could make things worse, but I don't know exactly what happened. Change the oil as said, spark plugs, and take it to a shop for a real evaluation.

 

[itsmillz]

yea thats what ill do i changed the plugs already i had cold 9 and went back to the recommend cold 8 for the jrsc but basically what happen was it was raining like CRAzy i dont have my splash panels on my car just ordered them in my luck it rains but i avoided all deep puddles as much as i could but i believe the tire was splashing the intake so much it developed a minimal level of water to give me this issue... but i dont mean to keep beating a dead horse but what else could cause me to have high rpm issues such as mechanical other then the oil possibly? like could i have damage something else due to the water while driving that could cuz higher rpm issues? cuz as i said i couldnt get pass grand b4 but i can now its almost like something was wet in dried ... i appreciate all the opinions fellas..

 

[HAQER]

When I used to live in Houston, I'd have to drive in heavy rain sometimes, no way around it. If my CAI got really soaked, I could feel the car struggling but it would usually be fine. One time I thought I hydro-locked my car but my MAF sensor had just gone out.

Maybe double check that sensor...

 

[itsmillz]

hmmmmmm good idea will do .. i just hope i dodged a bullet i dont feel like dealing with bs smh

 

[tehcodeman]

Yet another story as to why CAI's are not a great idea...especially when supercharged.

I know common sense comes into play here....but at least I can drive in the rain (worry-free) with my intake.

 

[itsmillz]

^^^ purpose of u pointing this out when u didnt lend a suggestion to resolve the issue? yes i have a cai BUT I HAVE NOOOOOO SPLASH GUARDS WHERE IT SITS...Mind u had it for 3 years so obviously it was bad luck not automatic failure due to equipment smh its always someone i tell ya .....

 

[Yuck.]

He suggested you get a new intake to alleviate this happening again. Heavy rain + cai - splash guard < bad luck. I want a CAI but I'm gonna hold out for an HPF airbox or get a PowerChamber if I can't deal anymore. My .02 Good luck with your car

 

[taffy07si]

^^^ purpose of u pointing this out when u didnt lend a suggestion to resolve the issue? yes i have a cai BUT I HAVE NOOOOOO SPLASH GUARDS WHERE IT SITS...Mind u had it for 3 years so obviously it was bad luck not automatic failure due to equipment smh its always someone i tell ya .....

Purpose of his pointing this out is...like me...I live in a 4 season state, which is why I switched out my CAI to a power chamber. Don't know where you live but like everyone said, change your oil and change it again. Check your SC manifold etc.....

Can't help anymore unless you've done the above. Even so, you should always do a compression test no matter what. Be on the safe side. Rather fix a bent rod rather than having to buy a new motor, because the rod broke and made a huge hole in your block.

 

[tehcodeman]

^^^ purpose of u pointing this out when u didnt lend a suggestion to resolve the issue? yes i have a cai BUT I HAVE NOOOOOO SPLASH GUARDS WHERE IT SITS...Mind u had it for 3 years so obviously it was bad luck not automatic failure due to equipment smh its always someone i tell ya .....

My post wasn't at all directed at you or your actions...just merely a heads up to all the CAI fanboys that believe hydrolock is a myth. There's probably like 20 people on here with destroyed motors because of hydrolock. And what's the common variable? A cold air intake.

Yet there will still be people that say sucking water into a motor is a physical impossibility. Even with photographic evidence of motors and supercharger intake manifolds full of water. I guess all that water just magically appeared.

Now back to you. If you really want a suggestion, here's one: Use common sense next time. Happy?

 

[White Knight]

ive experienced this many times with my car. in my experience your MAF sensor is wet. you need to let it dry out and your car wil be okay. i have a CAI also with no guards at the time. changing the oil will help any further damage if indeed water did get into the engine.

 

[White Knight]

I have heard of something called limp mode that the car can go into to keep you from really damaging the motor when something happens but I am not sure how to get it out of that mode if it is in it !?

yes this happens when your MAF sensor gets wet. the car goes into "chill mode" so air doesn’t push more water where it doesn’t need to be. that’s why it won’t allow you to go over X RPM's

when this happened to me, i had it towed to the dealer. there wasn’t any water in the enigine, they just let the sensor dry and suggested i take off my snorkel (cai) and go back to OEM. lol

 

[HAQER]

LOL!!! @ snorkel

 

[White Knight]

My post wasn't at all directed at you or your actions...just merely a heads up to all the CAI fanboys that believe hydrolock is a myth. There's probably like 20 people on here with destroyed motors because of hydrolock. And what's the common variable? A cold air intake.

Yet there will still be people that say sucking water into a motor is a physical impossibility. Even with photographic evidence of motors and supercharger intake manifolds full of water. I guess all that water just magically appeared.

Now back to you. If you really want a suggestion, here's one: Use common sense next time. Happy?

yes im one of them. you WILL NOT hydrolock if you have your splash gaurds in place. now if your driving in a flood (when its not safe to be driving even if you didnt have a CAI) there is a good chance you will. normal rain storms wont hydrolock your car. you appear to be one of those "omg the road is wet, all those CAI fanboys are gonna be sorry" clowns and infact this is just not the case.

State Farm paid for a brand new motor for my car when i hydrolocked mine. :clapping: this is a covered loss. its really not a big of a deal as you seem to make it out to be.