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Darchrow Enigma · 06-22-2010, 03:27 AM

i got an intake kit with an aluminum intake tube...it has 2 fittings and a MAF sensor socket.

1 fitting i attached to the PCV valve, the other i attached to another pipe that splits off from a bunch of wires tied together with the MAF sensor.

problem is, there's a third, much thinner pipe coming from underneath the valve cover on the engine block. i left it hanging not having attached it to the intake, took the car for a test drive.

drove fine except for 1 problem (which i cannot be certain is cause&effect) but my car is leaking coolant, and i'm not certain yet, motor oil.

questions i pose to TN is, what do i do with that thin pipe from the engine block? should i plug that into the intake tube instead and get a breather filter for the PCV? any possibility the intake will mess with motor oil/coolant leaks?

PortugalFocus · 06-22-2010, 06:49 AM

pics would be so awesome to describe this.

Darchrow Enigma · 06-22-2010, 01:36 PM

You Tube

i made that video instead of pictures to show under my hood. it (not sure if i was coherent) describes my problems with the intake.

adalex · 06-22-2010, 03:38 PM

as far as i know about the short rams, that small tube is the breather tube? i think im not 100% sure

Refer to Figure 2 pic on this page.
http://www.injen.com/galleries/produ...1640IS2020.pdf

bigbird · 06-22-2010, 03:40 PM

mine looked exactly liek yours (when i had a gen4). that tube was not connected to anything, just shortened and blocked. i later replaced it with a breather and it looked better and didnt hang down in the engine bay.

as far as the red stuff, that would be coolant, check the hoses for cracks, and the bottom of teh radiator to see where it is commin from.

Darchrow Enigma · 06-22-2010, 07:15 PM

i put the stock intake back on and nothing is leaking now...

slpr1mz · 06-23-2010, 01:46 PM

its one of the vacum lines for the vsv. idk about your collant leak but your isn't running rough? i had mine not connected and my car didn't like it. i hda power still it just sounded like i had a fat cam on it.

Darchrow Enigma · 06-23-2010, 07:27 PM

it was running fine, it just leaked fluid everywhere...and i'm not certain, but i think motor was in the mix.

i don't think the thin line i pointed out is something that can be replaced with a breather filter.

slpr1mz · 06-26-2010, 01:43 PM

hmm. not sure. i might have closed mine up so nothing got in it causing the rough idle. but i tapped my sri and placed a line through it so its all connected now.

Chris Crash · 06-26-2010, 02:14 PM

Your SRI is gonna kill your mileage.

And hurt performance.

Just sayin'.

Edit: Trim those black hoses you have connected to the intake, it makes a difference

Darchrow Enigma · 06-26-2010, 04:44 PM

i'm really not thrilled with the idea of having an SRI anyway. i have considered an apparent argument that the SRI can compensate for its warm air because it simply sucks in more air than a CAI. so i guess the debate goes, more warm air? or less cold air?

Chris Crash · 06-27-2010, 12:41 AM

Cold air will be much better unless you're running FI and need more air faster.