I want to put in a cold air intake on my 2006 Honda Civic, i have been looking at some forums and have noticed that people say that cold air intakes can hydrolock. I have been seeing mixed views some say that the CAI will only hydrolock if it is submerged while others say otherwise. I want to put in a DC Sports CAI5525, i want to know if hydrolocking is a problem and if it is, is there any way to prevent that by not putting in a bypass valve (Which decreases power and i really don‘t want to saw the piping in half) Also on the description on the site where i want to buy it its says [Factory Air Box Retained: Yes] what does this mean?
The number one complaint for aftermarket cold air intakes is loss of fuel economy; the number two complaint is hydrolock. We have answered questions here about repairing engines that hydrolocked when the car was just driven through an unexpectedly large puddle with an aftermarket cold air intake. There is no value in aftermarket cold air intakes. They are relics of the 1960s and 1970s, when most cars drew engine air from above the engine. By 1990 every car I know about was fitted with a cold air intake that is better and more sophisticated than any affordable aftermarket intakes on the market.
