Well today when I back from skool i hadda back up to let my sister car out and while i was backing up all the electrical components dash, radio ect went off for a half sec then came back on. Cel came on for the half sec, but i though i just almost stalled it nothing mutch. Then later on today when i went to work it happened again when i was turning into my work and this time i knew it wast me stallin it. Got out poped the hood and wiggled some thing, everything seemed fin till when i wiggled my Cold air pipe,(now this is where i find out)once i wiggle the cai sllightly it makes a big spark off my uncoveered positive terminal cus i lost the cover randomely. i always thougt it was ok but i guess not. was this the cause of my power surges? is it bad to be driving with it uncovered? I taped it up temporarly with electrical tape.

 

uhh.. YEAH!! Definitely don't let any metal touch the power terminal, EVER. Wanna have a little excitement in your pants? Get 2guage wire and touch it to both the car chassis and the power terminal... you might not wake up!

 

Now there a burnt spot on my CAI. 02.gif Ill mcguyver a new cover, my autoparts store dosent sell any that fit.

fixed my problem, couldent find a terminal cover that would fit the positive end, but I taped up the part that was rubbing, and the battery was loose so I moved it over and tightend the crap out of it. The terminal is nowhere near the cai now.

 

sounds like a nice way to cause problems with every system in your car. but how was it sparking? there is no solid connection to a ground, all the connections are made with the rubber/whatever couplers right?

 

metal part on my cai touched positive end and musta touched another metal part like battery tray. I fixed it all up.

 

I use the couplers to couple the pipes together. Mine butt against eachother. Also, my lower intake piping is connected to the chassis by a bolt which suspends the lower piping outside the engine bay in the wheel well.

 

how do you think the CAI is bolted down? I hope it's not just a hanging tube that rocks back and forth with the engine, that'd make it easier to understand how it touched the battery terminal

wow... I can see how this could touch. Turn your positive terminal connector around so it's sticking out over the battery, not off the edge. Wrap it heavily with electrical tape.

 

AHHH!!!! radiator hose disaster with an aem? i see now, i was thinking more of the ebay style i had on my GP it sorta just hung there like the short rams do.