Do cold air intakes ruin engines and cause them to blow? My dad is tryng to tell me I should never get a cold air intake on any car/truck because they suck in dirt and cause the engine to blow. Is this true? I'm not thinkin it is
I'm sure his belief came from somewhere, did you try to find out why he thinks that? There have been cars that hydro locked because of them. Having the filter closer to the ground isn't very smart if you're going to try and drive across the Mississippi River, but other than that, you should be good with a decent filter.
and if you do end up with a lower to the ground mounted filter, I remember some type of in line foam thing that was to prevent hydro lock if you drive into a river.
I read somewhere, that k&n style filters flow better, but also don't filter as well as paper .... or people don't maintain them? That could be what he is referring to?
He said a mechanic told him that he's had multiple engines seize because of the dirt. Living in Alaska I think it's water because when it rains here it rains a inch or so so I think it just seizes up because of the water
Hydrolocking is usually not because of an intake, its the fault of a dumass driver behind the wheel. I would know, I did it about 7 years ago because a puddle was much deeper the second day I went through it. Some day, I want to use these as a custom shifter.
The awesome thing was that once the rods self clearanced the cylinder walls, the motor started and ran. It knocked like some one had a jack hammer inside the block but it drove into the shop under its own power for the new engine.
