- Dec 4, 2011
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ALCON,
I purchased a new Wix air filter, and it seems like it's a little bit bigger than the old filter. It fits (tight) into the lower half of the air box, but it feels like I have to force the top down to get it on. If I screw it down tight by forcing it, the top appears to be very slightly distended. I am concerned about the right amount of air getting through if the filter is pressed tight against the box.
I left the top of the box a little loose, maybe loosened it by 3 or 4 turns of each screw. It's not throwing codes and I have Torque if there is any info that can give you that will help confirm/deny my concern. What is the correct Air Fuel Ratio? Does that vary by idle/accelerating/cruising? Is it bad to leave the top of the air box loose?
On an unrelated topic, I also installed new 41-103s (to replace the 90k stock plugs) and cleaned the TB. Even though I had cleaned the TB about 12k miles ago there was enough carbon to make me feel accomplished. Feels like it runs better now and there were no codes or any issues at all after putting it all back together :wootwoot:
Thanks for the help,
LT
I purchased a new Wix air filter, and it seems like it's a little bit bigger than the old filter. It fits (tight) into the lower half of the air box, but it feels like I have to force the top down to get it on. If I screw it down tight by forcing it, the top appears to be very slightly distended. I am concerned about the right amount of air getting through if the filter is pressed tight against the box.
I left the top of the box a little loose, maybe loosened it by 3 or 4 turns of each screw. It's not throwing codes and I have Torque if there is any info that can give you that will help confirm/deny my concern. What is the correct Air Fuel Ratio? Does that vary by idle/accelerating/cruising? Is it bad to leave the top of the air box loose?
On an unrelated topic, I also installed new 41-103s (to replace the 90k stock plugs) and cleaned the TB. Even though I had cleaned the TB about 12k miles ago there was enough carbon to make me feel accomplished. Feels like it runs better now and there were no codes or any issues at all after putting it all back together :wootwoot:
Thanks for the help,
LT