K&N Intake problem

I bought a new K&N cold air intake (model

$307 63-9037 K&N Cold Air Intake Kit: Increase Acceleration & Towing Power, Guaranteed to Increase Horsepower up to 9HP: Compatible with 4.0L, V6, 2012-2015 Toyota Tacoma, 63-9037

63-9037), installed it on my 2015 Tacoma (4.0L V6), and my truck keeps stalling out after about 3-4 seconds. I’ve tried cleaning the MAF so far but still didn’t correct the issue. I just put the stock intake back on for now, and runs fine. Any help??

 

Maf backwards?

 

There’s no way to install it backwards. It only fits in one way and only clips to the harness one way

 

Get rid of the intake.

 

U didn’t leave a rag or something in there or something ?

 

Disconnect battery completely for a while to reset your computer.

 

Does it work fine with the stock intake?

 

No

 

I left it disconnected throughout the install, didn’t help.

 

Yeah works perfectly fine again with stock intake back on

 

Wow what a tremendous help you’ve been.

 

Your getting more air in the system
Go through the throttle re-learning process
Google it may be simple fix

 

Can you snap some pics?

 

This is not the place to ask questions about K&N filters - the K&N filter haters on this site are merciless.
I would re-install the K&N making sure all of your connections are secure. Restart, and If and after it dies, continue trying (5 or 6 times). There is no reason that the truck should not run with the K&N unless there is an installation error. Contact K&N.
Ps - Your engine won't suffer any catastrophic failure from running a K&N filter and the engine will likely last for as long as you own the truck.......(my personal experience from decades of K&N usage)

 

Too much oil on the filter?

 

Make sure the maf sensor harness is plugged all way in…sometimes it happens to me when I clean my MAF.

 

Most just hate it because of the fact that they are terrible at filtration. All you are paying for is for bad filtration, more noise, good looks, and increase wear and tear for little to no performance increase. If you want it for good looks and more noise then go for it. If you're looking for more performance increase then your not really going to see much of that at all.

 

What he said.

 

This is a common cause of problems caused by them.

If just enough oil is good, a little more must be better, so too much will be even better. WRONG. The excess gets sucked in the intake, the maf is right after the filter so it gets an oil shower.

I too ran them for years, even being careful when oiling, I still managed to destroy a couple maf sensors.

If you’re gonna use it, you could try oiling it, leave it sitting for the oil to disperse, then wrap it in paper towels overnight to wick out the excess.