Today I popped open my hood to show my uncle how I bypassed the throttle body heating thing. Well my filter for my K&n cai was just sitting there in the area it goes...but not connected to the intake tube at ALLL!!!! The only thing I can guess is it was slightly loose and I had to drive about 2miles on a REALLY rough road yesterday evening, that must have rattled it off. I put it back on and screwed it down tight, but...

I was wondering if the filter being off of the intake has harmed the engine at all(breating unfiltered air with dust and stuff)? If it came off when I think it did it has been off for about 5 miles on the freeway and roughly 15 miles just driving around town.

 

kinda shocked your engine didnt throw a code... im sure its fine, dont worry about it, just dont let it happen again

 

its fine in the grand scheme of things

 

you should be okay man just get some cleaner like seafoam to clean it up if you want

 

Okay, thanks guys, I was a little worried. There was never any code, the only thing funny was this mornin before school it died after the first key turn twice, like it does when you don't hold the key for long enough, I waited like 15sec and tried again and it started right up.

 

How do I go about adding seafoam? I've never used it before.

 

thats the ecu gettting used to the new oxygen level due to filter restriction you shouldn't see it again

 

look on youtube there is a guy who shows you what do to and all

 

K, I found the vid. Thanks again.

 

I have the same CAI and mine has fallen off once before and so has the one of my mother's mustang. Just make a habit of tightening things down when change oil.