Questions tagged [air-intake]
The point at which air enters the intake tract of a motor vehicle or stationary engine
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When is a cold air intake system beneficial?
Cold air intake must be one of the popular mods there is, and one subject to the most controversy as well. Manufacturers of such systems advertise 5-20 HP gains, yet there are claims that this mod ...
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Why Have More Than One IAC Type Device On an Engine?
I've had two Mazda's, a 97 323 and 98 626. On both these car's engines there was only a single IAC mounted on top of the throttle body, and no other device for adding air flow on the intake side.
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Calculating fuel flow rate through obd || sensor not supporting 015E and 0110 commands
I have been working on a project where i want to calulate fuel flow rate using data from the obd2 sensor. The car on which i was testing didn't support the pid 015E which is for fuel flow rate. Then i ...
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Why or why not increase engine efficiency by running the car "fuel-lean" (using a turbo or supercharger)?
Everyone wants their cars to use less fuel, right? I read the following passage about running the car fuel lean from this website:
Run the engine fuel-lean, that is, use excess air. It is well ...
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How do variable-length intake manifolds work?
I have heard many vehicle manufacturers have been using this to improve power and torque figures.
They do this by altering the length of the manifold, I am hoping for better diagrammatic explanation.
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Effects of driving through deep water WITHOUT hydrolocking (car still bogged down and died)
So, yesterday we had very heavy rains, and unfortunately I was driving in an unfamiliar area of town. I drove through high water, which caused my car to sputter and so I turned around. The car behaved ...
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Oily Sludge in the Intake Manifold
When taking off the throttle body to clean my IAC, I noticed that there was a thick layer of oily sludge coating pretty much everything inside the intake manifold:
I have two queastions:
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How do cars drive through deep water as shown on many videos online?
I have read many warnings about driving a car through deep water. Some problems that this can cause is destroy the catalytic converter and in petrol engines water can cause damage to spark plugs. And ...
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Yamaha R1 intake tract configuration
Interesting Configuration
The Yamaha R1 has a very strange intake design. Notice the intake horns in the image below. They sit above the throttle bodies and are not attached directly to them ...
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What are the pros and cons of installing a high-performance air filter on a bike?
What are the advantages and disadvantages of installing high performance air filters (K&N,Green cotton,etc.) over original filter?
What are the changes/working occur internally?
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Help me diagnose the cause of this intake valve burn
I would like some help diagnosing the probably cause of this intake valve burn as seen in the picture.
167fmm engine.
229cc OHV push rod type.
Now here is the rub.
this is engine originally 9:1 CR, ...
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Could broken air filter seal/gasket impair intake?
I am getting a P0101: Mass or Air flow Circuit and noticed that my air filter gasket is getting dangly in places, which might be causing it not to seal well. Could that be causing impaired air intake, ...
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Could taking coolant through the intake filter realistically cause permanent inability to start?
Diagnosing failure to start on a 2001 Honda Prelude SH, still in brainstorming phase. Leaving out list of other thoughts because this question is specifically about this possibility, rather than ...
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Why is this hollow plastic piece attached to the Karizma's air intake?
I was helping my cousin with a motorcycle teardown a while back (planning for a café racer build) and was puzzled by something on his '07 Karizma.
The red arrow in the picture above points to a ...
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P0022 after fixing P0348, camshaft related
Vehicle: Toyota Tacoma 2006 V6, 155K mi
Problem: I had OBDII Code P0348: Camshaft Position Sensor A and fixed it by replacing the broken camshaft position sensor. However, the check engine light didn'...
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