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Old Jul 30, 2007 | 05:25 PM
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my check engine light popped out and i took it to lexus and they said it was from the intake when i got it cleared 3 weeks later it came up again. do i have to put on a different senor so it wont read to much air flow or could i like tune the car
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my check engine light popped out and i took it to lexus and they said it was from the intake when i got it cleared 3 weeks later it came up again. do i have to put on a different senor so it wont read to much air flow or could i like tune the car
What intake do you have?
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or try cleaning the MAF...
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i have the aem short ram intake
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i have the aem short ram intake
Well if you have a early generation AEM that would explain it. Those along with the gen 1 Ingen cause the CELs to go off.
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I had that problem when I had the AEM intake send it back if I were you. I have a K&N intake thats work perfect for that model
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^^ I second that.
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