Changed Spark Plugs Today and One covered in Oil????
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basically an air filter is just an air filter, weather its K&N or a cheap alternative, it will sound similar with similar "gains" some people swear by K&N. I used to have one on my old mondeo, and i replaced it with a cheapy "carbon" one which i got from ebay for about £2.50 bidding. it sounded better and if i am honest it felt liike it went better too. :) differences will be made when you have a direct cold air infeed with something like this.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RED-Cold-Air-Feed-Ram-Ends-Flexible-induction-ducting-/350465233728?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item51995b1340If a cone filter is just sat in a hot engine bay it can actually get heatsoak and lose hp
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Thats a good point Dan is making there, you do see too many air filters hanging around it hot places . Classic case was on newbie 205's where they got placed over the exhaust manifold!!!
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@79e13e4cb7=daniel:
basically an air filter is just an air filter, weather its K&N or a cheap alternative, it will sound similar with similar "gains" some people swear by K&N. I used to have one on my old mondeo, and i replaced it with a cheapy "carbon" one which i got from ebay for about £2.50 bidding. it sounded better and if i am honest it felt liike it went better too. :) differences will be made when you have a direct cold air infeed with something like this.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RED-Cold-Air-Feed-Ram-Ends-Flexible-induction-ducting-/350465233728?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item51995b1340If a cone filter is just sat in a hot engine bay it can actually get heatsoak and lose hp
you may be young fella but at least you know not to fit and open filter in a hot engine bay,.. ie heat soak = fail
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@35840a0da2=youdirtyfox:
Thats a good point Dan is making there, you do see too many air filters hanging around it hot places . Classic case was on newbie 205's where they got placed over the exhaust manifold!!!
:lol: thats probably the worst possible place to have it.
Thanks Raines, i think that was a compliment ;)
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yes it was and its not "it can"… it will suffer from heat soak..there must be a cold supply to the filter or have an enclosed intake drawing air from outside...
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like on my "old" alfa, cone filter in the standard airbox drawing cold air in via the norema channel in the wing :wink: but yeah it is needed to prevent heat soak mate
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norema was supposed to be normal. dunno whats wrong with me today lol
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Well my bodge up gaffa tape only lasted a couple of weeks before it started to work its way off the intake pipe gradually with the recent good weather we have been having. So after researching various options on ebay and elsewhere, i decided just out of curiosity to get a quote from Wolverhampton Mazda for a replacement original Air Intake Pipe, and was shocked and surprised when they said £54 in total. So i ordered one straight away, and fitted it this morning, now it seems to be running a lot better now, but whilst trying to fit the K&N replacement earlier and opting for the gaffer tape bodge job, my mate noticed that the throttle cable was loose and tightened it up for me, he also adjusted the tick over screw a couple of turns to help it tick over better until i sorted the parts out to fix the problem. The tick over was a lot better, but i had to loosen off the throttle cable because the rpm was idling at 2000 at a standstill. Now this morning whilst fitting the new Intake pipe i turned the tick over screw down a notch so it would tick over at around 800 rpm at standstill, but it seems a little hesitant in first gear, so i'm wondering if i should turn the tick over srew up a little, and also if the throttle cable needs to be tight, or a little loose like it is now? :?: :?: :?:
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my V6 tick over when warm is about 300-400rpm but i think its not right lol so 800-900 is probably about right for a 4 cyl
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650 is factory spec, its lagging cos youve changed the throttle setup, best thing to do now is to run through the TPS, TSS and IAS setup.