Cold Air Intake got wet :( help!!!

[MazdaCurtis911]

I just put on an Injen Cold Air Intake on my car and today it was raining all day..I was driving all day in it..and then later in the night I went out to start my car and it was running real rough and smoke was coming out of the exhaust reallly thick white smoke...and I couldnt rev the engine very high at all..it sorta got rough at 4k RPMs what can I get to stop water from going in there? I heard there was something I forget the name of it but it was around $50 please help..thanks!!!

 

[MazdaCurtis911]

o yeah...

also maybe it wasnt a problem with water getting sucked in? bc I got in my car and the check engine light was on..but then I checked the filter and the filter was pretty mnuch off... the clam slid off of the filter so maybe its bc there was an air leak? maybe????? hmmm I tightened it back down a lil bit ago and it was fine...do you think driving in the wet weather could be enough to dmg my engine anything?

 

[Cellerator]

I wouldn't be too worried about getting the filter itself wet. As long as you don't submerge the whole filter in and rev, you should be ok. I went through a puddle and pressed down on the clutch pedal and as soon as the whole filter got submerged, the engine just died but was able to start back up so basically I suffocated the engine without letting water actually get to the engine. Just make sure all the clamps are tight and you should be ok.

 

[03promaz]

One night is was raining really had I hit a dip in a neighborhood at like 15 and water came over my hood. Had never been on that road. Car instantly shut off. Car shut off so I pulled the intake piping off and looked down the TB with a flash light and could see water. I installed intake and pulled the plugs and cranked it a few times. Put them back in and it started so I drove home and pulled the intake mani off the next day to dump the water out of it. Was scary for a bit but nothing bad ever came from it.