stupid q- air intake

shue · Post by **shue** » Fri Dec 23, 2005 10:44 am

i got my air intake done yesterday, the muffler place who was fixing it up for me didnt have a small pipe to fit the little rubber pipe from the manifold. he told me its ok to leave a pipe just dangling from the manifold .is it or was he just bs me? i know u can put like a little filter there or an oil catch can. how do i hook up an oil catch can if i wanna do that? once i got it out and drove a bit i noticed my fan coming on a lot as well as engine temp a bit higher than normal. im guessing this is coz the pod is not boxed as yet. or is it coz of the pipe just hanging thru? sorry bout the lousy description.

BuCkEt · Post by **BuCkEt** » Fri Dec 23, 2005 10:55 am

Isn't that the crank case breathing pipe?

There's a bit of debate on whether or not you actually need a pipe running from there to the intake tubing. I would say that if they did it from factory that you should do it too.

The engine heat may be from the un-boxed filter, but I've driven around without a boxed filter before and my temps were normal. Perhaps it was just a hot day?

Give it another day or two and see if operating temps change at all.

FTO338 · Post by **FTO338** » Fri Dec 23, 2005 10:55 am

Pic would help

BuCkEt · Post by **BuCkEt** » Fri Dec 23, 2005 11:02 am

The red circle is where it is in the scheme of the engine bay....

This is the pipe he's referring to, it attaches to the engine just a little bit before the throttle body.

shue · Post by **shue** » Fri Dec 23, 2005 11:17 am

BuCkEt wrote:Isn't that the crank case breathing pipe?

The engine heat may be from the un-boxed filter, but I've driven around without a boxed filter before and my temps were normal. Perhaps it was just a hot day?

Give it another day or two and see if operating temps change at all.

yea the crank case breating pipe.right now i just have a pipe hanging thru.exactly where buckets drawn out kev. what would the benefits be if i got an oil catch can? or is it just rice factor on a n/a car? would it be just as good if i get a small filter fitted up there ? yea it was a hot day so im kinda figuring the heat was from that .

Post by **Bennoz** » Fri Dec 23, 2005 11:39 am

Well technically the breather should be hooked up to the intake pipe as it was originally. Its crank case pressure breather - and it is technically a metered (or monitored) air flow rate done by the flow sensors. Hence the factory setup is hooked onto the intake. I found when running without it connected at all, the car idled very high because the ECU compensates for the missing intake air pressure and opens up the air flow sensor.

So, by putting a little filter on it, it keeps the crank case pressure up & 'fools' the ECU into thinking there's nothing wrong. My car idles fine & Air / fuel maps on the dyno show no sign of any issues!

shue · Post by **shue** » Fri Dec 23, 2005 12:00 pm

hmm i did notice that. the car sure did idle higher than normal . would an oil catch help at all or is it just crap for an fto?

BuCkEt · Post by **BuCkEt** » Fri Dec 23, 2005 12:12 pm

I fail to see how an oil catch can has anything to do with the crank-case breather pipe?

shue · Post by **shue** » Fri Dec 23, 2005 12:25 pm

hey dont kill me i dunno. thats what the guy told me. hook up a catch can onto it

im bad a techy stuff

BuCkEt · Post by **BuCkEt** » Fri Dec 23, 2005 1:09 pm

shue wrote:hey dont kill me i dunno. thats what the guy told me. hook up a catch can onto it im bad a techy stuff

Hey, it's cool, I'm not tech man myself.....you just had me confused by saying oil catch can on an inlet for air.

FTO338 · Post by **FTO338** » Fri Dec 23, 2005 1:29 pm

BuCkEt wrote:I fail to see how an oil catch can has anything to do with the crank-case breather pipe?

Thats why i ask for pics, cause i was thinking of the same thing.

Anyway, Ben had answer your Q already.

Post by **Bennoz** » Fri Dec 23, 2005 1:43 pm

Go with a filter - cost me $15.95 at Auto One

They even had it in my Red!

shue · Post by **shue** » Fri Dec 23, 2005 2:02 pm

sweet thanks guys. i'll get a filter

btw what does an oil catch can really do?

Post by **Bennoz** » Fri Dec 23, 2005 2:10 pm

It catches the oil and moisture in the blow-by gas that causes carbon and sludge build-up in the intake system and the engine.

Post by **Supplanter** » Fri Dec 23, 2005 4:11 pm

Going by the second pic, BuCkEt, I see you have decated your exhaust... naughty naughty

BuCkEt · Post by **BuCkEt** » Fri Dec 23, 2005 4:27 pm

Supplanter wrote:Going by the second pic, BuCkEt, I see you have decated your exhaust... naughty naughty

Oh......my......gawd!

LAMEST JOAK EVAR!

Hehe, not my picture, although the first one is.