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Hey guys, popped the hood to empty my catch can and quickly noticed it appears that something is living under my hood at night because my plastics are dirty,  but the real question i have here is... is the big air intake/silencer crooked ? I dont recall it being like this but... who knows.

 

Its a 6.2L 2015.

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As mentioned in posts below, something (or somehow) moved the intake up enough to make the bracket get misaligned from a knotch where it should be.  Crazy! This thing does not easily wiggle around so no idea how it happened.

 

Pics! Also I ended up wiping out the throttle body - it was kind of dirty but didnt seem too oily... catch can is working? Havent cleaned the throttle body since 33k miles ago when I installed the catch can at about 1200 miles.

 

 

 

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2017_whitez71 Enthusiast

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That does look really crooked!  I think the only thing holding it in is the clamp to the throttle body.  Could loosen it and try to straighten.  

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8 minutes ago, 2017_whitez71 said:

That does look really crooked!  I think the only thing holding it in is the clamp to the throttle body.  Could loosen it and try to straighten.  

Ill have to check into that.  I was kind of wiggling it around, it doesnt really move freely... so strange...  checked my phone for previous engine bay pics, none!

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man I wonder what the hell happened.  I think the left side of mine needs to go back towards the firewall if I'm not mistaken.  Look at the tube, its bent outta wack... robbing hp and mpgs:D

 

I felt all the connections on it, everything felt ok so at least it appears that everything has been functioning.  Tomorrow after work I'll have to have to mess around with it and see what I can do.

 

Is anyone able to snap a picture of this from the passenger side of the truck?

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There is a notch under the left side of the intake that slides onto, and sits on a bracket that keeps it in position. It looks like from your photo that maybe the intake has come off of the bracket so is now sitting crooked. Maybe the critter crawling around your engine compartment pushed the intake off the bracket?

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5 hours ago, Ag76 said:

There is a notch under the left side of the intake that slides onto, and sits on a bracket that keeps it in position. It looks like from your photo that maybe the intake has come off of the bracket so is now sitting crooked. Maybe the critter crawling around your engine compartment pushed the intake off the bracket?

tom-jerry-the-spotlight-collection-volum

 

that immediately comes to mind

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6 hours ago, Ag76 said:

There is a notch under the left side of the intake that slides onto, and sits on a bracket that keeps it in position. It looks like from your photo that maybe the intake has come off of the bracket so is now sitting

crooked. Maybe the critter crawling around your engine compartment pushed the intake off the bracket?

I think I know exactly which bracket you are talking about, I remember seeing it yesterday when looking into the engine bay from the passenger side.  I remember seeing a notch in the "silencer" and thought hmm I wonder if the bracket should be slid into this notch... I gave it a little tug but it didn't really move much and I wasn't sure how hard I could start tugging on this thing.   I will check it today after work and report back tonight.

 

I can't believe a critter would have that much strength! lol

 

 

1 hour ago, mct said:

tom-jerry-the-spotlight-collection-volum

 

that immediately comes to mind

Hilarious... I love it...

Artie61 Enthusiast

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There is a Catch Can ? I missed that where is it ? are the 17s intake incorporating One?

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1 hour ago, Artie61 said:

There is a Catch Can ? I missed that where is it ? are the 17s intake incorporating One?

It's not factory nor do they come with them from the factory.  You can't see it in any of the pictures, I have it mounted where the spare battery tray is / windshield washer fluid area.  You can see the two hoses running to the can in both pictures where I capture most of the engine bay.

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12 hours ago, SkiDooNick700 said:

It's not factory nor do they come with them from the factory.  You can't see it in any of the pictures, I have it mounted where the spare battery tray is / windshield washer fluid area.  You can see the two hoses running to the can in both pictures where I capture most of the engine bay.

How much oil is it picking up? have to empty it much , I am not under the hood much only checking the oil  I think It would be just something I would forget ,  Not like years ago always hood up or under it, I think it was an excuse to drink some suds 

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50 minutes ago, Artie61 said:

How much oil is it picking up? have to empty it much , I am not under the hood much only checking the oil  I think It would be just something I would forget ,  Not like years ago always hood up or under it, I think it was an excuse to drink some suds 

In the summer time I'm only getting maybe an ounce or two per thousand miles.  In fact I drove 3,004 miles round trip last summer on a vacation and there was only a couple ounces of oil in there.  It's the winter time (not FL winters, MI winters etc...) where you really gotta be mindful of checking it often, weekly in my opinion.  It fills up a lot faster due to condensation.  There are a few threads in the forum here which have a lot of additional info.

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9 minutes ago, SkiDooNick700 said:

In the summer time I'm only getting maybe an ounce or two per thousand miles.  In fact I drove 3,004 miles round trip last summer on a vacation and there was only a couple ounces of oil in there.  It's the winter time (not FL winters, MI winters etc...) where you really gotta be mindful of checking it often, weekly in my opinion.  It fills up a lot faster due to condensation.  There are a few threads in the forum here which have a lot of additional info.

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