Celica Forums General Discussion General RPM drops down help!

hey guys I was driving on highway today it was very very rainy, and when I stop on stop light I put in neutral car turned off rpms dropped to 0. Can that be because my air intake is behind the plastic cover next to the wheel and water got in engine?

and some time it worked on very low rpm like 500 and if you turn heater or ac on it will turn off

and intake is only mod i have on this car.
what can be wrong?
and it didnt do that before when it wasnt rainy, but when i had stock air box the rpms was alwasy like 600, and now its lower.
Please help.
btw. its 5speed

check your battery connections, mine turned off once cause one of the ocnnections came loose just sitting in neutral and when i turned on the lights it would studder and bog

yup..and have you try to clean ur MAF??? but seem like ur battery is dying..go to autozone, advance autopart, O'reily, to have them check ur battery..hope everything work out for you bro..

my intake filter is right behind fig light and filter was full in water. You guys still think its battary?

UHHHHH, HELL NO!! If your filter was soaking, then you prolly got a lot of moisture in your engine!! That's why it's safest to use the short air intake. Especially when you live in a rainy state!! You can always run an air vent from the front bumper to the front of your short air intake for cold air. Hope you get things worked out bro. Sounds like the shit sucks right now!

if you suck up water ur car would be dead..look inside the intake, see if you can see anything is inside..good luck

I just order short intake off ebay fuk this cold air shit, don't make no difference.
Any ways should I buy the engine clean shit to put in gas tank?

just duct tape the air holes in the splash guard it will help it from sucking in water

ehehhe thats getto is there any kits?

how many miles is on ur car?? i used those engine clean stuff sometime..it help to clean out the fuel injector..i use STP fuel injector cleaner..also, clean ur MAF with brake cleaner solution..it's easy, do it when u're installing ur intake..

It actually does make a difference, especially if you bought a quality intake. I would do something to treat your engine. It might run like shit for a few days until the moisture gets released. Like celicafourotwo said, if you suck up water your car would be dead. Luckily, you didn't, but there more than likely is a lot of moisture in there. GET ER DONE!!

look under the Installs page under the Engine/Performance section..it'll show you how to make ur own from Garage Sale Sign or For Sale Sign..

i thought if you have a CAI you should get a by pass valve i herd that helps...

ok thanks! im taking this pos intake out.

i can even be that filter have so much water and it won`t let air go thru.

that been debated for sometime now..u can put them in if you want, but it don't help any with our car..it'll actually make you loose hp down low (i think, if i remember right)..so to avoid bypass, you need to cover the wheel well hella good, not air tight, but cover enuf so there won't be a lot of water splatting from the tires into the wheel well..plus some people uses heat shield with CAI, positioning the shield somehow to block water splat..

i doubt it bro..cuz the engine is constanty sucking in air, if there are a lot of water on the filter the engine will suck it up too, even at higher suction rate when you accelerates..so if the filter is filled with water chances are it'll find it way inside ur engine..wat intake are you using?? i had CAI on my for awhile, drove in rainy days and it's fine..

oooooooooooo ok i didnt know you lost some horses over it i think im just gonna buy a injen short ram intake will that give me more hp than stock??

TPR is wat you want..proven betta then Injen and AEM..plus it's cheaper $185+shipping..contact Easy_C to be put on the list, if you odn't mind waiting..oh yeah, TPR is both CAI and SRI..it can be converted..i'm saving up to get that..

dude its just a fucking pipe with filter get it off ebay for 20 bucks wtf ...
maybe for 185 bucks it will give you 1 extra hp..

CHEA CHEA A CAI BY INJEN IS LIKE 300+ NOT REALLY WORTH THE MONEY

have you seen the dyno on that intake?? sure it's just a pipe and filter but the output hp gain is wat you want if u're going for performance..

guys i took off the filter, and i still have same thing...
should i check out plugs
car just dies if you dont give more gas.

check everything if i were u..after that you can clean ur MAF sensor..