Exremely Low Idle

parrishr13 · Oct 12, 2009, 05:34 PM

Wow so, I started my car this morning with no problem and I got to school fine. My car has had no problems with idle or in general, ever (besides battery). I have 53k on it as well. I parked my car and sat idle for about 5 min and the car started to shake and rpms dropped reeeally really low and my RA died. I tried to start it up and it did the same thing. I waited 10 min, and it did the same thing.

So I took it to the dealership, and they said they ran diagnostics and found code P0102 and said my air filter for my AEM CIA was water soaked - that was the problem. Granted, it has been raining for the past week here in Arlington TX.!

My question is, what should I do? The car runs perfect now, but it's going to rain again haha! In fact, its supposed to rain for the next 2 days! I have had my RA for a little over a year now and never had this problem, should I change the air filter or get a blow dryer and dry off the existing one? Help Fast Please!

rrd · Oct 12, 2009, 05:42 PM

you could get a hydroshield
http://www.autoanything.com/air-filt...A2582A0A0.aspx

parrishr13 · Oct 12, 2009, 05:57 PM

nice. I'm going to call around for it!

Spooky_Neo · Oct 12, 2009, 06:21 PM

Maybe you should dry your filter aswell

Then get the Hydroshield. I got it since I have my Injen, no problems at all in rain.

parrishr13 · Oct 12, 2009, 06:24 PM

No stores around here carry tht hydroshield, but would it fit over the aem filter? I'm assuming so since it's a universal 2.75x5 fitment

parrishr13 · Oct 12, 2009, 07:25 PM

i tried to take off the air filter, but it's a pain in the ass bc the way it is angled, so I jacked my car up, and i put a stanley power fan directly beneath the air filter.

i'm going to leave this set-up for about 30-45 min and hopefully the air filter will be completely rid of any water. In the meantime, i will begin my search for a hydroshield or shop around for an injen cia, i have heard better things about injen as well. What size hydroshield (s,m,l) would fit the air filter i have on right now (2.75x5)?

parrishr13 · Oct 14, 2009, 09:18 PM

so the rain finally stopped down here and everything was ok today! my question now is should i get a new filter or just take the current one off and clean it? any suggestions?

rrd · Oct 14, 2009, 09:26 PM

as long as you thoroughly dry it off it should be fine

bboysyck · Oct 16, 2009, 12:35 PM

my ride has the same problem, except it doesnt rain where i live. but i still have the low idle problem. took it to a shop and they said it was the TPS. any thoughts about that?

sry parrishr13 so posting in ur thread

abuelo ralliart · Oct 18, 2009, 12:17 PM

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Originally Posted by bboysyck

my ride has the same problem, except it doesnt rain where i live. but i still have the low idle problem. took it to a shop and they said it was the TPS. any thoughts about that?

sry parrishr13 so posting in ur thread

Sounds like a dirty throttle body.....

Flip · Oct 19, 2009, 11:22 AM

the hydro sheild looks like a good product. but i dont have bad rain, its the roads here. i just got stationed in NM and this place dosnt have a road drainage system, so what these cheap f***s did was made the roads all "V" shaped and when it rains its a river for a day and a half. so do you think this will help with that? was just gonna get the injen CAI and the the short ram conversion till im outta this place. what you guys think? oh and sorry for the post jacking
-Flip

AznRico · Oct 19, 2009, 11:36 AM

the hydroshield covers the whole filter, so it should work unless the filter is somewhat submerged in the water... which shouldn't happen in the roads are flooded.

i had problems with both rain and water and roads... not i have the shield and it works fine, no more misfires for me.

a more expensive alternative would be the bypass valve that AEM has i believe? i think it would fit the injen CAI since piping should be same size.

Raikiri · Oct 19, 2009, 12:57 PM

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Originally Posted by AznRico

a more expensive alternative would be the back valve that AEM has i believe? i think it would fit the injen CAI since piping should be same size.

back valve? do you mean the bypass valve? anyway i think the bypass valve would be a definite necessity if you are dealing with a lot of rain/flooding condition as a precaution just to save your engine in accidents like these. but to be extra safe i'd get the hydroshield just in case and have the bypass as a backup... can never be too safe or else you risk rebuilding an engine

AznRico · Oct 19, 2009, 05:35 PM

thanks for the correction, i totally forgot the word and was too lazy to check. i was pulling misfires before getting the hydroshield... then problem solved.