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    Bypass Valve

    How exactly does a CAI bypass valve work? I'm thinking of ordering one after everyone is suddently hydrolocking it seems like.
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    I've only seen one hydrolock issue recently


    Anyway, you cut your CAI in half. You rejoin it using the bypass valve. The valve stays shut as long as there's no resistance coming from the filter (as in, it's only sucking air). When it sucks up water, the bypass valve opens and brings in air from the engine bay. It's like drinking through a straw with a hole in it... you'll suck air through the hole before you suck liquid up.



    I've had a CAI for 5 years. I've been lowered for 4. I live in swampland, below sea level. I have never hydrolocked my engine.






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      Originally posted by deevergote
      I've only seen one hydrolock issue recently


      Anyway, you cut your CAI in half. You rejoin it using the bypass valve. The valve stays shut as long as there's no resistance coming from the filter (as in, it's only sucking air). When it sucks up water, the bypass valve opens and brings in air from the engine bay. It's like drinking through a straw with a hole in it... you'll suck air through the hole before you suck liquid up.



      I've had a CAI for 5 years. I've been lowered for 4. I live in swampland, below sea level. I have never hydrolocked my engine.
      oh ok thanks. i understand it better now. i seen 2 hydrolocks on 8thcivic.com and 1 on here btw. thanks again!

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        rememeber that bypass valves will not 100% prevent hydrolock. it helps but is not guaranteed
        90 EX DUMPED!!!

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          i have always had an inner fender with my CAI. I had a friend that ran a CAI on his prelude with no inner fender and he had a rod go through the back and front of the block. Not a pretty site with a big investment such as a JDM h22 swap.
          vouch for:924dr, sn2bh22cb7, soysaucecb7, ecto1, PRIMESNIPER,2.2litrebeater,turbowagon94, losiracer2,jacobuchanan140, tommi, dannyd

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