on tuesday, the car started acting funny. i paid no attention because it was like -10deg outside and assumed "oh, cold air. car no likey cold air." whatever, dismissed it. Wednesday rolls around and we're getting hit with a massive storm and the plows are out sanding the **** out of the roads. very slushy outside. car still acting kinda funky: weird idle surge, highway slight bucking in vaccum, and loss of power. today i had some free time and decided to take a gander. I changed the plugs, even though they looked pretty good. Looked at the airfilter in the bumper and it was dark, couldn't see. So I got a flashlight, shined it in and to my amazement there was no filter on the end of the pipe I nearly shat a brick. I put the filter back on after cleaning it and the MAF and tightened that **** up so it will never come off.

So go tighten your airfilters up. We don't need you to suck up sand. It's not good for the motor.

 

how do you know you havent already sucked stuff into the engine and messed it up?

 

Only time will tell

 

lots and lots of devout prayer......
lol

 

Dont worry.. it just cleans your engine... people pay hundreds for sandblasting.. you got it for free! LOL

 

as soon as snow hit, i took my air box mod off and put the oem back on. i didnt want all that crap sucked in.good luck and hope nothing is damaged

 

X2 lol, sorry to hear that hopefully it will be alright.

 

i've been meaning to check if my filters even there still lol just one of htoughs things ur never too sure haha

 

Sucks to hear about that man!

I'm glad i park mine for the winter.... the reason man invented the $500 Beater car like i have (96 Sunfire! WooWoo!) haha!

 

this is why i want to change to a ram air, so i wont have to take off the splash guard every time

 

lol yep...well i guess if his "sandblasting" does mess things up then he has motivation to go fully forged and drop pulley sizes

 

My car was Violently shaking when the CAI hose dissconnected its self.

 

there's potential to screw up basically the whole motor beyond repair. I would probably have to start from square 1, with a new motor.

 

yea i guess i see what you mean...not sure if something like that could bend a valve or not...i think the biggest worry would be in the combustion chamber...but like you said...probably just be easier to get a new engine

 

I had a recent problem with a saturated filter and my MAF shorted so try to take it out on the road and go WOT and if it sputters thats a good sign your MAF sensor is bad. And hopefuly nothing bad was sucked into your engine.