Intake Tube and heat

[dem2757]

Does anyone know where i can buy an OEM intake tube? Mine is cracked near the throttle body and im hesitant to remove the tube as it might crack down the length.

ALSO

when the tab is selected to "heat", sometimes i hear air coming through the coolant in the heater core. does this mean my head gasket is leaking?

[ninja771]

The air intake hose, part number: 17881-62020, is $119 from the dealer. you can get one just as good for around 50 on rockauto.com or ebay. for a rubber hose, its not worth going OEM.

You either have air in your coolant due to improper filling of the cooling system or you have exhaust in your coolant due to a hg leak (which can get bigger real quick so you should have it looked at asap) (I had exhaust in my coolant bc my hg blew)

Top off coolant system and use the bleeder valve to get excess air out
Do this with the engine running and the thermostat open.

To check if there is exhaust in the coolant, start the car with the rad cap off, look to see if exhaust is coming out of it/if it smells like exhaust. Shops have a gauge they can hook up to it to tell for sure, but they'll charge you 100 bucks to do it.

[dem2757]

i figured the dealer would charge that much for a simple tube. i was just worried about the small bypass hole that connects to the throttle body
and wanted to not get a tube that didnt have the port for it.

i was afraid of the hg leak, ill try that when its not so miserable here. Rainy and cold

[ninja771]

dont worry about that tube. you can get silicon tubing anywhere, jut make sure its the right size. as for the large tube, just do a search on ebay. the V6 one is different from the I4