Air filter got wet
 

It was raining when I drove home from work last night. I decided to check my Injen air filter by popping the plastic tabs from the wheel well and I was surprised it got wet in there, that includes my air filter. I don't know where the water gets an access to get inside. Do this kind of situation will contribute to hydrolocking the engine or you need to submerge the cai before it happens?

You'd really need to submerge the filters to hydrolock.

By any chance did you remove the plastic dividers on either side of the front grille opening and not reinstall them?

wet filters=no good

I didn't remove them because I know water can get into those spots when it rains.
The filter is not that (soaking) wet though, just a splashed of water.

You should be good... like m4a1 says, you really need to fully submerge the car in order to hyrdolock.

As long as they are not soaking wet or submerged they are fine.

i dont know if my undercarraige cover for my car is unique but there are holes directly under where the injen intakes are situated. i can poke through those hole and feel the filters directly. so i am not surprise that ur filters are wet. i actually don't know why people think the the injen filters are closed off because of those holes am referring too.

That is what I am thinking off too. I poked my finger inside that hole and I felt it was wet, that is why I decided to check the filter by the wheel well. What I did is, I took the bumper off and I put a duct tape on that hole.

Your fine. The only way your going to hydrolock an engine is if the front of your car is in a lake and you floor the accelerator. And if you find yourself in this scenero you have more problems on your hands than a wet filter

or if you are still uncomfortable with that idea of ur filter being wet... perhaps you can invest on those injen hydro-shield pre filter covers...

What the hell was that product that had people cutting their intakes in half to install it so it would stop the water from reaching the engine.

It was insanity.

Good idea.

I think they call it bypass valve.

so now that they are wet, how long before they dry and how much extra dirt did they hold and are now on the filter due to being wet? Also how are they affecting performance, air flow while wet?

I just installed the intake last Tuesday. The filter is not that wet yet to hold dirt nor to affect performance. Just a splashed of water on a certain side but not the whole filter.

All air filters get wet, even OEMs. When there in moisture in the air, the intakes are going to suck that in as well. The amount of moisture you get in these situations in negligible. To Hydrolock, you're engine would have to injest so much water that it would stop the piston from reaching the top of it's full stroke in the cylinder. Basically, this is not going tom happen unless the entire filter element is submerged.