Rain on intake
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you'll be fine if it rains, but dont ever submerge it. I will never put another cai on my car because of the big puddles that collect around here when it rains. With my last car i managed to submerge my cai twice, somehow i got lucky and the water never made it past the intake manifold.
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I had a CAI that on my vw gti 1.8t and i hit a 1ft deep puddle 2 mins away from my house. I blew my engine.
I've driven with a cai on my civic for 2 years before i had the gti, so I wasn't being stupid and trying to drive through it, the problem was I couldn't see that the water was 1ft deep.
Ever since I won't touch the intake on the car, its the only cheap bolt on mod that could cause your engine to blow.
Stock intakes rule! On my gti it had a built in flap that opened up if the bottom was filled with water.
I'll just save my money for a turbo kit.
I've driven with a cai on my civic for 2 years before i had the gti, so I wasn't being stupid and trying to drive through it, the problem was I couldn't see that the water was 1ft deep.
Ever since I won't touch the intake on the car, its the only cheap bolt on mod that could cause your engine to blow.
Stock intakes rule! On my gti it had a built in flap that opened up if the bottom was filled with water.
I'll just save my money for a turbo kit.
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