nucleusTL

Showing My intake to a friend last night at 2:43am. I noticed a freaking hole in it. Less than 30 days old. I know my eng sucked up metal crumbs. Well Im going to try to post pics on this Thread but we all know they probably wont come out.LOL

Okay I will put the pics in the View my Photo section (to the left)

car_lost

wtf... how the hell did that happen?

nucleusTL

I dont know but i am not happy about it. Can I get a store credit for this?

SlyTLS

I would call AEM and complain big time. Maybe they'll give you a new one or try to accomodate you in some way.

Red Hot TL

how would you have a hole in the intake then have the engine suck up metal crumbs...

mentl

He means the metal bits from the hole.

nuc: did you use the rubber mount thingy that came with your intake? It looks like to me that the thing just shook itself apart.

bigman

thats why i went with injen, too many reprts of cracked aems.

nucleusTL

Okay you caught me. I didnt use the stupid rubber thing because their was no way to secure the fuse box. But i aint gonna tell the store I bought it from 3 weeks ago that i didnt use it. I didnt think their would be a problem. How would you mount the fuse box thing if you used the rubber thingy?

Bitium

did you hit hole or a curve? Did you leave a cushion space between the intake and TB, you know what I'm talking about? the piece of rubber that connects the 2. You have to leave a little part of rubber between the end of the intake and the beginning of the TB.

It was your engine the broke the intake, by that I mean the movement of your engine which is controlled by the engine mounts. The piece of rubber on the fuse box, would had help to minimize the posibility of what just happend

jungsup81

My aem cai also got a hole couple months ago. the hole was near the bottom of the intake right by where the filter is. it was probly rubbing on some metal and eventually wore out.
so what did you do about the metal crumbs you mentioned? I got fuel injection cleaned at jiffy lube and changed oil... didn't know what else to do.

nucleusTL

I dont know what to do. I put my stock filter back on. Im not sure how much sh it got in my eng. Not exactly sure when the hole appeared. While looking at hte uninstalled intake I dont think there was much metal missing. My oil is due a change anyway. I just noticed the hole last night.

jungsup81

aem almost gave me a new intake... until they found out my warranty expired like 4 days before... so i just got the pipe welded and repainted... looks new on the outside but you can see where the hole used to be on the inside. i haven't put it back on yet though cuz i've been lazy and putting it off. for now, i took off the bypass valve and put the filter on in its place, like a short ram. good luck with urs.. check into getting aem to replace urs for a new one.

Comet2404

:wow: :wow: :wow: I would flip if I saw a hole in my intake. Now I have the knock off AEM, and I'm very pleased with it. But I'm still going out to my car in about 5 minutes to check everything. I usually inspect the CAI once a week.

TL_99

what is a knoff off for the aem?? by that i mean what is it called and does it really work o, and how much cheaper is it??

Comet2404

DAD- Dynamic Auto Design. Yea, it works just like AEM, its basically a replica, made of all the same things. I even think the filter is the same, and the bypass valve works on it. I payed $70 for it. And I love it. Eventually I think I will get the AEM V2 though, once I hear some reports, and save up some cash.

JD7

Is that a short ram or a Cold air, i cant tell for some reason...

Comet2404

CAI.... just like yours!!!