hyrdolock??

I was cruising around in my Acura CL during heavy rain and my car
stalled!! I got out and my intake was soaked, so I assume this is
hydrolock? Anyway, I tried to restart the engine a few times and it
worked after about the fifth try so I just drove home at low speeds
taking the backroads instead of the freeway. Have I damaged my
engine??

 

It probably just sucked up water that quenched the combustion.
Hydrolock is when the engine sucks up enough water to jam on a
compression stroke.

 

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Put the stock intake back.

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Did you cross over any water that was deep enough to enter the exhaust?

 

He probably has a cold air intake which sits very close to the ground. In
raining weather, water can sometimes splash up and get sucked into the
intake. I agree with Tegger, the OP should put the original air intake back
on the car. Cold air intakes don't even do anything. Loads of people think
they increase power but in reality, you're to get an extra 3 HP from them.
They make the engine a little louder, that's it.

 

I guess 9 hp from just a long tube setup nothing to sneeze at.

A properly installed CAI will not suck up water unless you are sitting in a
DEEP puddle.

I've had my AEM CAI for 6 years now, never a hydrolock. But then again I
followed the directions.

 

Ah, the directions. Amazing how few people read those. As for the power
gain, sure a few HP is nothing to sneeze at for such an easy and relatively
cheap mod. My point was aimed more at the kinds of people that expect huge
power gains from CAI. I've heard people run around claiming that they add
up to 20-30 HP which is just patently false.

 

Unless the installation of the CAI is the first time that the air filter
has been changed. With all the fuss over rapid oil changes, people
forget about other important, but less popular, maintenance.

 

Probably not.

This is a picture of an early 90s Honda Prelude. The valves were
bent, and as seen in the picture, the connecting rods bent and broke
in two.

The owner had a cold air intake mounted on the bottom of his lowered
Prelude and went through a puddle.

The end result:

http://www.mailsack.org/hydro.jpg

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Too true. I remember putting some fuel injector cleaner in my 2000 Civic
after about 45,000 KM. Damn thing felt like it got an extra 10 HP back. My
friends even noticed the difference before I told him what I'd done. I
managed to squeal the tires at a stop sign, which was quite impressive since
I had an auto tranny, so he asked me what I did to the car. After that, I'm
not in the habit of using some cleaner every once in a while for prevention.

 

This is an extreme case, as the fellow was probably doing some very high
RPMs when it sucked in the water. I own a ford Ranger, and go mud/creek
splashing all the time, I've hydrolocked the motor about 5 times, but have
never *knocks on wood* broken anything. IF anyone should suck water in,
the trick is to just let the motor die, don't try to apply more gas to keep
it running. Then! either pull the plugs and blow the water out, or let it
dry out alittle and try a slow restart.
This puts much!! less stress on the internal components.


My 2 cents.

-Russ