RRM SRI Filter fell apart...auto zone solution
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RRM SRI Filter fell apart...auto zone solution
So ill try to make a long story short:
my SES light has been coming on and going off for the past few months at random times (most recently on my trip down to Atlantic City) i got so tired of this i disconnected the battery and it went away but it still bothered me. so i check out my engine bay and notice the filter that came with my RRM SRI was a bit dirty so i took it off to clean and noticed the metal cap just fell off in my hands and i saw it was rusty and filthy as hell. so i went to autozone for a quick fix and because i had seen Spectre filters there. so sum girl who knows nothing gives me the closest one to the RRM filter but i notice its a 3" opening and it was the smallest they had. i tried it out in the parking lot and saw it wasnt going to so i bout a coupler i know is meant for metal tubing, but it worked just fine with the filter and RRM intake. check it out and let me know what you think. this is meant to be a temp fix until i get a better filter but from reviews and using it all day today i can tell u it might stay on a little longer than i planned.
link to product Spectre Filter
p.s. sorry for the bad quality pics, taken with my blackberry
my SES light has been coming on and going off for the past few months at random times (most recently on my trip down to Atlantic City) i got so tired of this i disconnected the battery and it went away but it still bothered me. so i check out my engine bay and notice the filter that came with my RRM SRI was a bit dirty so i took it off to clean and noticed the metal cap just fell off in my hands and i saw it was rusty and filthy as hell. so i went to autozone for a quick fix and because i had seen Spectre filters there. so sum girl who knows nothing gives me the closest one to the RRM filter but i notice its a 3" opening and it was the smallest they had. i tried it out in the parking lot and saw it wasnt going to so i bout a coupler i know is meant for metal tubing, but it worked just fine with the filter and RRM intake. check it out and let me know what you think. this is meant to be a temp fix until i get a better filter but from reviews and using it all day today i can tell u it might stay on a little longer than i planned.
link to product Spectre Filter
p.s. sorry for the bad quality pics, taken with my blackberry
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im sure most everyone that has the SRI has had the same problem..including me..the filter is garbage..im selling the whole pos this month and getting the injen cai
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lolz my metal cap fell off a while back too..i have the v2, i havent had ne problems with it tho...i herd some dude switched his filter to a K&N and had the sam prob about the 3" opening..what he did was cut off the section from the rrm filter that goes around tubing and used that with the K&N filter..what i mean is he put that section inside the 3" opening then clamped it down..kind of like an adapter
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lolz my metal cap fell off a while back too..i have the v2, i havent had ne problems with it tho...i herd some dude switched his filter to a K&N and had the sam prob about the 3" opening..what he did was cut off the section from the rrm filter that goes around tubing and used that with the K&N filter..what i mean is he put that section inside the 3" opening then clamped it down..kind of like an adapter
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Aem sells dry (no oiling) cone filters with the 2.5 inch opening that rrm uses. They are $52. I will try this filter if and when my rrm filter decides to fall apart like everyone elses.
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$52?!?! thats a bit pricey. and its dry? im not to informed on filters but isnt oiled better? plus with the coupler to fit mine it all came out to around $30 and i havent noticed any decrease in power. after letting the car's ECU learn the amount of air coming in and all that the sounds is deep and throaty again
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although im confident the many types of glue in my shop are good enough lol there was no point risking that piece falling off and hitting sumthing important and also it was filthy. plus the temp intake i have on it now has proven to be a very good one, i have heard from a few people that the spectre intakes are just as good as the K&N filters for much less $
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Sux man, I got the Injen CAI and it is holding up great. Since I got the GTS, had to relocate the Trans cooler. The kit came with the brackets so no problem. A little pricey but you get what you pay for.
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Imploded? Do you know how much suction it would take for something that isn't air tight to implode? The air filter by its very nature is supposed to let air through. Therefore it would take either a faulty unit, or maybe the vaccuum force of a turbo jet engine to pull apart something that is designed to let air through. Post pics. Unless this guy is running a 5000 hp engine his particular unit was faulty. It happens, no matter the manufacturer of any product, faulty units happen.