So lets see.. I had a major tune up (valve adjustments, etc) done at a garage, and my B18B I had found to run significantly stronger than before.. (Yes, it was running a bit crappy previously), and oddly, i found that it growled it bit louder.
So after a WEEK of driving around, I decided to pop open my airbox to check it out, as I had this bad feeling lingering around.. (note: trust your feelings)

I notice the screws to the lid were torqued pretty tight.. ok, whatever.. but upon opening up the lid I found my k&n sitting disconnected!!! Examining it a bit closer, the lip of the filter adaptor to which the filter had attatched to snapped right off!!! It looks as if whoever dicked around w/ my filter had probably overtighted the hoseclamp that supported it, snapping it off!

Examining the cracked piece that came off, it looks as if a piece of plastic the size of an inch or so may have become separated. So essentially my main question is this --

If a small piece of plastic got sucked into the TB, is it possible to have not noticed it after driving around for a week? And what is the worse damage that it can do??

some horror pics beelow







(just to note -- the intake adaptor came off of an aftermarket oem style air filter. That POS separated while I was installing it, leaving me w/ a pretty clean adaptor which i used for my K&N )

 

anyhow, you could have said good bye to your engine.

 

I will not be doin the DIY K&N, thanks

 

If it went it, it would have burned up. I wouldn't worry that much about it. Next time, do your own work.

 

maybe it's time to put a short ram or cai ?? so then you can see the filter ?? just an opinion... sucks that it had to happen ... good luck on whatever you decide to do ...

 

hehe, plastic is nothing. my AEM mounting bracket may be sitting in my IM somewhere. i'm not sure. =P car's been running fine for 6 months now.
https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=345628

 

im pretty sure you would have heard it when it went in...if your like me who constantly listned to the motor while driving...

yo would have heard your car go pop!

 

had mine in for over a year now, and BSQ has had his in for several years. However I will not be letting any garage work on my car.

 

Crappy deal.

I'm lazy, so I got the K&N E 2427 drop in.

 

i think something probably wouldve happened by now had there been an issue with that piece entering your tb or im.

 

I've heard lots of problem with the DIY K&N filter that's why I got the drop in instead.

 

If you're impatient and do a $#itty job maybe, but I've had mine for over 2 years with ZERO problems. Just as a general info, you can't use Elmer's glue.

 

same here... I've actually never heard of ANY problems using the K&N RU2820 filter.

 

so for the DIY K&N, do you just hose clamp the K&N or do you glue it to the plastic piece (that you would remove from a stock, paper element teg filter) that feeds into the intake arm?


[Modified by ee-gsr, 8:43 PM 1/15/2003]