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Old 11-23-04, 01:16 PM
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Originally Posted by spade
still don't know what the water trick is
I am not positive so dont quote me, but from what ive read on other sites i think it is a way to clean out carbon deposites from the inside of your engine. Its like the ATF trick , but since ATF eats your seals water would be used as a less effective but safer alternative.

What i think you do it remove your spark plugs and injectors and put an ammount of water into the rotor housings then crank over then engien and let it sit a bit. then reconnect everything and drive till the water and crap burns off.
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i have no pics? can someone post them or something?
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Old 11-23-04, 05:53 PM
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Originally Posted by andrew lohaus
WRONG!!. ive known a few guys who have blown engines by driving through pudldles with similar CAI setups on other cars.
a bypass valve is essential for any air pickup outside the engine-bay.

Rotary engines actually like to suck up some water. Internal bath. I have ran water through my engine on multiple occasions (intentionally). Car runs smoother afterwards.

Did these friends of yours drive piston engines? Because they will hydrolock much easier.
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Originally Posted by aderson34
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yeah, um.. maybe because this thread is 8 MONTHS OLD!!!
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looks nice..
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Originally Posted by davis90fc
looks nice..


I'm trying to see the pics but i can't find them.
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^Maybe because the thread is over 3 years old? That noob is trying to boost his post count thats all.
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damn, I thought I was having computer problems. James (with an Indian accent) was trying to convince me there was no problem with the screen and I'm telling him I can't see the damn pictures!!! I say we ban this noob!!!
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I am going to bring this back because I don't want to start another thread. I have an fenderwell AAI/CAI and it has been raining a lot lately. I drove night before last and I got a huge hesitation getting onto the freeway and a few other times. I took the intake off when I got home and water poured out of the AFM Ok I had read that there was no way to suck up water that far or farther unless you drive though a big puddle or a river. How can I make this not happen again. Would a K&N filter stop this all together?
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enclose the filterso rain doesn't accumulate in there.

If you run outside in the rain with a straw in your mouth and you start sucking, i'm sure you'll get some water in your mouth. SO I don't see how a vaccuum into a tube that is exposed to constant moisture wouldn't take in water. Just be glad it's hard to hydrolock a 7.
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Originally Posted by RED1990GTU
I am going to bring this back because I don't want to start another thread. I have an fenderwell AAI/CAI and it has been raining a lot lately. I drove night before last and I got a huge hesitation getting onto the freeway and a few other times. I took the intake off when I got home and water poured out of the AFM Ok I had read that there was no way to suck up water that far or farther unless you drive though a big puddle or a river. How can I make this not happen again. Would a K&N filter stop this all together?
I'm sure there are some tricks you could try to either keep water out, drain water out, or both. Here are some things that come to mind:
-Drill a ~3/16" hole at the lowest or a couple of the lowest points in the intake so water will drain when it gets in (if the intake length from the filter to the AFM is very short or has no appreciable fall in piping this probably wouldn't work well. this will also only work if you have a snorkel leading to the filter versus a filter right at the end of the intake route in the fender).
-Make sure the filter itself isn't getting soaked, wet filters do not breathe well, it doesn't matter what brand it is. Install a splash guard or relocate the filter if this is a problem.
-If you don't want to or can't do either of those, maybe you should change the piping so it either has some fall in it where you can make a drain hole or if you have to make a drain in the filtered section of the intake you could possibly plumb in a drain pipe that draws from a low point but has one of those small PCV system filters at the end. That way when it's dry it will simply draw in clean air and when wet it will drain slowly as long as the vacuum is weaker than the weight of the water bearing down (that said, you'd want to mount the filter with the orifice pointing upward so water will be pulled by gravity down to the filter where it should be more free to drain).
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