a few times now the car has run sluglish. Both times after washing her. could I be sucking in water through the cai ?. do you have to treat those filter when thier bran new. mine is a mopar,I thought yo only needed to recharge them after kleaning them.

 

You shouldn't have to treat it when new - I have the same thing. Are you spraying water onto the filer? Unless you're doing that - and I don't think you are - the filter should be OK.

 

probley sir, when washing out god's little bugs that like the grill area when hit at 80 on the garden state parkway.

 

I do not have a CAI, and I have never had that problem....

Kinda makes you think, hmmmmmm

 

Hey BOBLOM there are no stupid questions.

You may be getting water in the CAI, a little sould not hurt. This would be a good sanity check that you can do... Next time you wash, do it like you usually do then take off the filter and peek inside to see if water is pooling.

 

i have the same intake and i have never had a problem and i spilled a little coolant down on the fan when replacing the stat and i wash it with my mr. clean "best car was for light washes" and never have slugish problems after wash??? keep an eye on it and let us know.