The long and the short of it:
Last night i was attempting top clean out my HVAC ducts from the engine-side of things, and when I opened my hood I notice that at the intake plenum, my intake was *off* of the mount and my engine has been sucking up some unfiltered air for a time--how long I'm not sure, but to give the wrostr-case estimate, about 2 weeks--which included a 360+ mile roadtrip.
The intake is back on, and secure, and the engine seems to be running normally. Any suggestions of what I could to do make sure any dirt or grime is cleaned out without having to dismantle my engine?
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks
Goodbye Callisto & Skaši, Hello Ishara:
2022 Kia Stinger GT2 AWD
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Change the oil and pull/clean the intake. Any junk that got in to your cylenders has already done whatever it's going to do and been blown out the exhaust. The intake could have stuff still sitting there, waiting for that job interview or the coldest day of the year to cause problems.
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John Wilken
2002 Cavalier
2.2 Vin code 4
Auto
Thanks. intake is cleaned--did so last night. will take care of the oil tonight.
Thanks for the advice, Goat...i was wondering what to use as in intake manifold cleaner
Goodbye Callisto & Skaši, Hello Ishara:
2022 Kia Stinger GT2 AWD
The only thing every single person from every single walk of life on earth can truly say
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After you pull it off, wash with gunk foamy engine cleaner and lots of compressed air after rinsing.
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John Wilken
2002 Cavalier
2.2 Vin code 4
Auto
Good advice. Change the oil and the oil filter for sure, possibly use engine flush. What your air filter didn't catch, hopefully your oil filter did.
2002 Cavalier 2200 5spd
I'm actually less worried about the bottom end since she's only had Mobil 1 supersyn/Trisynthetic since 3000 miles (and now just above 97000), and only used an K&N oil filter. The oil filter/oil change is a given.
It's the upper end i'm worried about--the throttle/oil-air separator/intake head/valves/combistion chamber.
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2022 Kia Stinger GT2 AWD
The only thing every single person from every single walk of life on earth can truly say
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if it is still running. i wouldnt worry about it.
Jake wrote:if it is still running. i wouldnt worry about it.
X2
its extremely unlikely that it has had any effect what-so-ever. 2 perfect examples.... Ken2.2 went well over 50K miles with no air filter, he finally put a filter on to prtect the turbo when he boosted it..... he killed a piston on boost so took it all apart, absolutely no signs of abnormal wear anywhere inside the motor. A guy I work with (a tech) has a cold air intake on his focus, his filter fell over a couple years ago and hes been 2 lazy to buy a new one, still no problems.
Its not good to run an engine without an air filter but typically doesn't cause problems, most of the things filtered out would burn up in the engine anyway, some things may make it into oil but even with a filter things will make it in regardless, the biggest threat is a little rock that kicks kicked up making its way in. A couple weeks though is no a big deal. No problems yet means your gonna be fine (there is always that very unlikely small chance somethign may go wrong but no reason to loose sleep over it)
