Water Went up the CAI

[Cru328prod]

Well i didn't realize how deep the puddle was, but water got into the intake, a few seconds later.......the engine dropped rpms, and idle pretty rough. Went to give it gas, it rev'd and dropped back down........so i let it still for a while and it seems to be running ok. I've noticed a white smoke out the exhast when i start it or at idle. Im going to do a engine flush tommrow, oil change, and fuel system treatment myself. But im assuming theres still water inside, so you guys have any ideas to get it out?:confused:

[BALLLR]

GOOD GOD ... this is why i left the stock box in there....

[Pagz]

Sounds like it will be fine,just drive it carfully for a while...you may find theres water sitting in the IC.

If any got into your oil it would have to have been through the cam cover vent,if it did it would be a small amount and should evaporate after a decent drive.

[Cru328prod]

thanksssssssss

[anf6789]

oooh, maybe i wont make an intake:bored: lol, at least your car is ok at the moment

[Nelson Lago]

cant kill a benz !!!!

[RemoLexi]

let it sit and idle for a while, maybe drive it some on the freeway to the the engine temp up and all the engine parts hot enough to evap. any water. do an oil service to be safe, id definatly replace the plugs in that situation (they might corrode?)

next, maybe grab a can of MAF cleaner and clean your air flow meter - I did that my last service it did some good I guess.

other then that - you should be okay, must of been some serious puddle though!:)

I have a cold air intake - I just hose down my air filter to remove the bugs/dust it may have whaen I wash my car - I never have any trouble AT ALL with that.

[Cru328prod]

lmao there iridum plugs, sooooo thats outta the question....i just put those mother truckers in there. Oil serive tommow, my job said they would do a "true" engine flush for 140, but i don't have the cash for somthing like that right now. I'll just stick to the pour in stuff lol, for right now. The oil was pretty black, and only did 3,000 miles on a synthic, next oil change im switching to AMSOIL instead of royal purple to see how it works. I was surprized the oil wasn't milky.

[Logic]

you have the worse luck don't you...i haven't knock on wood have had any issues with my CAI even when it rains....3000 on a oil change? most synthics are dark in color so unless it was like really black? i usually get 5000 miles out of a change and when i take it to mercedes they ask me why i m back so soon????? they say most cars usually do 6k plus . do you ride that car hard or is it when you had the NOS on there????

[Cru328prod]

it rains really bad in florida, and florida has these dips in the road that just rediculous.

[Logic]

so when your car sucked this water up , did you cut or take off the plastic piece under your bumper? or did it go threw your bumper hole in front?

[c55m8o]

My wife drowned her SLK320 the 1st week she owned it in a huge NorEaster (slk320 would draw air from airvents @ the bottom of the bumper). After a while we could start it, but as we went up the hill we had to go up the air would flow back within the airbox and drown the engine again. After a few of those I was able to keep it going. I did a lot of wide-open throttle runs in an empty parking lot. Then let the car run (idle) for a few hours to dry out the engine bay and manifold. Also, I took the airbox off and opened it and dried everything.

[VIP_MBZ]

I thought it was common knowledge that many companies make products specifically to prevent water ingestion in CAI systems. Well, if not, here's a link:

http://www.aempower.com/ViewCategory.aspx?CategoryID=20

That's definitely a solved problem.

-Ray

[Cru328prod]

Originally posted by c55m8o
My wife drowned her SLK320 the 1st week she owned it in a huge NorEaster (slk320 would draw air from airvents @ the bottom of the bumper). After a while we could start it, but as we went up the hill we had to go up the air would flow back within the airbox and drown the engine again. After a few of those I was able to keep it going. I did a lot of wide-open throttle runs in an empty parking lot. Then let the car run (idle) for a few hours to dry out the engine bay and manifold. Also, I took the airbox off and opened it and dried everything.


lmao i did the same...........fucking engines are industrutable. any other car.......your done lmao

[Nelson Lago]

if only mercedes made the rest of the car the same way thay make their engines:classic:

[Cru328prod]

VERY TRUE :(

[Logic]

i suggested the aem by pass to many of you guys in here hoping you might add it but omey suggested against it if you wanna get cold air into it.....i tried to explain to him that mine is in front of the factory inlet threw the grill where the factory air intake was....he explain it could draw in warm air but i said when the car is rolling it always has the cold air around it.....so the way i see it who ever wants some kind of protection the aem is worth it...;)

[VIP_MBZ]

Originally posted by Logic
i tried to explain to him that mine is in front of the factory inlet threw the grill where the factory air intake was....he explain it could draw in warm air

Whoever said that probably just doesn't understand how the bypass works. It operates like a pressure relief valve, and is only open if the cold air filter is not the point of least resistance (such as when it is blocked off by water). In all other instances, it's actually closed, so no warm air comes in.

