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Old Mar 20, 2014 | 04:42 PM
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Default CEL light on after putting on a CAI

Do I need a different mass air flow?
Old Mar 20, 2014 | 05:48 PM
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I'm not an expert on this, but on the 6 forum, most of the people who complained about a CEL due to a CAI found that it was because there was more airflow than the MAF was used to reading.

It would probably help if you posted the code that you're getting.
Old Mar 20, 2014 | 08:04 PM
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what brand of CAI do you have?
Old Mar 20, 2014 | 08:30 PM
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what brand of CAI do you have?
Its a generic from eBay. I had a scan tool put on. Its definitely the mass air censor. I don't know anything about this.
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what year and model?
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Originally Posted by jct
what year and model?
2006 XA
Old Mar 20, 2014 | 09:26 PM
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some thing like this

http://www.ebay.com/itm/BCP-BLUE-04-...8d964d&vxp=mtr

?
Old Mar 20, 2014 | 09:42 PM
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Originally Posted by jct
Basically yes
Old Mar 20, 2014 | 11:46 PM
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I took the mass air censor back out and noticed it was dirty. Cleaned it with some mass air cleaner. So far no more CEL!
Old Mar 23, 2014 | 03:22 AM
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CEL came back on after I hit a small bump. Its obvious that movement of the intake is causing the issue with the mass air censor. Everything is tight and in the correct place. Any Suggestions? I'm about to just put the stock intake back on.
Old Mar 23, 2014 | 09:34 PM
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well you did buy an ebay brand intake, i never had that problem when i had a name brand intake system.

not really an easy fix with that intake setup
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I'll never buy another one. I took it off today.
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