anyone have this intake and installed it fine? no check engine light?

http://www.racinglab.com/98nissen16li.html


ok today i got my exhaust in, sounds great
but when i was there i asked the guy to put my intake in, he said,

"if you put the intake in ur maf sensor will tell the computer that theres too much air coming in...blahblahblah... and ur check engine light will come on, and wen u take it to the dealer, they'll tell u they wont fix it, or they will but itll come back on."





how do i deal with this? 240$ spent and i cant put it in? lil help please?


(no taking out the check engine bulb)

no flaming or dumb remarks

 

I personaly think he's full of it. I have the Nismo cold air and no check engine light. Had it on for almost 2 months

 

you shouldnt get a check engine light b/c of an intake.

 

but he said he got it on his gti and his jetta
both of them had his check engine lights on

i asked how sure r u that the light will come on and he said 99%

he also said he can put it in to see but if it lights up, when he switches it the light will stay on and when i go to the dealer they'll notice i tampered with it because of the screws

 

well, yo have a maxima not a GTI, two completely different cars... the guy is full of it, how many ppl on this forum have aftermarket intakes and no one has complained of a CEL after installation.

 

There are plenty of members on here with that intake and no SES. Keep in mind. GTI's and Jettas aren't Nissans. *Edit beat me to it

Typically dealers don't know anything aside from what the engine code tells them, and even then they don't have a clue. What they do is read the code, refer to the FSM and start fixing items it tells them to, and charge you for each and every meticulous item they 'fixed' in order to get rid of the light/code.

If you're that worried, leave the intake off your car.

 

ya but 240$?

mack has the same intake so i pmed him waiting for an answer


anyone installed my intake and had no problems??????

 

This is a CAI. I have this exact model. Sounds incredible, looks incredible, bumps up HP a bit and never had an engine light. NOR have I heard of anyone who got one from putting in a respectable CAI. ie Nismo, Injen, Fujita, AEM etc, etc... FYI there are also MULTITUDES of threads on here in respect to an abundance of CAI's.

 

ya but most is cai buying questions
i have the cai
im worried about the sensor not the cai

 

Steep price for an intake. I spent hundreds less than that price.

If you install it correctly, you shouldn't have any SES lights.

 

then i guess they dont no how to install it, would the dealer instal it?

or would they ***** and void my waaranty

 

The only time the Germans and Japanese got along was WWII, take your car somewhere else or do it yourself. You will have no light issue unless you break something on install, ie MAF sensor.

 

http://forums.maxima.org/showthread.php?t=407704

http://forums.maxima.org/showthread.php?t=538953

 

$40 for an intake...interesting or less?

 

HAHA oops, lemme check PM's.

 

My M62MAF seemed to help more than any of the mainstream tubular/conical intakes I've ever tried.

 

i say do it yourself or take it to a shot dont take it to dealership they will charge u a arm and a leg for it...also i have the nismo and havent had any problems yet..knocking on wood

 

I have the Nismo. It was the first mod I did on my car. I installed it myself. It was really easy just with the directions that came in the box. I have had zero problems with it, other than the growl it gives out making me drive with a lead foot all the time!

 

HAHA! Amen to that bro!!!

 

no warranty problems???????????

 

 

Lol,
From what I heard, my neighbor's brother's sister in law's husband's daughter's friend's mom's father's war buddy's grandson's uncle said he put an intake on and the engine exploded.
Lucky he didn't post this on the 5th gen or he would probably get stoned to death by stock intake box.

 

I have a whole intake manifold and CAI and my car runs great, and no CEL.

 

IF....(Big 'ifi here) You end up throwing a check engine light, it is because you didn't disconnect the battery first, clearly in the directions. And IF you do throw a code, it will, over the course of a few miles (Insert 50-100) it will reset itself. The MAF does recognize a difference in the sensory components. It is nothing to write home about, and I assure all is well.

I have the Fujita and love it. No check engine here, but we (my husband and I) followed ALL directions during install.

 

dammmm, I just installed a fujita on my 04, and I have a light! wtf, its not rocket science and some how I f.ed up?, also I cant relly hear it until im at 4 to 6k rpms and at wot it sounds like a fart can is that normal.?.

 

I have the Fujita and I would never call that sound "fart can". Disconnect the battery for a while, step on the brakes and such and hook it back up. It should go away.

Joshua

 

Perhaps check the code ands e what it's telling you.

 

No prolems at all and I have the INgen CAI, Old frined of mine a long time ago said if INgen makes a Intake for your car get that one because they do a lot of R&D for their products. So if they had a light issue then they wouldn't have put it out before they have that issue fixed!

 

I agree with this to a certain extent. You guys have a much better designed Injen than ours, so in this case it’s true. But, the Injen kit for 4th and 5th gens is

 

Check engine light for a CAI...

 

Max2 you have done something seriously wrong. It should sound like this bra. With NO CE light.

Getting on it
Road Test 2

This one from a dead stop
Road Test 3

 

you know what the bad part is.... its sounds just like that ^, I guess I was expecting something different, I used to have a short ram injen in my 00 altima and it sounded deeper all the way up the rpms without having that final rrrrrggwrrrsgrrrrraaarrga at the end., its all good, though, now I got to get rid of my light, I'll reset the car later today. thanks

 

So you're saying my car sounds like it's running a fart can?

 

lol

 

first a civic now a fart can...what next?

 

LMAO no kidding man. I can't catch a break!

 

no man, well... no, I was just expecting a different sound, you know deeper more civilized, this thing is pretty wild, , Ill wait a couple of weeks, and see if it grows on me, if not, anyone wanna buy a almost new fujita intake?


O yea, the only thing I found to be out of place when installing, was that the maf since it gets mounted on the opossite side of its original location, it has to be turned upsided down, correct me if im wrong.

ps, sorry about the fart can part dude,

 

HAHA no worries bro. I'm just glad you didn't call my car an ALTIMA. Then I REALLY woulda been pissed!

 

No bs here.....

 

What's the code you're getting?