teej281

Is your CAI in the fenderwell??? Pull the filter and clean it. There might be something wrapped around the filter, causing a restriction in the intake and causing the harder sucking noise.

97MstangGT

yes its in the fender well. I removed the filter yesterday and placed my hand over the end of the cold air intake tube and the noise went away.??.. do i possibly need a filter replacement even though visualy it dosent look damage i think its probably 2-3 years old atleast. I made the video lastnight man just its being a B*** to upload so i can make a link with photobucket

teej281

post it up whenever man. but i dont think that putting your hand over the intake tube with the car running was the smartest idea. But try just buying a new K&N filter or something and put that on and see if that solves your problem. Im probably about due to get a new filter too anyways. Probably should do that soon.

Sonic_Stang

How weird my old v6 did that same thing (where it takes the last gulp when you shut the engine off) I had a BBK CAI in the fender wall. My car was throwing codes and it ended up being the air pump in the fender wall. It might be your pump going out like mine did, but if your not throwing codes thats a good thing. Good luck let us know what you find out!

teej281

Air pump??? Whats that do??? Is that one of those emissions control things like they used to use back in the 60's??? lol

97MstangGT

there is the vid man.. hope it will help you determine sumthing specific


sonic stang ive never heard of an air box? is there another name for it?

97MstangGT

hey idk why its doing it but everytime i try and watch the vid it will stop about 7-10 secounds in just move the lil thing forward to fast forward a bit and it will resume play

Derf00

That's a good point. I totally forget about the airpump in the wheel well of those cars (I had a 2000 V6 and had that pump replaced twice under warranty). Since the air cleaner is on the same side, maybe that's the problem.

teej281

Try the filter replacement first and/or take a pic of it when its off so we can see what it looks like. But i still dont know what the air pump does. Could someone explain it to me???

JRad405

yea whats the air pump...i thought it was just an empty space where the fender was