Annoyed.

"Nick Has an Exocet" (nickallain)
10/16/2016 at 20:54 • Filed to: None

I’ve had an occasional rough idle so I popped the hood today on the Ralliart with the purpose of checking my vacuum lines for obvious leaks. Chaos ensued.

I realized that the filter box which kind of clamshells around the air filter wasn’t hooked on the clamshell hinge. I had to remove the snorkel and air filter to budge it enough to move it. I broke one of the snorkel clips removing it. The other, I put down on my spare set of wheels and it feel through, never to be seen again. Turns out, that had been my last two extras so I had to ziptie it down instead.

When I removed the air filter, a gasket popped out - in THREE pieces. I didn’t even know there was a gasket between the air filter and filter box. I couldn’t even find it online so I guess that’s gone forever. I guess I’ll get that aftermarket intake soon.

Then I thought: you know, while I’ve got everything apart, I ought to probe the throttle body wiring to see if I can nail down that ETV trouble code. I pull the connector and nope - can’t be backprobed. Son of a b......

Tidied up, put it all back together, and called it a day. You win some, you lose some.

Not my car, but same thing.

DISCUSSION (5)

valsidalv, reminding you that infiniti is an option > Nick Has an Exocet
10/16/2016 at 21:41

Sometimes things are better left alone.

But then we’d probably put Rock Auto out of business. Here’s to tinkering!

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > Nick Has an Exocet
10/17/2016 at 06:47

Those clips sound flimsy! I know the ones on the filter box for my Accent are made of metal, so they are pretty strong (and surprisingly hard to unclip!). Might be a gasket between the two halves of my filter box...don’t remember seeing one (then again, I’ve never really looked closely). If memory serves, there is a lip on the edge of the filter for my car that has to line up that ACTS as a gasket between the two filter housing halves that also serves to hold the filter solidly in place.

random001 > Nick Has an Exocet
10/17/2016 at 07:22

Is the Ralliart basically a cheaper, more comfortable Evo? Or do I have that wrong?

Nick Has an Exocet > random001
10/17/2016 at 11:34

Correct. It also has the 4B11T but with a smaller turbo and less computery AWD system (bits from the IV and bits from the X). It never sold well but it’s an insane deal on the used market. $17k gets you one with around 60k miles and almost all the Evo X parts are bolt ons (exception for suspension / brakes).

random001 > Nick Has an Exocet
10/17/2016 at 12:05

Huh, pretty cool.