imported_loudsubz

I got a free short ram tossed in with my motor purchase.

Anyways I installed it fine, but the tube that connects from the engine to the intake i didn't have a rubber hose for it. So right now its thr stock hose thats super hard to bend and has a hard plastic end on it. Its dangling in the engine bay. Is this bad, or does it mean that just any excess oil will go into ther engine bay.

imported_jaysi

It shouldn't be a problem for now, but I would suggest getting a short piece of flexable hose to connect the valve cover to the intake.

No oil should be going out that hose, as far as I know the intake sucks gasses? out of the valve cover through that hose. Someone correct me if i'm wrong...

civicrydah

for now, its not a problem. go to home depot and buy urself a flexable hose for like $1.00 and a clamp for about $.50 ...or u can goto a performance shop and buy one of there flexable hoses that come with an intake....u know those yellow hoses....i think they would be around $5 ...if its hard to find i know Pit Stop has them...dont know how much.

or u can get an air breather....but i hear those aren't good.

imported_dented dx

so what do you think matt? like it better? can't wait to see the new engine in and ripping upo the track!

imported_loudsubz

I donno dave, it sure sounds real nice and grunty, but I cant really feel much gain just from the intake alone, maybe if I add headers and better exhaust.

Come spring thats where all my money is going, to my car, and maybe If i find a good job, Turbo.

imported_loudsubz

One more question. What do I do with the old tube? It is very hard, and looks like it is connected to another tube that goes down below the engine, so do I just leave that one dangling and forget about it?

Or do I somehow detach it from the other tube and take it off completely.

imported_jaysi

I just left my dangling cause I'm lazy. But what you could do it remove it which would require you to put a new hose to replace the other hose. It carries coolant and will use the same type of tube you buy for the breather on the valvecover.

Not hard to do, done it on a friends civics. A little coolant comes out so do it when the engine is cool.

SilverCRXSi

Just let it dangle man(if its the one I'm thinking of)
someone correct me if I'm wrong but it shouldn't do anything bad. jaysi had his hanging for a while before he got something for it(I forget though)