"Scotty B" <scottybbad1@hotmail.com> wrote in
news:1159371112.882453.11260@d34g2000cwd.googlegro ups.com:

> I was driving my 01 Integra SE with a Generic air intake withought the
> air bypass valve in hard rain. I didn't know anything about
> hydrolocking..as i was reving over 3k the car started bogging and
> bogging then i saw black smoke coming out the back of the carr through
> my rear view, so i pulled into a side street and the car stalled. I
> was thinking distributor caps or plug wires, but after a lil research
> on the internet I discovered what happened..the car hydrolocked. It is
> real, I guess i'm lucky the engine wasn't damaged. Now I am very
> careful avoiding every possible puddle :P...I'm thinking about gettin
> an air bypass valve to prevent future occurences or just disconnecting
> the lower pipe and sticking the filter on the first pipe coming the
> intake. I live in canada and winter's really slushy and snowy so i'm
> sure it could happen again driving throught that shit.
>
> so what i'm asking is:
> air bypass valve? or installing the filter directly on the upper pipe
> and removing the lower pipe during winter.
>
>



There are no problems with the stock intake taking on water.

Guess the stock intake just doesn't have that same kewl factor, huh?


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