What kind of problems can this cause?
Can it dirty the IAC?
What other sensors?
Possibly clogged a coolant line in tb or no?
Please help.
Dan

 

Why in gods hell would you drive without an airfilter?

 

problems? uhm...

 

Air filter broke and the bottom fell out,I didnt know

 

Bad! Very bad!

You really don't want foreign objects in your combustion chamber. I don't know why your car is lacking a filter, but do not drive it until you get one!

 

please buy another one quickly

 

Ur engine will suck dust which will scartch the cylunders which will wear out the cylinder AND the piston rings faster.

 

my friend drove around with just panty hose on the intake manifold (96 cx hatch)for about 10,000 miles his car is still ticking

im not trying to contradict anything stated i just thought it was pretty funny

 

Get a filter asap, dirt/gas/air are not the right combustion mixture.....

 

I've been driving w/o one for 10k+ without any problems. so long as there is an air box, that eliminates most anything foriegn going into your motor, but for the sake of safety, replace yours


[Modified by sinister, 9:25 AM 8/15/2002]

 

Have you taken your head off lately?

 

no dip ****, why don't you come on over and do it for me...

 

here ur chance to get an intake

 

I already know its not good,it wasnt intentional,I was just asking if the IAC or any other sensors can go bad because of the dirt.
Dan

 

motor s run best with gas and clean cool air..anything else is and ur going to bury that motor sooner than later

 

your friend is an idiot

 

way back in the day, i did the same thing but i wasn't as lucky, that shiet got sucked up to the throttle body and kept it a full throttle even with my foot off of the gas. so then i shut the car off... scared the crap outta me

 

GooD sinister keep driving without your air filter its good for your motor

 

I'm going to guess that you didn't drive very far without it right? I would think that if you had sucked up anything bad enough to clog up coolant lines in the throttle, etc, you would know about it already. Just a guess, but IMHO you should be OK. I'm sure I don't need to say replace your filter ASAP. And of course, if you do grenade your engine, why that's the perfect excuse for a swap anyway! Remember, the glass is half full....

 

Just trying to help... I wouldn't run my engine without an air filter for a second.

Cmon guys, how much is a cheapo air filter? We really shouldn't be having this debate.

 

driving without a filter may not show any immediate harm to the motor..u have to admit we re pretty lucky people...however in the long run..its like smoking..ur body isnt going to feel any big short term problems..but, in the long run it eventually turns fatal