I bought a used MS CAI from a guy on MoCC forums and tried to get it installed but the guy who was installing it for me says it's missing a Rubber tube that connects the shorter pipe to the turbo inlet. Here's a picture of someone else's:
So I contacted the guy who sold it to me and he says that he never actually had it installed and so he never noticed that the piece was missing. He bought it off some other guy of the forums years ago. He said that the dealers would likely have the piece for me. So I go to the dealer today and of course they're mostly clueless. (huh). First their parts guy thought Mazdaspeeds already come with Mazdaspeed Cold Air Intakes.
. After showing him my stock box and the MS CAI installed on a Speed 3 that was getting its oil changed there he started digging in the papers to see if he could get the parts number for that rubber piece. Anyway, he finds some installation instructions that show the piece there, but also finds a packaged MS CAI that doesn't seem to have the piece when he opens it up. He says the one he opened up is some version of MS CAI that isn't designed for California emissions and they're sold out of the ones that are designed for California emissions and those do have that piece. The mechanics there never installed the type of CAI that was in the box so they don't know if it's supposed to have it or not. When he called Mazda, they just told him that AEM makes it for them and they buy them in kits so they can't get just the rubber piece.
Anyway, since the parts guy had that box there without the rubber piece, maybe the old CAIs didn't have them? Am I supposed to use the stock piece instead:
I don't want to get on seller's case until I know for sure that what he sold me is actually missing stuff from the original box.
So I contacted the guy who sold it to me and he says that he never actually had it installed and so he never noticed that the piece was missing. He bought it off some other guy of the forums years ago. He said that the dealers would likely have the piece for me. So I go to the dealer today and of course they're mostly clueless. (huh). First their parts guy thought Mazdaspeeds already come with Mazdaspeed Cold Air Intakes.
. After showing him my stock box and the MS CAI installed on a Speed 3 that was getting its oil changed there he started digging in the papers to see if he could get the parts number for that rubber piece. Anyway, he finds some installation instructions that show the piece there, but also finds a packaged MS CAI that doesn't seem to have the piece when he opens it up. He says the one he opened up is some version of MS CAI that isn't designed for California emissions and they're sold out of the ones that are designed for California emissions and those do have that piece. The mechanics there never installed the type of CAI that was in the box so they don't know if it's supposed to have it or not. When he called Mazda, they just told him that AEM makes it for them and they buy them in kits so they can't get just the rubber piece.Anyway, since the parts guy had that box there without the rubber piece, maybe the old CAIs didn't have them? Am I supposed to use the stock piece instead:
I don't want to get on seller's case until I know for sure that what he sold me is actually missing stuff from the original box.
