So.. this may be a stupid question. But can driving through snow do anything with a CAI? The road I live on doesn't seem to get plowed very often and yesterday I had to drive through probably 10 inches (maybe more) of snow just to get to the main road. I know water can do harm, but can snow?
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I would assume that depending on the amount of snow that gets on the intake.. after enough of it, im sure that it could damage it. Have you looked into getting a weather shield for the intake ? I think that might solve your problem of the snow gettin to it... Also, a bypass valve wouldnt be ab ad idea if you do get a lil snow in th ere and it melts... jsut my opinion...
I have both the bypass valve and the weather shield. Not one problem, ever.
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I was planning on getting a bypass this spring.
It was just something that occured to me as I was driving down my road yesterday- just curious.
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Well. Snow tends to get pushed out of the ray and stays there unlike water. The only thing you woulf probably have to worry about is snow getting um into the intake and the engine melting it. I would be more worried about driving throught the few inches of slush there sometimes is.
Just thought of this. If your driving fast enough you will kick(actually blow) some of the deep snow back under the bumper where it can stick to the filter and than melt and..... well you know....
Is your car lowered?
Removal for winter or a bypass would be the best. Dont need to hydrolock in -0 deg temps
Snow is water. That air getting sucked in there can take the snow with it. When it hits the engine, it melts. My suggestion...get a shorty & save yourself a lot of grief.
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fx3 wrote: Well. Snow tends to get pushed out of the ray and stays there unlike water. The only thing you woulf probably have to worry about is snow getting um into the intake and the engine melting it. I would be more worried about driving throught the few inches of slush there sometimes is.
Just thought of this. If your driving fast enough you will kick(actually blow) some of the deep snow back under the bumper where it can stick to the filter and than melt and..... well you know....
Is your car lowered?
Removal for winter or a bypass would be the best. Dont need to hydrolock in -0 deg temps
No, the car isn't lowered but is waiting for warmer weather to have H&R springs put on.
Unfortunately, my wonderful husband threw out my stock airbox thinking I didn't need it anymore so I can't change it back for the winter.
I've always been pretty careful around water, it was just all of the snow we got the other day and our crappy city's plow team that made me think.
Maybe I'll order that bypass valve from Ray today.
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I have the AEM CAI with the bypass and I am also lowered 2 inched and I have had 0 problems with snow or water in Maine. So I guess it just really comes down to just being carefull not to plow through deep snow and know what you are driving through.
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With the bypass valve I don't think it would be a problem. Since the filter isn't heated I don't see a problem with the snow melting and getting into the intake it self unless the weather is warmer then freezing. Now slush could be a problem. Snow could block the filter up and make the car run like shit. I spend the extra money and buy a Volant. LOL and then you have a "COOL" air intake.
