iammemares
12-07-2004, 03:12 AM
So recently picked up this 96 TI and am doing the routine checks. Open the airbox and find that there is some sort of acoustic foam that is clearly factory that is lining both the base and the lid of the airbox. Problem is its old and decomposing badly. My filter is clogged with this junk, it is sitting in piles in the base of the airbox, and, the really neat thing is, that it is in the lid also which is post filter. That means as this thing was decomposing, it was getting drawn directly in the engine. WHAT??
So, I took all that out, including the little internal baffles and the grate holding it all in place. If you havent checked the condition of this stuff lately, I STRONGLY recommnend you check to make sure this junk isnt deomposing and getting into your engine. Better yet, remove it before it does!!
So, I took all that out, including the little internal baffles and the grate holding it all in place. If you havent checked the condition of this stuff lately, I STRONGLY recommnend you check to make sure this junk isnt deomposing and getting into your engine. Better yet, remove it before it does!!