intake question
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intake question
i have the srt intake and love it, Although one of my friends bought a $30 intake off of ebay for his car and he is having bogging problems, It seems as if his car wants go take off but it hesitates? what could be causing this? I've heard many things from too much air not enough gas ratio?, i dont know what can we do to fix this problem?
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What kind of intake was it? You can't pay thirty bucks for an intake for a 30k car, your just asking for problems. I would put the stock intake back and hope you haven't caused any damage to the car!
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i don't necessarily think the ebay intake's causing serious damage to the car, if you look at what the intake really is...if you look at the PLP (which is what i have), it's basically a wider intake pipe, along with an aftermarket air filter...there are plenty of vendors that make "knock-offs" of all intakes...
is your friend's intake an open element or closed element intake? (closed meaning using the stock airbox, like the PLP, JoeZ; open element like the K&N, SRT, AEM, Injen). that will help narrow down the cause of the problem...
when that lag happened to my car, it was b/c one end of the intake pipe was slipping, so there was a small open gap...once i retightened everything, it was fine. have your friend check the intake & all the parts involved...
sorry i can't help you out more!
is your friend's intake an open element or closed element intake? (closed meaning using the stock airbox, like the PLP, JoeZ; open element like the K&N, SRT, AEM, Injen). that will help narrow down the cause of the problem...
when that lag happened to my car, it was b/c one end of the intake pipe was slipping, so there was a small open gap...once i retightened everything, it was fine. have your friend check the intake & all the parts involved...
sorry i can't help you out more!
Last edited by TCM080903; Apr 22, 2004 at 10:39 PM.
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How many miles on the car?
Did he run it without an airfilter before he bought the ebay one?
The first thing I would check is to make sure the MAF is in the pipe correctly. Then to make sure all the hose connections are secured. If everything looks ok, are there any hoses that you removed to take out the stock intake still disconnected?
Lastly, if it still is bogging, remove the MAF and get a flashlight and look inside the cylinder that sticks into the intake pipe. If it looks dirty on the very thin and very fragile wires, there are two of them, you need a new one. If you want to make sure that is the problem swap out a known good one and see if it fixes the problem. If all else fails, take it to the dealer or to a tech that you can trust and knows what they are doing.
Remember that this is only advise, so be very careful when dealing with these very fragile engine components.
Did he run it without an airfilter before he bought the ebay one?
The first thing I would check is to make sure the MAF is in the pipe correctly. Then to make sure all the hose connections are secured. If everything looks ok, are there any hoses that you removed to take out the stock intake still disconnected?
Lastly, if it still is bogging, remove the MAF and get a flashlight and look inside the cylinder that sticks into the intake pipe. If it looks dirty on the very thin and very fragile wires, there are two of them, you need a new one. If you want to make sure that is the problem swap out a known good one and see if it fixes the problem. If all else fails, take it to the dealer or to a tech that you can trust and knows what they are doing.
Remember that this is only advise, so be very careful when dealing with these very fragile engine components.
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