so i just installed my ebay cai and i got a CEL.
i'm guessing b/c there is an extra plug that splits from the MAF plug that i had noplace to put so i just taped it up.
also, im getting a thunking sound. what is that?
please help asap.
ps i couldnt get the breather tube on the intake correctly. it wouldnt fit.

 

Do you have a digital camera? Can you post a picture of it?

 

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the plug comes splits off the maf plug

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Take a look at my install

#1. Not sure what you mean about an extra MAF plug

#2. The thunking sound could be the CAI tube bumping the strut tower fender section. It doesn't touch until you drive the car or rev the engine.

3#. Make the breather tube fit. I remember that as a problem, but I can't remember what I did.

Check this out. >> http://www.cardomain.com/ride/450179/3

 

What year is the car. Some had Air Temp Sensors in the tube. You CANNOT bypass it. My K&N came with a plug for the hole, cus later ones didn't have the sensor in the tube.

 

i think the extra plug is the IT sensor cuz i pulled the codes and thats what came up.
its a 99 v6 manual.
the plug wont fit anywhere on the intake...
im sure im not the only one that this happened to but the CEL bothers me.

 

And you bought it where? E-Bay?? These are the problems we speak of with generic CAI's. You're gonna either have to drill a hole, line it with a gromet to install the IAT, or buy another CAI. Oh and, with the CEL on, you will never pass a smog check..LEGALLY.

 

anyplace on the intake in particular i should drill ie. next to the breather hole?

 

your clunk may be the intake is lose

 

Look at where it is on the old intake tube. Drill it there on the new one. It MUST fit tight. So before you drill anything, get a grommet that fits tight around the sensor, and drill the hole so the grommet fits tight into it.

Look at the pic and answer the question....

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