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[iananastasi]

Guys is it possible that although water is sucked in through the air intake, the engine today (ie a day later) seems to be perfect.
When it happened yesterday i was driving pretty slow...the symptoms were those of wet spark plugs....it was missing slightly but the cel light never lit...a few miles later it was back to normal.
I checked the aem filter and YES it was wet.

Is it possible that if only a little water is sucked in no damage is made??

Thanks

Ian

P.S. early on next week i'll be doing a compression test.

[Damien]

you need a hydro sheild for winter :salut: , a GM no problems

[evilowl]

Yes it is possible, several engines have expired this way

[WoodyzR]

My hydro shield arrived today

[CivicTypeReplica]

Be of no illusions, if your numbers are up then the engine will hydrolock and throw a rod through the crankcase, usually.

However, there are numerous occasions where a little water is introduced, giving just a splutter, a misfire, and a bit of steam from the back.

If the engine still runs ok five seconds after the puddle, you are safe to open throttle and clear it out, it will happen almost instantly if as above, your numbers are up.

The hydroshield will help, but mainly deters the smaller amounts of water that cause no issues anyway, it will not repel a large puddle.

The actual injection of a small amount of water mist will not harm the engine, in fact it will help to densify and cool the inlet charge.

The skill is getting the puddles of the right size to keep the filter damp, but not soaked.

Actually i'm joking there, it's too dangerous, but it would sure help on a hot day...

AEM is cheap power, Gruppe M is expensive power.

Make your choice!

Cheers, Sam.

[markl]

was waiting for a post similar to this. had some monster floods on roads i went down last night!

[tp]

Splashed water isn't a problem. Driving through really deep water like upto the sills will probably kill it.

[Mart]

The skill is getting the puddles of the right size to keep the filter damp, but not soaked.

I can picture it now......

[FireBIade2]

im guessing a minimum of

oil change
oil filter
air filter
spark plug clean

would be needed after something like that.

[johnny 5]

When i had my AEM did the same, engine wouldnt run smooth when it rained etc...i did the right thing, rather than worry about my engine blowing up each time it rained, I simply replaced it with an ITG Lol. Still would have preferred a GruppeM, but either way id rather keep my engine water free than anything else!! LOL!

[Euphoria]

this is the only reason i went for an ITG

[dude17ctr]

i took mine off before it was 2 late also after a scare.... my mate has the oiled version and his seems fine though

[stevewales2003]

Sold mine a while back, every time i drove it this was going through my head, if i was you i'd take it off for at least the worst of the winter months, no matter how carefull you are some times you have no choice but to go through a deep puddle.

[iananastasi]

Thanks guys for your taughts and concerns.
This week my mechanic did a compression test on all the pistons and everything seems to be ok....he said that i was very lucky considering the symptoms of the car exactly after the incident happened.

The major difference between me and most of you is that i live in Malta and not the UK.....Here it's generally hot and bone Dry so we don't risk as much as you. Last week was the exeption to the rule where it rained for a couple days very intensly.

I really hope this incident teaches me a lesson...that is to avoid bad roads in really heavy rain!!!


Guys,
thanks again

Ian

[WoodyzR]

Put a hydro shield on mine today, just to help ease my mind when driving in wet conditions, and I am taking her to Scotland next week. Pleased to say that when I got the wheel off and the plastic covers off the car the filter was still nice and dry and very clean, along with the entire pipe and all the area surrounding it. I was very careful when I installed mine, and cut the plastic so it was a perfect fit, no gaps etc. Just have to make sure I don’t drive through a deep puddle!