Cai and hydrolock

[nick22fire]

Hey guys, I recently purchased a skunk2 cai, and have been reading up on hydrolock. This being my first non pos car, I am petrified of damaging anything on it. I live in New Jersey, subject to rain, snow, sleet etc. That being said I haven't installed it yet, because I want to further my knowledge of this. Your 2 cents would help. And if I don't install the cai I'm looking to sell it. Thanks in advance for the advice guys.

 

[Metal85]

don't drive through puddles that are as high as the intake. If you do water will go in, and it doesn't compress, but your rods will.

 

[njhustler]

I live in NJ as well , but I have the PRL cai installed. The filter literally sits on the bottom plastic. I have had no problems in the 4 months that its been installed. I am scared of hydrolock as well so when it rains heavy I tape up the holes at the bottom to keep water out. Stay away from deep puddles and you should be good as I think the Skunk2 cai sits higher up .

 

[webby]

A hydroshield may fit depending on the filter size. This is what they look like.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B001CO2JMA?pc_redir=1413686091&robot_redir=1

 

[Michal006]

AEM sells hydroshield as well. Not sure if it's only for their intake or if it's universal size.

 

[Tim Abadie]

I had a CAI on my old car in New York for two years and never had an issue. But I moved to Florida and hydrolocked it twice, needing to replace the motor twice. IMO, id go with an SRI just to avoid the potential $5,000 fix. In hindsight, it was definitely not worth it. Being that you're in New Jersey I dont know that you would experience anything like I have down in Florida, but better safe than sorry.

 

[squiggy]

I had a CAI on my old car in New York for two years and never had an issue. But I moved to Florida and hydrolocked it twice, needing to replace the motor twice. IMO, id go with an SRI just to avoid the potential $5,000 fix. In hindsight, it was definitely not worth it. Being that you're in New Jersey I dont know that you would experience anything like I have down in Florida, but better safe than sorry.

The first time is not a fix, it is an opportunity for upgrading the internals!

The second time, well...

 

[Tim Abadie]

The first time is not a fix, it is an opportunity for upgrading the internals!

The second time, well...

Well said, I am hard headed for sure. Going to get a new '15 SI on friday, Ill be going for the SRI in the future needless to say

 

[Darkout]

I've been driving around central Florida with the resonator delete that basically opens the stock intake into that section and haven't seen any problems with my filter getting wet yet. Been a few months so far but it does smell like a dead animal lmao! Not sure if moister flowing up to it has caused some mildew effect/smell. I've always been a SRI with a cold air feed fan like K&N but only a 3.5" will go on mine when i can afford a flashpro

 

[webby]

I've been driving around central Florida with the resonator delete that basically opens the stock intake into that section and haven't seen any problems with my filter getting wet yet. Been a few months so far but it does smell like a dead animal lmao! Not sure if moister flowing up to it has caused some mildew effect/smell. I've always been a SRI with a cold air feed fan like K&N but only a 3.5" will go on mine when i can afford a flashpro

take a look at your cabin air filter in the glove box. -

http://9thcivic.com/forum/threads/honda-civic-cabin-air-filter-replacement.4793/

 

[Darkout]

The smell has since gone from the one day it smelled horrible. Crazy part was i smelled it heavily when the radiator fans were on flowing air as if something was in the fan shroud or something. Never found anything anywhere. I should check my cabin filter anyways since it's been 5k miles now.