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Old 10-30-2006, 08:18 PM   #1
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problem???

iv got an 05 rx and while a buddy and i were installing an aem cold air intake (which makes the car sound even more badass by the way) i noticed that the other end of a sensor connecting to the first spark plug led no where and appeared to possibly have been cut at some point (i bought the car used). From the instructions for installing the intake the other end of the sensor is SUPPOSED to attach to the factory airbox, but the installation gets rid of the airbox anyway, so the sensor wouldnt have anything else to plug into, at least that i know of, so im wondering if this is really a problem or not. Any thoughts/ideas? peace.
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Old 10-30-2006, 08:45 PM   #2
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i think that's your temperature monitor.
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Old 10-30-2006, 08:47 PM   #3
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then i guess that would be pretty significant....
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Old 10-30-2006, 08:48 PM   #4
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^ i agree from what i can tell....it just a conector that is dangling there right? not a cut wire? and does it go to the spark plug itself (i.e. a sparkplug wire).

your original post is a lill confusing...or maybe i'm just sleepy
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Old 10-30-2006, 08:50 PM   #5
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i have the REVi intake by racingbeat...and i have a connector not attached to anything from teh old airbox...so i just zip tied it to the harness (incase i ever needed to pu tthe old airbox back in).

if the original owner had an afteramarket intake then they would have this as well...can't imagine they would cut the wire....everyone i know or have seen just ziptied it off.
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Old 10-30-2006, 08:58 PM   #6
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yeah sorry that was a tad confusing but no, the sensor was never attached to the airbox, so theres nothing dangling. like, there was no other half to this connector. actually i thought it was weird because theres electrical tape on the part attached to the spark plug...
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Old 10-30-2006, 08:59 PM   #7
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lol yea it's late and my brian is spinning at 9k rpm's...could you take a pic?
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Old 10-30-2006, 09:07 PM   #8
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aha yeah sorry im no good at explaining these things. see if this helps....
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Old 10-30-2006, 09:11 PM   #9
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its right in the under the red intake in the middle....
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Old 10-30-2006, 09:19 PM   #10
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it's coming right off the coil-pack..looks like it's not cut to me just the wires are tucked away. the wire going into the coil tells it when to discharge...i don't see anything wrong or am i blind
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allright thats cool, i just thought it was weird to find that there was no part to connect to the airbox but i guess it dosnt matter anyway since the box is gone now. but thanks.
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Old 10-30-2006, 09:30 PM   #12
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lol sorry for my inital mix up...that's just the coil-packs (there are 4).....glad we codl help out

with your new intack did you remember to cap off the vacume line that goes into the intake (right behind the throtal body..and on the bottom portion of the the intake manifold)? it had to do with the vafid or what ever it's called that opens up at high rpms (it's located in the front bumper)
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uh shiiiiit let me get back to you on that (vafid??? lol) but saying i did forget...what might happen? i mean no engine lights are on and it seems to be runing smooth..
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Old 10-30-2006, 09:41 PM   #14
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the vacume line wasn't very big at all...all i would think is a slight idle issue. so if it's running smooth i doubt anything is wrong. the racingbeat kit came wiht a silicone cap to put where the line used to go so i'm sure the aem one did too
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