OK guys I have been having this problem for a while and I cannot solve it. My filter (aem dryflow) keeps getting wet. First I noticed that my splash guard wasn't sealing very good so I fixed that up fine. Well my filter still kept getting wet. I then got a injen hydroshield and put on it. I figured this would solve that, period. Well, seems it didn't.

I found out where the water is coming from. It is doing down into the hole where the intake pipe enters the wheel well. The water is running down the actual pipe and must be getting under the hydroshield and getting the filter damp enough to make my MAF want to die.

I need your suggestions. How can I solve this? It does it every time it rains pretty good out. Someone else has to have this problem as well, I hope I am not the only one. I am either going to block off that whole (getting air for the filter to breathe is my issue why I dont want to block it) or make some sort of shield to fit on top of the filter. This way if water runs down the pipe again it will hit that and not get under the hydroshield.

Please help me out.

 

k&n has a water replant cover if that doesnt work go back to the oiled filter

 

i dunno why AEM dryflow is so popular anyways, all i have had are oiled filters, no problems. I did have the same problem with the intake getting wet through that hole, i had an ebay intake and found that it was rusty and crusted with ice on one side, but my car still ran fine.

 

Try and make seal on this part, but it may not work due to engine movements.

 

Yeah I was going to do that. I was just wondering if any air would get into where the filter is then. You can't completely seal it off or it will starve. The pipe shouldn't move all that much. I am either gonna make a shield to keep the water from going down there or just fill the bitch so not a drop will go in.

I just wanted to see if anyone else had this problem.

I thought sure the hydroshield would fix it. The water has to be getting under it somehow.

 

i have this same problem. but i dont think to much of it. if you have an oiled filter *cough* K&N then you should be ok. i took mine out recently to see if any problems accurd....and not a one. the pipe is clean and dry. get a shield if your worried

 

replace the filter with this one...i have it on my car,and the supercharger is louder and my ass feels more punch..it also repells water and doesnt suck it in...


http://www.spectreperformance.com/#CATALOG.8138

 

Oiled filters are the way to go. Just follow the instructions to the letter when you clean them and you're golden.

 

I don't have an oiled filter. I have a aem dryflow on it. How is an oiled filter going to repel water?

 

I have the aem dryflow and have never had any issues

 

oil has a petroleum base, which repels water.

 

Ah ok. Well I think I am just going to seal up the whole at the top where the pipe leads into the fender. That has to stop every damn drop of water getting down in there. This better solve my problem. If not, I am gonna go back to the damn stock airbox.