Anybody want to do me a favor?

Pull the engine cover then pull the back bolt on the stock air box that goes into the intake manifold and tell me if yours sucks air too

.......I might have screwed up royally

Service guys were unfamiliar with it since they don`t do very many TRD airbox swaps and the parts schematic doesn`t show the threaded metal part as removable from the manifold leading me to believe.........

I might have screwed up royally

 

Sounds very likely that you screwed up, the bolt shouldnt have gone far enough to puncture anything that would cause a leak, if this is the case, then uh oh!

 

Had to get smogged today and the bythebook smog guy failed me on the visual for the OMG! aftermarket intake -gasp- I told him it was a dealer install, anyways, when I put the stock box back on I overlooked the rubber spacers with the metal sleeve and just tightened `er down.......crap

Did I punch it through the manifold?????
Somebody tell me I`m not the only one THAT SUCKS!

 

Well for that it should sound louder....

 

Sounds like a job for JBWeld

 

So......where`d the little piece of plastic end up in the block I WONDER.............

 

Pop rivits fill holes really good.

 

Shit happens, thats the fun working on cars, live and learn. I am not near my truck right now, but by your description i wiould think you went a little too far, but i will double check tomorrow if you dont have a better answer by then.

 

The rubber spacer seals it up but I`m going to need that when I put the TRD back on they use both spacers in the box. Like I`m going to trust that 400 miles from home at 3:30 am in a snowstorm anyways arrrrrrrrrrrgh

 

Sometimes the shit I do really makes me wonder

It`s the back hole on the stock airbox, threads into the manifold, the front one threads into the valve cover

 

Should have been a simple swap but for forgetting that one little thing

STUPID SMOG I HATE U SMOG LAWS!!!!!!!!!!

I miss my smog guy

 

Forgot the spacer with the metal sleeve

I was pissed and in a hurry doh!

 

Oh gawd, now you are starting to sound like me.

Got pics?

 

Forget the rivit, a bolt and nut on the back should fill the hole.

 

Proof of my major screw up?
NEVER!
A vid would be better but I`m going out to put the TRD back on and do some damage control I have a 4am appointment with some geese.

OH btw I passed smog freakin woop dee do yay yipee......

 

I`m thinking rubber grommet under the bolt kinda like what`s on there now.....sealant.....I like the jb weld idea......
That`ll take care of the vacuum leak.

But where`d the little piece of plastic go that I punched down into the block?????
Is it going to plug an oil hole or destroy a valve 200 miles from home in the snowstorm I -WAS- planning on driving through in the morning

ARRRRRRRRRRRRRGH

 

Oh hai!! Congrats!!

 

Yep, that`s it but if you pull the manifold schematic it doesn`t show the metal threaded part as a part. I pulled a couple of others off the manifold, the cover hold down stud and the bolt on the back stock cover rail and it`s plastic under the threads.....I`m fubar`d I punched it through crap!

 

Intake- $200 buks
Engine teardown looking for a little piece of plastic- BIG $$$$$$$$$$$$$

Taking your time and paying attention to detail and doing it right the first time- PRICELESS

 

Hey thanx!
Apparently it`s a big deal to the state of confusion that is California.

Headin to the shop thanks for the replies

peace