Why's my airfilter so small?

Kevinsalesdc2

New Member
I bought an integra from a friend the other day and I noticed that the air filter on it was really tiny, prolly like 2-3 inches. The airbox is still there. The 2 little hoses that come out of the airbox, one of them is taken off and has the airfilter directly on the engine. Is this just a small cold intake type thing?
 

R13

The other asshole
You mean it's on the valve cover? I don't quite understand the question, Post a pic if you can.
 

R13

The other asshole
I can pm you my number and you could send it to me so I can post it or download the Photobucket app, Upload it and paste the link here.
 


R13

The other asshole
That's a fresh air vent for positive crank case ventilation. When the crank case is evacuated by vacuum from the manifold, the air from the vent takes its place.

Just ditch that ricer filter and get a piece of hose and reconnect it to that plastic tube touching it.

Better explanation....

SufferX @ Team-Integra said:
The honda crankcase breather is a POSITIVE pressure ventilation system.The air from the intake blows into the valve cover. It is NOT a negative pressure ventilation system...it does NOT suck air from the valvecover to the intake.

Breathers remove the source of positive ventilation that repressurizes the POSTIVE CRANKCASE VENTILATION (PCV) valve.

There is less pressure in the crank when you add a breather at the valve cover. The consequence of this is you get more positive blow-by from the combustion chamber past the piston rings and into the crankcase. More blow-by means less cylinder pressure...less cylinder pressure means the burn is slower and less complete...the result is more emissions and less power.

If you want to do this right and remove oil vapor from the circulating crankcase before it goes into the intake valve then, get an oilcatch can and put a breather on the catch can. Then place the catch can in between the valve cover breather and the PCV valve.

Disconnecting the breather tube, which blows fresh intake air into the valve cover, and placing a breather on the valve cover just creates more blow-by and emissions. Eventually you have so much blow-by, you lose power.
 


ixcocoyxi

RS owner
thats not an air filter. thats garbage. take that off, grab a piece of hose to connect that hard line from the actual intake tube to where that little 'air filter' is
 
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