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Another Cold Air Intake Question
Is it necesary to remove the ground terminal from the battery before installing a CAI? If so why? Info would be appreciated. Thanks
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I would say yes.. I dont know what the heck i touched, but i made sparks fly when i installed mine with out undoing the ground.
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it's mainly so the ecu resets and accounts for the extra air flow.
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You gotta do that? *shock* I didn't know that... Should I? Does this mean I'm running lean right now?
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it's mainly so the ecu resets and accounts for the extra air flow.
yep I always reset mine after adding any kind of engine work....
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well the ecu does adapt after a tank of gas or so. It just takes a bit longer than if you straight out reset the fuel trims.
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yea the most that will happen you'll get an engine light as I did for not removing it, but it goes away after the first tank of petro. At least mine did.
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Well I'm about 3 tanks out so... I'm good then, right?
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ya its mostly to set the idle rpms, which really doesn't come into play unless you get a new throttle body or something. Your car has already learned from whatever you added 3 tanks ago.
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Well I'm about 3 tanks out so... I'm good then, right?
youre fine, but there was a member on here that installed an intake and didnt reset.... went out for a test run, came back, the header was glowing red....
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youre fine, but there was a member on here that installed an intake and didnt reset.... went out for a test run, came back, the header was glowing red....
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thats a common problem with the lx anyway. header gets clogged up too easily and then overheats.
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Thanks guys. I just now read replies on that but I didnt unhook the negative battery terminal. By the way, cold air intake is installed! Check out the DIY on AEM cold air intake and it tells you how to reset your e.c.u.
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I did however have a problem when taking off the factory air intake enclosure(where the air filter is at)! 3 of the 6 bolts stripped out ,breaking the plastic casing the bolts thread into. But my friend who has owned and worked on some of the nicest automobiles (Supra, Peugot etc.) spotted a clamp around the throttle body, under the casing with the filter in it. He loosened the clamp and off came the box! I will have pics of the clamp and the stripped out bolts soon........and here are the pics
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I just want to say thanks to everyone who replied I appreciate it!!!!
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Originally Posted by gearbox
thats a common problem with the lx anyway. header gets clogged up too easily and then overheats.
hmm... I never had that problem, although once, ran the car hard for a good 10-15 minutes and it stunk a bit.
 
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