-Ray

[OCKlasse]

No biased views, just hard facts:

I dynoed my car when it had the CAI with the bypass valve, and without it. I gained 1whp without the bypass. But remember: you're at your own risk if you don't have one and drive in a deep puddle.

[VIP_MBZ]

I have a tendency to disregard dyno results that pertain to intake temp given that their best simulation of ram air at XX mph is a bigass fan. Besides, 1hp is literally nothing. Horsepower fluctuates a lot more than that just from barometric or elevation differences.

-Ray

[Cru328prod]

note he said 1whp<-------NOTE MOFO lmao jp


Which this is all true....Custom Cold air intake with a Cry02 setup......you'll be whippppppin alotta people. Im saving up for it. We put it on a mustang it made a big difference

[Logic]

cry02 what is that?

[Cru328prod]

Cry02 (http://www.designengineering.com/products.asp?m=sc&cid=1)


What it does is it freezes the inter cooler or cold air intake piping, so the MAF reads it to be colder air sucking threw which changes the timing and drop more fuel, and also will make the fuel burn better because of the cold air

[Logic]

oh i see its a spray? by the way did ya send those stickers:p

[C280_Spawrt]

Can anyone please tell me how many inches is the mouth for our airbox.... you see I want to build a CAI system and I need to know how wide the mouth is. Thanks o btw has anyone ever used these filters? I'm also going to buy the heat shield that comes with it!

CAI Filter & Heat Shield (http://www.racepages.com/products/index.php?N=4294966718%204294967221&Ntk=Main&Ntt=c280&Nty=1&Ntx=mode%20matchallpartial&D=c280&Dx=mode%20matchallpartial&No=40)

[Cru328prod]

if im not mistaken 3".............just pop open your hood, sounds like you building a WAI. You'll have to extend the pipe all the way down that hole

[C280_Spawrt]

Originally posted by Cru328prod
...sounds like you building a WAI...

LOL! No im actually building a CAI with heat shield, i understand that the engine bay will still probably casue the car to suck up up hot air anyway but i think i'll be alright if i positin the shield well enough...

Im in school right now and won't be able to dsee my car for a while so that's why im asking 3" you say? That mean sI cant use their heat shield...

[Logic]

your building a heat shield for the filter? if so that means your putting your filter in the engine bay?...well since i did a lot of research on these i find it better to run it into the bumper because putting the filter in the engine where its hot can do more harm then good ...if you do a search on CAI you'll find a lot of ideas and ways we did our intakes....anytime you put it in the bumper take necessary pre cautions like use a AEM by pass etc to avoid any time of watering entering the system....

[C280_Spawrt]

Originally posted by Logic
your building a heat shield for the filter? if so that means your putting your filter in the engine bay?...well since i did a lot of research on these i find it better to run it into the bumper because putting the filter in the engine where its hot can do more harm then good ...if you do a search on CAI you'll find a lot of ideas and ways we did our intakes....anytime you put it in the bumper take necessary pre cautions like use a AEM by pass etc to avoid any time of watering entering the system....
The thisng is i don't like the idea of running a pipe that long down to the bottom of the engine bay i dont like how it looks asthetically. Is there any other box-type intake that will fit our cars like a carbon dynamic airbox or something?

PS - How effective would a Green Drop-In Filter be?

[Cru328prod]

Like the stock air box is pretty good, it just needs improvement, i think you really don't need to do any of that, if you can make a air duct from the bottom up to the airbox it'll do the same purpose. It truely all depends if your doing it for looks and sounds. CAI always give out a cool sound, and the 23k it sounds like a turbo blow of vavle everytime you let off the pedel quick. Drop in filters only kick in at high rpms, and i don't think they make that much of a difference at low rpms