"Mango Masher" <Mango@hachoo.com> wrote in message
news:2g8a0sF534dtU1@uni-berlin.de...
> Installed a cold air intake on an RSX. Apparantly one of the dangers is
> that because it sits so low and in the left front wheel area that it could
> suck up water. The car is lowered so it sits about 6 inches off the
ground.
>
> Now...has anyone heard of that happening? Going through standing water
that
> it could actually suck the water into the air intake? First hand
knowledge
> only please....No urban legends...

I saw it happen to a friend's Safari van, back in '86, the air intake was
fairly low in that year. He drove through a deep puddle of water and it
sucked water into the engine.

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