Ive had an AEM cai for quite a while now. Until recently, my car has been acting strangely in rain. So today I decided to take out the cai and examine it. As i had expected, the filter was VERY VERY wet. Even after it had been sunny today and around 75 deg ( it rained yesterday ), the filter was still very wet. Now I have a CEL, and it felt like it bogged down/hesitated every time I tried to WOT.

So now im stuck slapping the stock air filter on, until I come up with a way to use my AEM safely.

 

If you are having issues with the filter getting wet you should invest in an aqua shield, its a cover to put over the filter so it keeps it dry and avoid having your engine hydro lock.

 

u know where I cna get one?

 

www.cobaltperformanceparts.com they are 37.00 shipped. You can choose red blue or black.

 

ditch the crap AEM and get a OIL type. I can drive in puring rain with no probs. The oil repulses water. Since you already have a AEM, clean it if u can and let it dry fully. Get a hydroshield.

 

k&n has them too, they're called "dry-chargers"

 

double post my bad

 

ditch the crap AEM and get a OIL type. I can drive in puring rain with no probs. The oil repulses water. Since you already have a AEM, clean it if u can and let it dry fully. Get a hydroshield.

 

sorry to hear,another reason i stay SR.

 

sorry ledgendary mike, i hate to disagree with you but, sr<CAI. On my buddies 2.2 he went from a sr to a cai and his intake temps dropped 10 degrees

I had the same issue with my AEM. All you have to do is get the hydroshield as mentioned above. Problem solved.

Also, I do not like oiled filters because 1. alot to maintain. 2. You will throw a CEL. Usually because Oil gets on the MAF sensor. 3. Dryflow filters are soooooo much easier.

 

cai with dry-flo filter FTW!

 

i know that.LOL! rain ,big ****** puddles=no good

 

Injen makes water repellent shields for the filters and it fits right over the dryflow i have an injen intake with a dryflow and the shield went right over it never had any problems (knock on wood)

 

injen has the hydroshield, $10, i used it going cross country through some really flooded areas in texas panhandle, not one problem

 

 

$10?

Where?

Will it fit over a AEM dryflow filter?

 

ok i can't find where i bought mine at, but if you go to injen.com, they have a whole bunch of sizes. i'm sure they have one that will fit your filter

 

no probs with my injen i just really need to clean the thing...never have

 

My fujita has never had a prob.

 

get a mesh one from autozone...its made out a mesh and if it gets wet,it drys in 10-15 mins,if not less

 

I got the hydro shield with the injen CAI I just purchased. I have heard of people having problems with their filters getting wet so I figured it was a good idea. It doesn't surprise me that this happens with the location of a CAI.

 

the whole oil on the MAF is a myth, find me one person whose actually messed up a MAF from oil on the filter, you wont find one trust me.

 

CAI designers that put a open element air filter at the very bottom of the inner fender liner ain't too bright.

 

the oiled one **** up your maf thats why i swutched to a dry flow after i had to clean my maf sensor

**** man one of my home boys got fucked up so he bought a new one and then he put a dry flow on it and it has been running good

**** man one of my home boys got fucked up so he bought a new one and then he put a dry flow on it and it has been running good

 

how many miles do you have on yours lol cuz i havent done mine either.