well i have the aem cai for my car, its been running for 6-7 months no problems, however it has been pouring rain the past 2 days, and yesterday my car totally crapped out, the car was sputtering and coming to a near stall out at idle, it was totally undriveable, so i took it to the delaership, they called me back saying it was my aem cai, it was completely soaked and my maf was wet, they dried the maf and filter and reset the code, after that it has been running fine, but they warned me to put the stock air box on because if any permanent damage happened to the maf or engine, i would not be covered, so i might be returning it to stock....

 

You had to post this the day my CAI came in didnt ya! haha just play'n. but man what a bummer, that sux hard. Is there anyway to prevent that from happening?

 

get a dry charger for your filter that should keep most of the water out i dont think it ould work if you put it under water but it will help agaist any thing else

 

Look in the splash guard, there are several gaps that are non-essential to air flow, tape them off. I did that with mine, turns out those let a LOT of water in, cause I haven't had any issues since.

 

Yep get a dry charger, AKA HydroShield.
You won't have that problem.
Here is a link to those if you want one.

http://www.injen.com/hydroshield.html

 

have the jbp intake, the way its positoned, i havnt had any issues with all the rain we have been getting here in ontario, good luck with yers though man.

 

doesnt AEM make a bypase valve that is suposed to help also.

 

This has also happened to SS/Sc's w/stock air boxes. Just had one 2weeks ago. There is also a Bulletin for water found on air filter. The stock boxes snorkel is set at such a position, water can snake around between the headlamp and hood and run into the box.
Everyone just needs to look out for puddles and hope for the best.

 

i always make sure if there is a puddle, im not goin over it, we had a **** load of rain the past few days and ive had no issues the my jbp intake.

 

Yes, they do. Try to avoid any large puddles where you can. If you can't drive around them, go S L O W L Y. If someone behind you doesn't like it, tough, lol.

 

thats why nissan calls the nismo cold air intake for the xterra R-tune(voids warranties) because it could suck in water and do bad things.

 

H20 forced induction... sweet..

 

That sounds like some good water injection!!!

 

LOL... yeah....

but seriously... just drive slowly in the rain... or invest in a hydro-shield... or one of those bypass valve things... might save ya' in the long run.

Oh... and if you're going back to stock... would you be interested in selling the CAI?

 

the water by pass valve is not ment for a forced induction car, it's just a waste of money.
any time you make boost, you'll open up the bypass.
it is only ment for NA cars

 

hmm... didn't think about that... valid point. Scratch the bypass then.

 

was just about to post that, good call.

 

on my old car that had a cai when i was forced to go through a puddle i would get some momentum put it in nuteral and turn the car off and coast through the puddle, after i was clear of the puddle i would restart the car or pop the clutch and continue on my, this made it so i never had to worry about water in my intake as well as not inconviencing the drivers behind me.....never had any problems..

 

Driving with the car turned off isn't very safe...

 

i think the dry charger should do the trick.,..

 

Yeah especially with the cobalt's electric steering.

 

well guys i wussed out and put the stock filter on, better safe then sorry, i still have 40k of warranty left so i dont want to screw it up

 

No, they void your warranty because they're dicks. I had a Sentra SER Spec V with a Nismo CAI and it came with a bypass valve. One of the things I never worried about because of common sense on Nissans part. The Xterra CAI also comes with a bypass valvle, illustrated here. It just sucks that they void your warranty.

http://www.leeparts.com/item/1/69/562/1188

 

I have a K&N with the dry charger and was driving in pouring rain a couple weeks ago, no problems at all with stalling or running crappy. Dry charger works good

 

I found 3 sizes, but am unsure what size I need.

http://www.autoanything.com/air-filt...A2582A0A0.aspx

There is the link I found them at, the same place I ordered my AEM filter from.