Brettus Turbo install thread
Learned a valuable lesson today
I took my bumper off to fit a new bumper and decided to clean and oil my air filter .
Long story short - my afrs went to **** (lean 13.0-13.5 in boost ) . The car started bucking and I got that horrible marbles in a can (detonation) sound . Scared the crap out of me cuz when I got home my idle was **** which reminded me of my blown motor a while back .
The only thing I had done that could possibly caused this was oiling the filter - which I had assumed was a K&N type which needed oiling . WRONG !!!!!
I washed it out again - went for a drive and all was back to normal .
What surprised me was the fact that the restriction caused by the oil must have somehow thrown out the maf and caused the lean condition - that has me puzzled.
I took my bumper off to fit a new bumper and decided to clean and oil my air filter .
Long story short - my afrs went to **** (lean 13.0-13.5 in boost ) . The car started bucking and I got that horrible marbles in a can (detonation) sound . Scared the crap out of me cuz when I got home my idle was **** which reminded me of my blown motor a while back .
The only thing I had done that could possibly caused this was oiling the filter - which I had assumed was a K&N type which needed oiling . WRONG !!!!!
I washed it out again - went for a drive and all was back to normal .
What surprised me was the fact that the restriction caused by the oil must have somehow thrown out the maf and caused the lean condition - that has me puzzled.
well less is more.
but it is better than a rag!
beers
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Nah it is not a K&N . Have no idea what barnd it is but i'm pretty sure it is the type that should be oiled .
Now I have the dilema : to oil or not to oil .....
Now I have the dilema : to oil or not to oil .....
put stock filter back in.. see what it does.
as to oil or not oil. read some stuff on the kn site on how to oil right. but really the kn does not need cleaning till 50k miles.
in between i just drop it on the ground. and run a leaf blower backward through it..
clean it lots oil it little.
beers
i did not say it was going to be easy.. duh..
maybe post up a photo of what you put to much oil on!
i have no idea what or where you intake goes or much less the filter trying to be used!
but i would guess your car goes better than mine with a bad filter! beers
get rid of it--some of the k&n copycats are not a cotton weave filter but are paper made to look like cotton---bad when they are brand new for maf flow and if you mistakenly oil them --they become much worst. Stomp that damn thing for screwing your ride up and pray that KN will come in the mail.
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/\ you could be right there . Would be really hard to replace though as it fits so perfectly . And my maf readings are so steady I would be loath to change it ....
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Yeah - i'm pretty sure it does not flow enough but the location works very well . Given all the hassles ive seen on here getting a decent maf reading I think it may be the lesser of two evils .
true that-- i remember now how you fought that prob and if you are getting good maf readings--then ta da! Oil is evil!
WOuld be interesting to get a simluar k&N and see what happens?
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WOuld be interesting to get a simluar k&N and see what happens?
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There is a drawback to the filter in that location BTW . If it rains while the car is sitting water ends up dropping straight into the filter .
Driving in rain is fine - just when I stop is when I get that problem .
Need to work a way to divert the water elsewhere .
Driving in rain is fine - just when I stop is when I get that problem .
Need to work a way to divert the water elsewhere .
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/\ ran a bead of silicone along the steel bumper mount to divert water away from the filter - seems to have worked well .
I can say catagorically that you DO NOT want to get water on your filter - it messes with the maf big time .
I can say catagorically that you DO NOT want to get water on your filter - it messes with the maf big time .
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