tcbehot

so, Today I was changing the trany oil, and I noticed my left fender had a little dent. I look inside where the cai goes to the botton , and i see the pipe hitting the fender. I decide too take the second pipe of the cai and i see that my fender got burned on the inside. tried to align the pipe but it wouldent align, so, I just toke it off

Has enybody had this problem before?


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dlindberg2nd

i have a short ram. but they injen had the 3in piping right?

ack154

iTrader: (7)

I can't see anything in that picture. Srsly.

I don't think I even understand what you're talking about though. If there's a dent and "burning" I don't think it would be from your CAI. Mostly b/c of the "cold" part...

Unless you somehow REALLY messed up the install and it was causing problems with it rubbing on the fender?

tcbehot

yeah, a dent and a burn. the burn is on the inside.

KINGxOFxSKA

You might be in need of one of these.

https://www.scionlife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=159654

tcbehot

but, I don't think that would help with the cai being too close to the fender, and it would probably keep burning on the inside of the fender.

ack154

iTrader: (7)

If it's rubbing on the inside of the fender (creating heat/friction - which leads to the burning?) then it's installed poorly and should be adjusted. It may need to sit down on the throttle body more or the connection by the MAF would need to be adjusted so the two pipes are touching or very close together.

Basically the second pipe should not be sticking out far enough to rub the fender if it's properly installed.

amdforever

x2 Just readjust those two pipes and you should be good to go. If not maybe stick some strong doublesided tape where the pipe will be touching the fender to keep it from rubbing and "burning" the fender.

engifineer

It isnt getting hot enough to burn anything. You are seeing the marks from it rubbing.

tcbehot

Today I tried to align the pipes and I couldn't. When i sat the 2nd pipe on the rubber mount thing. It wouldn't align with the other pipe, and when i did get the pipes to align it would still hit the fender.
so, now im thinking something is wrong with the intake? or im just dumb and can't align it.

I made a little braket to get it to align, but now the filter is pushing the fender liner( i think that's what is called)

The blue circle is where the rubber mout goes, and the red circle is the braket i made, so that the curb on the pipe wouldn't hit the fender.

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Help please. How do I align it?

ack154

iTrader: (7)

Are you sure this is an Injen CAI? Not only can I still not tell what I'm looking at, that doesn't even look like an Injen - unless this is a polished one with a blue hydroshield??

tcbehot

sorry for the crappy pictures. That's the 2nd pipe on the mount, and yes it is polished and i have the hydroshield on the filter.

tcbehot

HELP?

how can i get the pipes to align?

nebster

did you put in the bottom stabalizer. i had a injen cai in fine and worked witout hitch. you might wanna loosen all the clamps and then put it wher you want it then tighten them.

sounds like you may have tightened them as you went but what do i know

TrickedRide1

when i was installing my Injen CAI i noticed the same problem with it hittin the fender on the inside....i tried to adjust everything best i could but it was still very close so i put a bubble wrap insulation in there to keep it from rattling and causing damage to the fender, kinda glad i did hearing that yours made a visible dent on the outside

Baron1C

that sucks dude

tcbehot

^^ sure does.

Im going to try the bubble wrap. or doubleside tape like amdforever said.

1nicescion

check this out- an email from injen when asked about the breakage problem and the denting of the fender.

tcbehot

ok, Im going to check that too. maybe i tighten the mount too much.

TrickedRide1

thats just talking about the vibration, may not help with the rubbing...im not knockin ya just sayin....i didnt just use any bubble wrap its actually for duct work its stronger than regular packing bubble wrap just FYI