We had a bad downpour lately and on my way to school, I unintentionally went through some high water. I have an AEM V2 CAI so I didn't want to, but by the time I saw the high water up ahead, it was too late. Regardless, it sputtered and I turned into the first parking lot I could. I left it running, grabbed my screwdriver, undid the hose at the throttle body, and let the engine breath through the throttle body. It was scary, but kept running w/o incident till I got home. I chilled a while so the water levels on the road could go down. Three hours later, I took it to the store for some burritos. On the way, I ran it up to around 5000rpm, not slamming the gas but just slowly climbing the revs. The check engine light started blinking and I proceeded to shit myself while pulling into a driveway and shutting off the engine. After three quick heartattacks and some heavy praying, I started the engine and the CEL was back to solid.(I put a test pipe on last week with the CAI and haven't had the chance to install my O2 Simulator, so I have a CEL until I install it tomorrow) Should I drive it to school, or anywhere? It ran fine after the restart, and I didn't rev it past 3500. I guess I will baby it for a while to let all the water cycle out of the engine, but is there anything I can do to get it right short of taking the block apart? Because of the intake, this won't be covered by waranty and I don't want to shell out $500 for an insurance deductible. Any help would be appreciated.

 

if its raining in your area put back the stock airbox, you shouldn't cycle the water, if it had any it should be gone by now, check your spark plugs see how they look,

if you know how, do a compression test.

 

The stock air box was trashed during the CAI install.

 

 

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Sorry man, I couldn't resist

 

Watchit you dummy!

 

check to see what the cel code was then you can go from there.

 

While it's not funny, it is interesting how many people kill or almost kill $4000 motors just to mount a CAI. Unwise if you ask me.

 

Big judgement from a guy with a civic handle. And I didn't try to hurt my engine just to mount a cold air. With all your infinite wisdom, I'm sure you realize people make mistakes regardless of the dollar amount, and I already stated; it's only $500 for my deductible if it comes to that, not $4000. P.S. - The S2000 is driven by an internal combustion engine, not an electric motor. I'm looking for help from fellow enthusiasts in the S2000 community. If you just want to talk smack, know what you're talking about first.

 

Sounds like you're off the hook as far as hydrolock goes...I'm totally speculating, but perhaps a sensor somewhere didn't respond well to a slight bit of moisture.

It's definitely more of a risk having a CAI, but I think most of us overly cautious with our cars after installing one. You'd have to damn near submerge the filter to get water up the pipe I believe.