*update* 4.4 aFe intake install problem --> *solution*!!

[powers1]

Originally Posted by crosvs

*UPDATE*

Ok everyone, so I spoke with Michael at aFe last(?) week and he immediately shipped me a "breather" for the hose -- totally free of charge, not even shipping cost. He knew exactly what I was talking about and this is what I received.



Now all I gotta do is figure out how to remove the plastic clip at the end of the hose which used to connect the hose to the stock airbox. I cannot remove it because it's kinda like a hoseclamp but without the screw to undo it: kinda like a permanet hoseclamp!! Any thoughts?!

And no i can't cut it off: it's super tight around the rubber hose so it's impossible to get anything under it to snip it.

That small filter is similar the one I the posted before in a similar recent thread!
Good to hear that the guy at AFE sent you the filter FOC,but it should have been included in the kit in the first place!
You have to cut the plastic clip!Cant you get a soldering iron in there to melt it?

[crosvs]

a soldering iron?! hm. i guess that's one way to do it. if i had one. :P

[powers1]

Originally Posted by crosvs

a soldering iron?! hm. i guess that's one way to do it. if i had one. :P

A soldering iron is a cheap utensil an you can buy it at any hardware store or car accessories shop.

Are you sure you cant cut it with small cutting pliers???

[Ben Liaw]

Use a small, flat blade screwdriver and the "perma-clamp" will release and pop right off (no, you won't be able to reuse it).

Be sure to pry on the edge.

[aus]

Cool. Ben's here too...

[Sonnyboy]

NO, don't break off the plastic. Go to the other end of the hose and slide it off the canister. Then just slide the new filter over the canister tube.

[Ben Liaw]

From the looks of the breather filter they sent you, it requires it to be oiled.

Unless, of course, the actual material is remay (vs. typical cotton gauze) which does NOT have to be oiled to trap contaminants. Better check with AFE.

[crosvs]

do WHAT? slide it over and do what?!

and no, it's oiled....

[Sonnyboy]

The rubber hose shown in all the pictures... it is connected to the airbox (which you have removed) at one end and a recirculation canister on the other end. Remove the hose completely from the canister (it's underneath the AFE shielding, so you might have to uninstall the AFE system). When you do this, it will be obvious where the mini-filter will fit... on the cansister tube.

[crosvs]

OH!!!!!!!!!!

you mean it doesn't attach to the hose itself, but rather to that canister?!?!

hahaahahah of course!!

aside: i noticed you were very particular with your word choice of "ricirculation canister" -- do you know exactly what this thing does?