Hey guys,

I just recently bought and put in a RRM SRI V2 into my Lancer ES Sport. I must say I love it. Its weird though ever since I put it in I have had some weird things happen. Just the other day I was driving in the morning when all of a sudden it seemed like it had a "stroke", she started to rev up and down, the brakes were tight and would barely stop the car, and when I was tryin to push the gas to move over to the side it didn't want to go. While still running I popped the hood open to see if I could see anything out in the open that could be wrong. Nothing... So I turned it off, let it set for a sec while I re-looked it over and then started it again and it was fine. Like nothing happened. The only thing is that the CEL stayed on for the rest of the day and night. I woke up in the morning and had to go to work and realized the CEL was off. It stayed off for a couple of days but I just got a call and it just did it to my girlfriend again. Same thing I told to her to pull over and let it set for a sec and start it and it was fine again. So I was just wondering if anybody has had this issue and what they had to do? Also do I have to put the stock intake back on if I have to take it in? Thanks in advance for your input.

 

Did you unplug your battery cable when you were doing the install? It is also possible you messed up your maf sensor when you switched it to the new intake. or maybe you forgot the o-rin that goes around the top of the maf sensor. not sure what to tell you.

 

I know for a fact that I put in the o-ring cause it was tough to get back into the hole with the bigger ring. The battery, Im not to sure, it was late at night and in 20 degree weather and I don't have a good memory. I don't remember taking it off, but it said to do it on the instruction and I feel I followed it step by step. Sorry, short term memory lose is no joke. I'll take it off and let it set for a little while after my girl gets off to see if that helps.... I don't know, I hope I didnt screw somethin up!

 

1st thing to do is call RRM and explain what has happened. It does sound like a MAF issue but no one on here can really diagnose the issue, and if you go back to stock intake box I'll bet the problem is gone.

 

i was just at Road-Race this weekend.

We street-tuned my car for (reasons will be kept secret for now) awhile.

In order to get the exact values of stock vs. modded, we took out my V2 Intake and swapped it with the stock system, went up the block a couple times, got what we needed, then we put my v2 back on. I didnt have a light come up, and this was literally switching from v2, to stock, and back to v2 in the same day.

make sure everything is tight and i would've suggested the O-ring but since you said you put it on next thing i'd suggest is turning the car off, unplugging the battery for a few, turn the car back on, then let the car idle for a bit.

post up if you still have the issue.

 

Thanks Evolve. What type of shop would I take my Lancer too to get tuned? Just a normal Mechanic's shop? I also plan on getting either the RRM Piggy or the Works Flash and if I do that do I even need to get it tuned? Sorry its off topic!

 

It's not off topic at all.

When i said street-tuning what that means is that my RRM Header has a bung for an 02 sensor that hooks up to a laptop. The laptop program takes values of what the 02 sensor is reading (wideband tuning) and someone experienced (not me lol) turns these values into valuable info.

Having said that, if you DO plan on purchasing the piggy i'd hold off on the tuning-idea until you can put the piggyback in the hands of someone who knows what they're doing. This way you can tune WITH all your mods AND if you'd like you can consider tuning your car to run with 91 octane.

If you bought the works flash you'd be best to also wait until you've got all your mods and are ready to run 91 octane.

Tuning is what brings your parts and your car to life. having street-tuned my car PLUS running 91 octane with all my mods makes this car much more enjoyable then when it was bone-stock. Hope that helps

 

So really, it would be smart to hold off on purchasing the Works flash or the RRM Piggyback until I get my all my mods I want (header, exhaust, and pulley)?

 

well the piggyback and Flash are user-friendly in the sense you can still add mod's to your car and still reap the benefits.

The only reason i was suggesting you to wait is because im under the impression you're more concerned with an actual "tune" once you get your parts. If you'd like someone you know to take some time to tune your car, i'd wait on the tune until you've purchased all the mod's you'd like to run with. This will save you either money or time having to have someone tune your car after each mod. That may become tedious

But if you bought an intake, axle-back etc....then the flash or piggy will work fine with those mods already in-place.

 

^^"im under the impression you're more concerned with an actual "tune" once you get your parts."^^

You are correct! I want all my mods to mesh well together to give me the most out of them as possible!!! So thank you for your input, you have greatly helped me on the tuning aspect! Now I just hope nothing to bad is going on with the engine.

 

the check engine light is some-what normal when people put new intakes on. The only exception to this rule is if the light actually stays on. Cuz it shouldn't

I've had the V1 intake from RRM, Injen CAI, and the V2 intake from RRM. Neither of these gave me lights that stood on the whole time.

bump this thread if that light stays on even after you disconnected your battery and let it idle for a bit

 

I don't know if anyone can second this but if you read the first thread on here you'll understand the symptoms. I have came to the conclusion it only happens when the the engine is cold and its cold outside. Because if I let it warm up and drive, it doesn't do any of the above. Today it was up to 50 degrees when I left one job and had to go to another and I just got in it and left and no problems. Im just wondering if anyone else has had any problems when its cold....

 

Its important you get the code before you pull the plug finding out what code is being tripped will help track down the problem its possible it could be unrelated to the intake. And since some codes are considered soft codes they may not be commited to memory. So if you can get a scanner and it comes back, get on there and pull the code and see what it is.

This is what I mean about getting a scan tool, it comes in handy big time.

 

This exact same thing happened to me this morning going to work. Car started up fine, reversed it out of the drive way, and within 20 feet, engine light, car wouldn't go past 10mph, and stalled on me 3 times. I've just tried it now during my lunch and same stuff happens with ses. It was 16 degrees outside in the morning and I didn't give the car any time to really warm up, however before the intake I always did this with no problems. Now I have to take this intake off and put the stock one back on, will never buy RRm ever again. They say no ses, well so far two people in cold weather have gotten an ses, and it's a matter of time when it it will happen to others. Hopefully when all the stock equipment is back on and battery reset it works fine again, because I bought a new car for it to be reliable, and after this I cannot trust it with the intake. I think I'm gonna buy a mustang or something instead lol.

 

Before you condem RRM have you tried calling them, they and alot of the other vendors here are very helpful. If it was something I sold or put out there, I would want people to tell me, hey it doesnt fit, or i have a code, or i have an issue. Unless you tell them, they will never know about the issue and get handle on the exact nature of the problem.

Threads like this raise awareness yes, but withing contacting the vendor its hard to say what the real issue is. could be human error with install, could be a fault with the product. but its hard to say...