The problem starts with a hose that had a localized weak spot. Now that the hose problem has been delt with, I don't want to experience any other variation of the same such as intake gaskets and other stuff.
On the part of trying to keep water to the engine with some sort of bladder and such, I'm not really worried about sending air through the engine. It's going to happen and it's probably the lesser of evils so to speak. Without actually trying to characterize the spike problem, I would venture to guess that the most damaging levels of the "spike" last less than a couple tenths of a second. The use of an appropriate sized canister or accumulator will at least keep my hoses and gaskets in place. I don't think this needs to be a science project really. This is a simple fix. I kind of thought people were already doing this is all.:wink: