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[~ John Reid ~]

ok, im going to get a air filter for my car in the next month and before i do i was wondering if it has any side effects as i've heard as it cam 'mess up' the car. Is this true or just crap ???

there is a electrical lead coming out of the existing filter, is that anything to do with it ?

cheers guys , john

[supersport_red]

i would get a panel filter and drill the airbox, as an induction kit can cause prolems like you said

[Rob-85]

what problems can an induction cause then ?

[~ John Reid ~]

dont know what problems, has anybody fitted an airfilter to a fiesta mk4 and have youw had any problems ????

found out what that lead was coming out of the old filter, looked like a sensor of some kind.

Anybody know where this goes aswell :


feedback would be gd chrz

Cheers, john

[~ John Reid ~]

Put air filter on just a few hours ago, neva knew it made it louder lol

sounds reli nice and also looks nice, no problems.



Theres the pic above and i'll hopefully try to upload a sound file.

hope u like it, going to get the hose covers that are a mesh look, hopefully red. Going to change the filter colour aswell to red to match the colour of the car.

[hasheyb]

Where have you hidden the pipercross oil breather then?? Dont know much about your engine but the air filter on my 2.0 is a nightmare!!!!!

[~ John Reid ~]

i havnt fitted it, cant find where it does lol

if somebody can tell me i would be gratefull, as i dont have the manual so i have no idea where it goes.

[~ John Reid ~]

Got the different Pipe to go the the filter, instead of the black one its now alloy.

Got oil breather fitted ( back of engine bay)

And got the hose covers on.

[sailorbob]

The problem with aftermarket filters is the oil contaminates to wires of the MAF sensor causing the ecu to not get the correct reading of airmass.

[~ John Reid ~]

I'd been having problems latley with the car, when it got to about 5000 RPM it jolted and hardly had any power atall.

anyway, had not a clue what it was as I hadn't changed anything to the engine apart the air filter.

after about 10 mins of looking arround to see what it was, I found out the alluminium pipe for the air filter had ripped at the join !

I've fitted the standard black pipe now and it is totally fine

I think the problem was it was dragging air in through the rip and not the filter, and the air flow meter wasnt giving the right readings to the ECU or something like that.