I am replacing my MAF today and when I began to reassemble it, I noticed that the black fuzzy stuff around the connections between the air filter housing, the white plastic thing under the battery, and the black air intake were pretty much gone. There are now gaps, and I can't get the air intake to stay connected to the black tube it sits on top of . Anyone know how to properly reconnect these things, and how to prevent air from leaking in?

No idea...but a quick question for YOU: did you paint your engine cover that red? Or is the stock de-k red like that?

came like that lol ^^^

lol that came stock.

no idea... but do you mind me asking why are you trying to prevent air from "leaking in"????

Is air supposed to get in other ways besides the plastic intake thing in the front? That's a dumb design...

air is suppose to get in lol... hence why i dont know why are you trying to prevent it lol... have you ever seen an intake before???

Sorry, I'm still new to all of this.

I guess I'll try gurrilla glueing the intake to that tube and let the other connection be. trial and error I suppose.

u arent understanding what hes asking obv. im sure he knows an intake is suppose to INTAKE the air....

you will have to remove all the old foam tape, and go to an auto parts store and buy a new roll that will help seal the intake piping and keep it all together, but it doesnt really matter that its not seating on the tubing fully, your sucking in warmer air but it will still be pulling in mostly cold air from the intake inlet thats mounted on the rad support..

ur talking about that connector peice right? take it off, the two ends it attaches to should have a thick foam tape wrapped around them to help seal it and keep it together, DO NOT USE GLUE! or scotch tape because it looks like you tried to use it.. if ANYTHING conect it.all together loose, and wrap some black duct tape around it so it looks clean

I ran into this problem to. Use weather strip/foaming tape


I bought mine at Lowe's, it was cheaper to.
Get the widest one.

ummmmmm maybe thats why i asked a question to get a better understanding lol... i thought thats what ur suppose to do when you dont understand something

what was your question in this reply? have u ever seen an intake befor?? that seems to be the only question u asked.. the dude was askin a question, your post seemed kinda obnoxtious.. help him out rather than make him feel like an idiot with these kinda replies.. thats all im sayin dude.

+1

i thought i asked something before that leading to that question

lol relax guys. I am a noob at this (today was my first time working with the air intake). I think this will do. Thanks for the advice!



I just got back from driving around with the new MAF (I also reset the ECU by leaving the battey disconnected for a while). I previously was getting P0174 and P0171 intermittently, and now the codes are all gone. But, the performance is still not very good, and there are still noises coming from the engine bay. it only happens when I try to accelerate.

Pfft, and he says he can pass a drug test