ok, this is this air filter that came with my accord cai
-i took the wheel well lining off and the air filter with in 4 pieces!!!
i have no clue how long i have been riding around with it like that... all the side walls of the filter were melted away.. and there was leaf particals stuck in the MAF filter screen... im guessing that i have been driving around wiht no air filter for about 2 months

just tell everyone to watch out for cheep filters, and check up on your cai filter weekly

 

Lemme guess, you had a cheap plastic cone filter? Foam? or gauze?

 

i'm guessing foam...beware of foam filters...

 

if you say you had a foam filter on there then you deserve a , followed by a , and lastly a foam and moisture = big no-no

 

I'm sure any possible damage to his engine plus this should be enough to get him thinkin' twice next time.

 

now with the flaming aside...
just get a K&N cone filter and replace that POS filter that crapped out on you. Can't go wrong with K&N. just hope your engine didn't suffer any internal damages.

 

 

 

Man... I am sorry to hear that you had this problem. I hope that your car is ok!! Does your car smell like burning leaves when running if not you are probabally ok

 

it could have happen to any of us if we're not careful. laugh now...but let's see how funny it is when it happens to you

 

i had a grand prix before my 92 vg. i remember going to change the air filter on that and finding that 90% of the filter was ripped out.
after a little investigation it turns out that a mouse was crawling up the tubing and when it got to the airbox it decided to snack on the filter.

so be warned people, even if you're like me and have the stock intake still. routinely check up on your air filter. cause you don't know what's going on until you open your air box and look.

 

K&N, Cool Blue, Mean Green, Stillen - all good

 

it was a regular cone filter, now im having another problem... but my car is getting better MPG since the light tune up