Intake Question... Solenoid/Sensor Thingy...
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From: berkeley, ca --> la, ca representin' tha 510&626
Originally posted by AccordCoup94
i've always wanted to ask this.. you know the line that goes from the top left of the valve cover and into the intake? what would happen if i just left that alone and covered up the intake hole? i ran my car before with that hose disconected and i felt hot air coming out of that valve cover hole so im thinking that its just blowing some kinda of hot air into the intake. whats the point of that? no check engine light came on when i did this but i still didnt want to drive with it like that untill i knew what it does.
i've always wanted to ask this.. you know the line that goes from the top left of the valve cover and into the intake? what would happen if i just left that alone and covered up the intake hole? i ran my car before with that hose disconected and i felt hot air coming out of that valve cover hole so im thinking that its just blowing some kinda of hot air into the intake. whats the point of that? no check engine light came on when i did this but i still didnt want to drive with it like that untill i knew what it does.
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Originally posted by dantastic
the hole is for keeping the airpressure down in the engine. dont leave it unhooked as u can let dirt in there, but dont plug it up as air pressure is gonna build up. if ur worried about crap getting into your air intake, get a catch can
the hole is for keeping the airpressure down in the engine. dont leave it unhooked as u can let dirt in there, but dont plug it up as air pressure is gonna build up. if ur worried about crap getting into your air intake, get a catch can
And are you saying that you just put one of those tiny breather filters instead of the foam? Because IMO the foam thing is just ghetto and I would like to find a better way to filter that air.
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i think i just plugged both vaccum lines. i didnt want that foam thingy to break up and get stuck in the vaccum system. you could but a breather on the valve cover, but its not smog legal in CA
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So other than that smog crap would it be fine? I'm in AL, lol, I can do anything here.
So it wouldn't hurt anything to plug that other line? I thought it was sucking in air and that foam thingy was just like a filter for it...
So it wouldn't hurt anything to plug that other line? I thought it was sucking in air and that foam thingy was just like a filter for it...
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From: philly
yea.. i used a small breather from like pepboys on the vaccum line that ends near the fuel rail. so i can just put another breather on the valve cover hole and cap off the itake? are ther any advantages to doing this?