nitrous?

[KBExperience]

so i bought my car a few months ago, and i think someone used nitrous on it.. there's a hole next to the cig lighter, where it looks like a switch used to be.. and today i checked, there's a hole in my intake a few inches from the throttle body.. so im guessing someone used nitrous on it? and also, isn't that hole in my intake a bad thing? should i plug it up?

 

[Kilgore Trout]

If air is getting into the intake after the MAF then you need to plug it immediately yes.

You also need to verify what kind of tune the car has.

Also, I would suggest tracking down the seller and beating him about the head and shoulder area for a significant period of time.

 

[KBExperience]

well, i bought it from a dealer..


what should i use to plug the hole?

 

[kuwait]

if you had a hole in your intake your car wouldn't idle correctly , post a picture of the said hole.

 

[KBExperience]

there's definitely a hole there, yet the car idles perfect

 

[joshjwc9]

That is nothing, but I would get a longer piece of hose to cover the hole, because your car still is running lean more likely than not at WOT. The Steeda piping I have didn't have one extra hole but two (one was for nitrous and the other was for the IAT sensor, but my kit didnt have the grommet, so I covered it with a longer piece of silicone hose for both holes).

And I would think that yes, your car or at least the intake on it was plumbed for nitrous at some point..

 

[KBExperience]

yeah.. its got holes in the trunk where the bottle was.. and theres a hole in the dash and intake and somebody tapped the tps wire.. so yeah..

should i be worried about my engine?

 

[joshjwc9]

If it runs fine, idles fine and has good oil when you change it, it should be just fine, but I would cover up the hole with a longer silicone hose to cover that up. Also, I would check the plugs to see if they changed them to a heat range colder and didn't change them after..

 

[kuwait]

you should be fine as josh said , if your car was damaged due to the nitrous it would have been obvious , nitrous itself isn't that harmful , its people misusing it , and that hole does look like it was used for nitrous , i would repeat what other people said , check what heat range your plugs are if you haven't changed your plugs before , but first things first , plug that hole!