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Old Jun 5, 2018 | 03:04 PM
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Default Does anyone know what this is on my cold air intake?

So I bought 2003 350z from this old retired guy. I go to smog it and it fails smog because of the cold air intake. Im not too concerned about the cold air intake I can just go ahead and reinstall the stock intake. There is however this weird sensor that seems to be ziptied onto the intake and I have no idea what it is. I thought it was the mass air flow sensor but it seems to be a second sensor thats sliced into some other wires that I dont even have a clue about. Idk what the purpose of this sensor is and Idk if its even safe to take it off.

does anyone have any ideas as to what this is?



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Old Jun 5, 2018 | 03:18 PM
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Oh man that looks like a mess 😅 and to me it looks like someone made a makeshift maf sensor on the up half of the intake 🤷🏽*♂️
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Old Jun 5, 2018 | 03:19 PM
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That is pretty funny ... no wonder it failed smog!!
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Old Jun 5, 2018 | 03:21 PM
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Im just wondering why tf theres 2, I wanna put the stock intake back but that second ziptied sensor is literally spliced into some other wires thats connected i to the maf sensor.
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Old Jun 5, 2018 | 03:58 PM
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Maf tuner maybe. Not that many wires though.
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Old Jun 5, 2018 | 09:09 PM
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That's a Fetzer valve. You fill it with 3-in-1 oil to modulate the phases of the piston return springs.
I had one on my car, had to remove it, too much power for me.
I can't imagine having two of them.
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Old Jun 6, 2018 | 04:09 AM
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clean that damn engine bay!
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Old Jun 6, 2018 | 05:29 AM
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Is nobody addressing its being secured by a ziptie?
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Old Jun 6, 2018 | 05:44 AM
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Take it off and put the 2 wires back together
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Old Jun 6, 2018 | 01:05 PM
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Take it off and take some pictures!!!

I wanna see!!!!!!!
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Old Jun 6, 2018 | 03:51 PM
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Ttiwwop
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Old Jun 13, 2018 | 02:17 PM
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Originally Posted by BluestreamDE
Is nobody addressing its being secured by a ziptie?
That is because it is the high end model... everyone knows the standard version uses duct tape.
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