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I need your help! I love my new Injen CAI but my " 45 deg. Molded reducer (3" x 2.75" elbow w/14' sensor grommet) riped! The plastic elbow between the intake manifold and the intake tube. I mistakenly pushed it to hard and the sensor part droped into the intake manifold! I manage to take it out but the plastic ripped! I'm thinking about getting duck tape and taping it until i get my new elbow. I'm gonna e-mail them to see if they can send one out ASAP. Any help would be great!
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Originally Posted by drunkenbuda
I need your help! I love my new Injen CAI but my " 45 deg. Molded reducer (3" x 2.75" elbow w/14' sensor grommet) riped! The plastic elbow between the intake manifold and the intake tube. I mistakenly pushed it to hard and the sensor part droped into the intake manifold! I manage to take it out but the plastic ripped! I'm thinking about getting duck tape and taping it until i get my new elbow. I'm gonna e-mail them to see if they can send one out ASAP. Any help would be great!
Hope this helps and good luck...
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Originally Posted by drunkenbuda
You think Home Depot elbow tube will with stand the head from the Intake Manifold? I just got done duck taping it. I hope it won't melt off!
I never asked, but Home Depot might even have silicone couplers, if not, go to your local tuner shop...
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BTW, I don't know if I'd duct tape it. I remember I fab'd up a ghetto "icebox" for my Integra and the duct tape I used shrunk and the adhesive was barely effective when warm/hot. Though I have a supercharger on there running a DC header with no heat shield, any car will produce pretty significant underhood temps. unless you have a vented hood...
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DAMn, i already did it. I'll take it off tommrow. Man, just hope my Injen don't suck up anything. I'm gonna see how long it will take for them to send me my replacement.
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Originally Posted by drunkenbuda
DAMn, i already did it. I'll take it off tommrow. Man, just hope my Injen don't suck up anything. I'm gonna see how long it will take for them to send me my replacement.
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Is that a pic with the damage, 'cuz I don't see any. If not, it looks like the rubber tube I saw at home depot would fit perfectly.
Is the whole pipe broken/ripped? If not for a ghetto fix, if you were to use duct tape, I'd wrap the ripped pipe with tin foil, overlapping the the rip by atleast an inch+, a good 5-7 layers, then wrap the duct tape (tight as possible) around said foil. However, like I said, my experience with underhood duct tape weren't that good. Hope this helps...
Is the whole pipe broken/ripped? If not for a ghetto fix, if you were to use duct tape, I'd wrap the ripped pipe with tin foil, overlapping the the rip by atleast an inch+, a good 5-7 layers, then wrap the duct tape (tight as possible) around said foil. However, like I said, my experience with underhood duct tape weren't that good. Hope this helps...
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Is that a pic with the damage, 'cuz I don't see any. If not, it looks like the rubber tube I saw at home depot would fit perfectly.
Is the whole pipe broken/ripped? If not, for a ghetto fix, IF... you were to use duct tape, I'd wrap the ripped pipe with tin foil, overlapping the the rip by atleast an inch+, a good 5-7 layers, then wrap the duct tape (tight as possible) around said foil. However, like I said, my experience with underhood duct tape weren't that good. Hope this helps...
Is the whole pipe broken/ripped? If not, for a ghetto fix, IF... you were to use duct tape, I'd wrap the ripped pipe with tin foil, overlapping the the rip by atleast an inch+, a good 5-7 layers, then wrap the duct tape (tight as possible) around said foil. However, like I said, my experience with underhood duct tape weren't that good. Hope this helps...
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Nah, thats the pic i got from Injen.com. Its like a 2inch ripped. i'm gonna try not to drive it until i get my part, that is going to be hard since the TSX is the only car i have. So the duct tape melted on your "icebox" ? i tape it so nothing could suck into the engine. Ahhh, problems problems......
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Ohh yeah, could i drive without that my sensor? The one that connects to the elbow. Thats the problem as well, the sensor part is the ripped part.
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Originally Posted by drunkenbuda
Nah, thats the pic i got from Injen.com. Its like a 2inch ripped. i'm gonna try not to drive it until i get my part, that is going to be hard since the TSX is the only car i have. So the duct tape melted on your "icebox" ? i tape it so nothing could suck into the engine. Ahhh, problems problems......
If I were you, I'd wrap the rip with foil and wrap the foil with the duct tape, if so, give atleast two-three wraps of the tape so it doesn't melt off...
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Originally Posted by JTso
Just put the stock intake back on but leave out the resonator. Then order the replacement part.
Drunken', you won't know if it'll fit unless you try it...
Give it a shot...
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ALrite, after a day driving around town.....Rev my engine a "couple" of times( i had to let my friends hear my CAI! ) The duct tape and zip ties works great! Man, everytime i push on the gas...i get scared unitl i park and check out the CAI, and it was all good. Two days of fun with the CAI, gotta stop pushing the car so hard until i get my replacement soon. Thanks for the help guys.