Water in Engine...

[Scottie33]

Yeah we thought the worse too - fingers crossed

[tonyg]

should be fine aslong as no water was left in the bores sat over time as the liners corrode. We hydro locked a diesel once when we went off roading, just took the glow plugs out and turned it over, whatever was in the chambers flew out like a rocket  and
was fine staright after that!

[Waffs1984]

The whole CAI or no CAI argument always produces a clear divide of thoughts lol, glad you car's ok mate!

I run a CAI and my car is sensibly lowered (approx 40mm) and the CAI must sit about 300mm off the deck? I have never actually measured it but i have to reach round and under the bumper to touch it with the car parked up. You would have to drive through a seriously deep puddle (ford, stream etc), and the filter would have to be fully submerged to actually suck up a decent amount of water.

I know there was a guy on ukmkiv's (before i discovered this forum!) that wrecked his engine and all the CAI haters went on a mission about "i told you so". It turned out he was driving up a ridiculously steep hill in torrential rain where there was no proper drainage for the water so it was kind of like driving up a small river lol! The other guy i heard of went round a blind corner in the wet and hit a flood in a dip in the road caused by a blocked drain. Both very unlucky, but very unlikely events!

Anyway not wanting to start a CAI/non-CAI argument just thought it was worth telling my experiences as i did a LOT of research before installing one.

Hope everything remains OK after the mishap mate! 

[Ant1981]

You were probably lucky and there was only enough water in the engine to 'burn' or 'steam'. If there had of been alot, you could have cracked the engine block, because as said before, fluid cannot be compressed.