I got the AEM short ram intake in the other day and the instructions state that I need to drain at least 1 gallon of coolant from the car. For those who have installed the intake, do you have to do this? If so, where's the best plug to drain it from? Thanks.

 

No you don't have to do this. I've never heard of anyone even doing this to their car.

 

Are you sure that's the AEM instructions?

 

That's what it says, I kid you not. So if this isn't true, do I basically just unplug all the hoses and then swap intakes and put the hoses back? Easy as without draining? Thanks.

 

No way....they actually tell you to do that in the instructions? Does it say why they want you to do that?

 

Interesting?????if you can, scan the instructions for everyone to see, I am intrigued and just want to see this for myself.

 

lol wow that is interesting ive never herd nor done that before but i would also like to see the scan of those instructions

 

its not forsome type of TB??

 

Damn, somones winding you up!

 

I know a lot more people than this have installed intakes on their 4th gen Lude, folks. Some help would be nice. I guess the real question is did you guys have to unplug any coolant hose when installing your intake?... whether cold air or short ram, I don't think it matters.

 

no. changing intakes have nothing to do with the coolant. just pull the old intake out and anything that is plugged to it, unplug them. Then put the new one in and plug everything up to it. simple.

 

they tell you to drain that probably so u can replace that metal pipe thing they used to run the coolant line from the thermostat housing to the IAC. cuz the other metal line welded to that one is for the hose that goes from the intake to teh valve cover.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Eddiebx &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">they tell you to drain that probably so u can replace that metal pipe thing they used to run the coolant line from the thermostat housing to the IAC. cuz the other metal line welded to that one is for the hose that goes from the intake to teh valve cover.</TD></TR></TABLE>

I think this is the reason why too, cuz the stock valve cover breather line is welded to that other one. First time I ever tried installing an intake (It was a very very long time ago) and I disconnected that line and coolant came out so yah, that is why they recommend it.

I think today, most people just leave that sucker disconnected and just use a little breather filter or just get a different tube and use that.

 

Hmmm But you can remove the breather line from the intake pipe without needing to disconnect the coolant line!
You only disconnect the end of the breather that goes into the air intake pipe.

It sounds right what Eddiebx said but its still not necessary

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by OTT &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Hmmm But you can remove the breather line from the intake pipe without needing to disconnect the coolant line!
You only disconnect the end of the breather that goes into the air intake pipe.

It sounds right what Eddiebx said but its still not necessary </TD></TR></TABLE>

Yah, you don't need to disconnect it. From what I've seen, people just angle the hard line down and use the supplied silicone line or they do use the stock hard line but use a connector to hook it up to the tube.

 

Who the hell reads instructions?

 

oh yeah, i said thats the reason why the said it, never did i say it was neccessary, i was like **** that, just pull off the hose really quick and squirt out a little coolant,

just dont do it while hot,