Hey guys, recently when I was building my "Random Special" CAI I noticed that a part of my MAF is breaking. In t his picture the place where the arrow is pointing to is breaking, it's broken about half the way around. Now, my question is, the part that is circled, the whole elbow, what is that called, and where can I get a new one? The picture isn't of my engine, it's one of the pictures from Random's CAI page, also, I have a first gen tib, and the one pictured is a second gen I think. But it's still the same piece. Thanks for the help!

 

i had the same problem, went to the dealer and told them it was the elbow off the tb they knew what it was. Expensive! wanted 65 bucks for it, decided to go to the junk yard and got it for free

 

That part is VERY important. You need to tape that up or replace that elbow. If air is allowed in the engine thorugh that crack...the MAF will not read it, and you will run lean.

Fix that crack ASAP!

 

lean = melted piston, blown engine.