yesterday I was driving to pick up Evo2 from robert

and all of sudden rain started to pour down really hard.

so i decided to pull over to the shopping center and wait till it calm down.

when i was making right turn to enter the shopping center there was big puddle.

so i slow down and tried to go thou going 5~10mph

and all of sudden car comming out of shopping center (SUV) made big ___ 5ft splash

and water went into my intake and my car just died....

but the good thing is when i retried to get car started it worked but it shut me off

when i stepped on to the clutch and the gas ....

afterwhile i got it to work ( it just did) and i had VSC, TRAC OFF, and Engine check light on.

when i got the dealership and all the light just turned off it self.... weird....

and now its fine....

long story short ... drive safe even thou u have short ram intake... cuz i have injen short ram... and still got H2o into my intake....

 

Water got in the air flow sensor making those lights come on. bad suv's.

 

and the car is so slow with all the lights on i hated it !

 

its stuff like this that makes me appreciate the bypass valve.

I got stuck in a deep puddle once... when I had hyundai hatchback (prism? no.. prius? no...).. engine died immediately with the intake of water... luckily after 10 minutes it started up again... the water was maybe a foot below my window... I was amazed at first there was no seepage.. till I realized my entire floor was soaked. I think the car actually floated a little cuz it drifted in the water at one point. Never realized how lucky I was that it actually started back up... my only other option was to get out and swim... yes swim for help.

What does this have to do with the post? uhh nothing, I just like telling that story... oh that and it was an SUVs fault again..

 

For my intake to get full of water man I'd need to drive through like 2.5 feet of water. Man do people actually try and drive through that crap?

 

i should clarify before people think i'm a retard. There was massive flooding on all the highways and many of them were closed... the LIE for example was literally a lake.

This is the college point Van Wyck entrance for the ppl who know Queens, NY. The entrance ramp was long, convoluted and only one lane, once you were in... there was no backing out... unless you could somehow convince the 10-20 cars behind you to make a coordinated effort. You couldn't see the flooding until you rounded a bend on the entrance ramp... most small cars tried to ride it out on the partial shoulder... but then that shoulder ran out... at which point there was no choice but to try to make a break for it trailing the wake of the bigger cars ahead of you. I would've made it if it was a straight line.. but the SUV in front of me turned suddenly to avoid an obstacle.. at which point I lost the wake, the water came rushing in from both sides and swamped me in the deepest part of the "puddle". Luckily the water was still rushing off like a waterfall from some other place.. which once my car started floating.. I think pushed me onto a shallower area. I considered climbing out the window for help, but the water was much too deep (this was pre-cell phone days so no help there).
I must have tried to start the car 2-3 times (amazing I didn't hydro lock the engine).. on the 3rd or 4th time it started up, and I was able to drive out.

 

i had to stop reading cause i just kept laughing after that...

 

theres no place to put bypass valve.....on short ram intake

 

I no longer think your a retard. LOL. I know exactly the spot you were at.

 

arn't short rams at the same level as the throttle body???
so if water got in the filter and cloged it solid to make the bybass open, it would also get in the bypass....

bypass valves only work when the bypass is 1. higher than the filter and 2. higher than the water...

 

Some of my best memories are driving through 3 or 4 feet of water. Course it helps when your intake sits almost 5 feet in the air. God i love driving my rig. BRING ON THE STREET FLOODING RAIN.

 

be carefull of what you ask for....
you might be in your rig and see your box float by...lol

 

most shortrams are at the same height as the OEM intake. . . a lot of times, engine failure comes from people driving too slow through puddles (assuming non CAI) and thus the starter/alternator gets soaked. . . not good.

 

the starter getting soaked will not be a problem till you try to restart you car....
even then most starters are tightly sealed....

the alternator is diff.
its an open case exposed wires....

 

yes, actually i was commenting on the idea of one. a lot of people have said how unnecessary it is for the CAIs (i'm not gonna bother to find the thread).

And I've always thought better safe than sorry.

Plus the bypass for me sits towards the back of the engine compartment so the splash scenario wouldn't have happened. Anyhow wasnt suggesting he get one.. just thinking its a good thing something like that exists.

 

Hmm, I drive in all kinds of conditions w/ my short rammed xB, and haven't had that happen to me. And yes I've been splashed by some of the highest non-off roading 4x4s around. Had the water to the bottom of the car also.

 

I had a short ram air on my Protege5 for years and there were a few times i was concerned about rain. Use common sense and you'll be alright. Good to hear your box was alright. Im debating on what to get fo rmy box. CAI or SRI.

The debate is on.