Don't Buy the V6 intake on ebay!! - Toyota Nation Forum : Toyota Car and Truck Forums

TheMajesticking · 05-07-2005, 10:10 AM

I just recently bought the V6 ebay intake and it messed up my car!!!!!! I thought it would be so much easier to buy this instead of doing the DIY and have to drill holes and everything. The tube going to the throttle body is too small and caused my car to cut back and sputter after 30mins of driving..Just a warning!! I actually had to force the tube on....I didn't think this would be a problem. Here is the thread I started because of the initial problem.

http://toyotanation.com/forum/showth...482#post706482

His is the pic of the small hose:

RedPhoenix · 05-07-2005, 10:12 AM

Use a larger hose

TheMajesticking · 05-07-2005, 10:13 AM

The opening on the intake valve is too small too..

Thanks for your observation though...The only way for it to work is to make the valve larger on the intake and use a larger hose.

RedPhoenix · 05-07-2005, 10:55 AM

Oh i gotcha, I though you meant that the hose was too small. Crap man, that sucks. Have a link to the ebay one you bought?

sanengo · 05-07-2005, 03:56 PM

did you reset your EFI fuse?

Deuce · 05-07-2005, 04:46 PM

v6 intakes have mad holes connected to them

maybe 5sfe IS better

TheMajesticking · 05-07-2005, 04:50 PM

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...972809976&rd=1

This is the seller I bought it from...I reset the ECU like 4 times!!! As soon as I put the stock tube back in it worked perfectly. The hose IS too small. But it would defeat the purpose for me to put in a larger tube if the valve hole is still too small on the intake.

I am going to try and contact them to get my money back or something. They need to rethink the idea.

***zoni*** · 05-07-2005, 05:48 PM

i think your problem is due to the color of the hose... consider black as it will bring less rice fumes into the intake system.

no, in all reality... i think you could be right. good luck fighting a no name ebay company...

TheMajesticking · 05-07-2005, 05:50 PM

yeah. that sucks. I just emailed em....hopefully they don't take the email the wrong way....Looks like DIY is still the way to go.

Toysrme · 05-07-2005, 08:47 PM

Quote from chat, "Chris I keep telling you man... It's not how you use it, it's the size of your hose!".

It's probably just as likely the guy is making the pipes in his basement, and his welds were shitty and leaking.

Erbe · 05-08-2005, 04:54 PM

chris...you shouldve had me come down and we wouldve made a CAI for ya

TheMajesticking · 05-08-2005, 10:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Toysrme

Quote from chat, "Chris I keep telling you man... It's not how you use it, it's the size of your hose!".

It's probably just as likely the guy is making the pipes in his basement, and his welds were shitty and leaking.

I could DIY too....I'm just lazy and don't have many tools...:P

***Knailgun*** · 05-09-2005, 09:15 AM

Akimoto was the one I used on mine...worked great, until I made it a real CAI..

richd978 · 05-09-2005, 09:30 AM

u get what u pay for

***2wickedtoyz*** · 05-09-2005, 02:25 PM

those are silicone hoses? if they are i had the same problem with mine so i went back to rubber. the problem is they heat up and colapse(sp?) under vacuume. good thing i had spools of vacuume hoses