water in cai
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water in cai
Have any of you had issues with getting a lot if standing water in your stock cai?
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Thers's not enough info yet to answer the question.
You haven't filled out your profile, so knowing what year/model is missing. You only have posted 7 times since April and 2 of those are here, so not much history available. The pic is too close to understand where the water may be coming from. A CAI (cold air intake) is a closed system from an air source outside the engine compartment to the throttle body and contains a filter somewhere within. There is no stock CAI on a Corvette.
We're gonna need better info to help.
You haven't filled out your profile, so knowing what year/model is missing. You only have posted 7 times since April and 2 of those are here, so not much history available. The pic is too close to understand where the water may be coming from. A CAI (cold air intake) is a closed system from an air source outside the engine compartment to the throttle body and contains a filter somewhere within. There is no stock CAI on a Corvette.
We're gonna need better info to help.
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Its an 05, and the water is laying in the bottom on the AIR INTAKE or what ever you want to call it. I know its sealed off from the out side and and there is no traces of where the water is coming from. The car sat over night in the rain I didn't drive it threw any puddles.
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Looks like the bottom tray portion of the stock air intake(?)
I would check any weatherstripping around the hood/engine compartment area. See if any is missing or damaged. If nothing, try closing your hood and use a hose to spray water at different parts of the hood/body panel gaps and check to see if any water seeps in.
I would check any weatherstripping around the hood/engine compartment area. See if any is missing or damaged. If nothing, try closing your hood and use a hose to spray water at different parts of the hood/body panel gaps and check to see if any water seeps in.
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Just to be clear, he's referring to a plastic part as wide as the car, with no fasteners, that simply sits on top of both air boxes. With it removed, there are still individual plastic covers over each air filter. If for some reason it wasn't on your car when you got it, you might never notice it was missing.
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Looks like the bottom tray portion of the stock air intake(?)
I would check any weatherstripping around the hood/engine compartment area. See if any is missing or damaged. If nothing, try closing your hood and use a hose to spray water at different parts of the hood/body panel gaps and check to see if any water seeps in.
I would check any weatherstripping around the hood/engine compartment area. See if any is missing or damaged. If nothing, try closing your hood and use a hose to spray water at different parts of the hood/body panel gaps and check to see if any water seeps in.
Either that or....your engine is converting gasoline into water. In that case, you may want to see if you can reverse the process. Great moneymaker there!
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Just to be clear, he's referring to a plastic part as wide as the car, with no fasteners, that simply sits on top of both air boxes. With it removed, there are still individual plastic covers over each air filter. If for some reason it wasn't on your car when you got it, you might never notice it was missing.
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And if I recall correctly it's called a "rain guard" in the parts book. When you open a wet hood water pours in on the intake and this prevents water from getting in where the filters are.
