Ok, just this morning I spoke to an actual mechanic and he said that this was a problem with older generation cars and not with new ones. So there shouldn't be any problems.

 

CAI is called cold air intake for a reason...they position the intake as far away from the engine as possible, so that it gets the "coldest" air possible...that's all it is, the intake also intakes more air, hence the name...the temperature of the air coming in is the same, true, it's outside temperature, but it wont make that much of a difference, if ur engine light is on its not because of the air temp...or else people in upper states couldnt drive...i mean it gets in negative degrees there....stick the CAI on and forget about it....yours truly...

 

Tamuccmike, you need to educate yourself. I see a trend here of you spouting off incorrect information.

 

what's incorrect about the above information?

 

thats bull****....

a CAI in the winter is no problem...

heck...ive had a CAI on my 2.5rs...wrx...cobra...and now my truck.....never had a problem in any weather.


BTW...DUH...the colder the outside temp...the more power your truck will make.

my truck is loud as hell and much faster in 30-40 degree temps.

 

The computer will enrich the fuel during colder winter months due to the fact that the CAI is contanntly pulling superCOLD air, wheras in the summer/spring, it is pulling COOL air. I am running a fenderwell cai on my Impala and notice a difference of about 1mpg between the seasons.

 

Put it in...

You'll burn more fuel in the winter regardless of your filter set up.. due to the cooler temps..


HOWEVER.. with a K&N and/or a CAI system it might increase the cold air intake, which will increase the fuel intake... which will increase your horsepower!




I thought this was a good thing??

I dropped in a K&N last week and went on a business trip this week. Had the cruise set at 110-115kph the whole time. While resetting the MPG setting on the overhead computer, I found the consumption would be about 16-17mpg in the cool temps and 18-20mpg in the warmer temps... SAME SPEED!

So the theorys about are true...

Also, a side note, after about 1000k's or so I think the computer has adjusted for my exhaust & filter as the milage is slowly getting better. It was poor right after I installed it. On the highway.... it was worse in the city, but that's because I was flooring it!

 

Put it in. You wont get any codes unless it is installed wrong or you dont connect a sensor. Driving in 40-50 degree weather has always made my trucks oerform better than running them in 110+ weather. Cold Air Intakes are meant to draw cold/cooler air into your intake. Your stock air box does the same thing and draws air from the same general area but is more restrictive. just dont worry about it.

 

Our trucks have a few temp sensors. The coolant temp is one of them. The others include the battery temp, and the intake air temp.

 

Your engine already increases fuel in the winter time anyway. I've always had CAI's on my cars year round, and never had any issues. I think what this "mechanic" is talking about cold start ups. Because when the engine gets hot, then it really doesn't matter anyways. Just my $.02