Short Ram Intake - Kills Engine

[REN69]

I think he meant the ECU, true removing the fuse will give you the same effect as removing one of the battery cables.

[adsaba1969]

sorry if i was unclear. I'm saying instead of disconnecting the battery to reset the ecu, removing the fuse is the "proper" way. When you open the hood, on the right where your fuse box is, look underneath the cover and you should see the eci 15A. After 15min or so put the fuse back in....then do the idle

in 04 rolla fuse = eci...not ecu

[RGTAsheron]

Ok I went through and removed fuse 11. (The manual refers to it as EFI 15 A). The only other 15 A fuses that are in that particular fuse box are for fog lights (which I don't have), a spare, and DOME 15 (audio, clock, lights).

I waited for about 21 minutes before reinserting the fuse. The battery was connected during this entire time. Leaving the hood open I went to start it up. The engine came up, headlights came on, then the engine died. I've checked that I have the sensor fitted very snug into its socket. There are only two things I can think of which could be causing this. The ECU or the nipple tube from the intake not being a really tight fit.

However I can pull on the tube without it sliding around at either connection point and it will actually pull the hardware along with it. (on the non intake part it pulls the hardware along. The intake is too secure)

I'm going to try and get a picture of my install for you guys. Perhaps that will help.


EDIT:

The moron whom manufactured this put the plug for the sensor in backwards. Upon reversing the direction it works. Looks like I'll be ghetto modding the intake to get it to fit right.

[adsaba1969]

thanks....efi was it..my bad. You should idle with hood closed next time, because you are beginning the reprogram process(it will continue to reprogam for 100 miles or so) you want it to suck in air like it would with normal idle, and you don't usually run your car with the hood open which allows excess air

[RGTAsheron]

Ok I've had it in for a while. When starting up particularily with a cold engine it has a tinny sound. Also seems to have hurt accel and takes much higher rev's to swap gears. (Automatic). Overall a better sound but I'm not going just for sound.


I'm considering taking it out and making my own out of smaller diameter piping. Any thoughts on that?

[Red_85_AE86]

Originally Posted by REN69

Ok.. I know your engine is different from mine but they're both AFM sensored, so this is what it basically should look like. Except that instead of having a black rubber intake, you should have your metal intake, the AFM, then the filter. (don't worry about the "right there" part, I took this picture a while ago to show someone where the idle screw was located on a 4AGE)

OMG man .... clean that bay up

[fredk]

just take the battery loose

[The Sprinter]

Originally Posted by Red_85_AE86

OMG man .... clean that bay up

And I thought I had a dirty bay!!