So i got stranded in a major rain storm today and was trying to get home before the hail got any bigger when i hit a huge puddle i didnt see and my car got a huge drink of water and died on the spot. let it dry out enough to start it back up and babied it on the way home. anything i should do other than let it dry out before i start driving it again?
Found out my MSP doesnt like the taste of water
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littlemimus
fear the mighty sandvich!
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- Mazdaspeed protege 2003
switch to a sri
dacquesta1
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- 2000 Mazda Protege ES
by-pass filter...saved me a couple times.
SeR_Cyclops
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Make sure your car has splash guards. Those help keep alot of the water out of the engine bay.
x2, a cold air intake is just a straw for water on a turbo car. they are useless, short ram is ideal for turbo applications. leave the cooling to the intercooler.
dacquesta1
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ebay
dacquesta1
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They are like 25-30 dollars
why not? if the bypass is on the intake piping, its not a boost leak, and if its before the MAF its not allowing un-metered air in.
Anyways, do you think water made it past the turbo? if so check your oil to make sure it didnt get into the cylinders and then run down past the rings while u were letting it dry out.
because they are not made to handle that amount of air passing through them, plus on blow off air can move the opposite way
again, im only recallin this from memory
dacquesta1
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I don't know much about turbo setups. I know the basics that's it. Ill build you a motor but ill leave the turbo mechanics up to those with the knowledge. I have noticed most turbo setups are short ram, I guess that would be why
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thats because most turbo setups use an intercooler so the use of a CAI is pretty much unneccessary....the air is getting heated up regardless of where it came from by passing through the turbo and all ends up in the intercooler. SRI is the way to go...easier.
shane02pro5
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I love my cai in traffic (datalogged much lower intake temps) and can switch to sri in about 1min if needed for the lovely flooding we get occasionally 
Pull the maf and carefully dry it out with some compressed air.
Pull the maf and carefully dry it out with some compressed air.
dacquesta1
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^+1 when in doubt change your oil.
pretty much if you have a cai then you need to just drive slow threw any water. sri, you can go a little faster threw water. Either way, you should always take it slow threw standing water. I've seen cars get the ecu fryed by going into puddles. Even trucks. So just take it slow when going threw water. Thats just my .02
Wagonbacker9
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