FRS Aftermarket intake question
 

Hey guys, first post, so here goes.
To make a long story short, got my car first FRS from a dealership recently. It had an aftermarket intake that made my check engine light on.
Took it to get diagnosed and they said both banks are running rich and it is throwing off the mass air flow sensor.
I have pictures of the intake that i'll try to post as soon as I can. It also has an electric fan in the intake piping if that means anything.
My poor googling skills made me come across this forums and something called unichip. Just wondering if using something like that will allow me to use the aftermarket intake without having to go back to stock.
Sorry about the long first post. Thanks guys.

Just use the stock intake with an aftermarket filter. Sell the aftermarket intake.

Do not ever buy a unichip, @guybo had tons of luck with his :lol::lol::lol:

As Cole said, get a stock (oem) intake, get a drop-in air filter and sell that aftermarket intake.

*If you want more power...do not buy the unichip, there are way better tuning options out there like OpenFlash Tablet and Ecutek

***Better question is why a dealership sold you a car with an aftermarket intake that has been clearly throwing cels...

Thank for the quick response guys! You guys know of a good website to order OEM parts? Sorry for all the questions, this is my first real dive into getting to know all the ins and outs of my baby. :D And I'll definitely check out that OpenFlash Tablet. Thanks again!
Edit:
@Lonewolf I'm partly to blame for not bringing someone more mechanically inclined with me when I made the purchase. They diagnosed it for free but wanted 700$ out of me for the parts and labor to take care of that issue.

Instead of OEM intake, you can install the TRD intake which is OEM as well. Installation of TRD intake could be easier (and cheaper) since we don't know how much of the sound generator was left in place.

Why would you ever buy any car throwing codes?

Life lesson.

Are you seriously recommending someone OFT tune who is trying to return to OEM and resolve the error codes?

Points for picking an appropriate username

No, I said IF he wanted more power (via a real tuning solution with ability to take care of fault codes, not Unichip as he had mentioned) to go that route. Is that clear enough for you...jeeze

Nobody asked for more power, wasn't that clear enough for you?

Someone piss in your friskas, fella?

The irony of you two's avatars right now is astronomical!

http://www.ft86club.com/forums/image...ine=1476650154

http://www.ft86club.com/forums/image...ine=1336245428

Here we see two natural enemies of the animal kingdom go at each other.

:lol:

Seriously guys, chill out.

Please have all my thanks! :laughabove:

Not sure how it would be "cheaper" really. TRD stuff costs. If they go with a stock intake they could pick one up from a wrecking yard and get the whole works or we can point them to the sound tube delete DIYs and they can just do that.

........like YOURS ........ :lol::lol::lol:



humfrz - jest ah messen wich ya.....:)

I got a trd intake you could put on. Save you some money over dealer parts and still be "modded."

Yeah lesson learned. At the time I test drove the car, the check engine light wasn't on. It was a couple days after that paperwork had already been processed to finance the car that it came on. Took it back to the same dealership and they pretty much just told me I was SOL but in a slightly nicer way.
Anyways guys. Thanks for the advice. Much appreciated.

Hahahaha!! That backfired on me real quick :eyebulge:

Hmmm it sound like its got the electric supercharger ?


http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=39719


so it might already be "tuned"

Uh... wat. Like a shitty eBay electric supercharger? How did that pass inspection at a dealer? Get rid of that shit right meow.

Or one of these dumb ass things!


http://www.dhresource.com/0x0/f2/alb...X72uUEk732.jpg


https://ae01.alicdn.com/kf/HTB1P9l4L...Filter-Fit.jpg


15HP for $75. This is how the car should have come from the factory!


3inch Universal Supercharger Magic Electric Fan Cold Air Intake Kit
Feature:

• Works on any engines.
• Adds more power on top of all existing modification.
• It provides and increase of 1PSI to your intake.
• Up to 15 more horsepower guaranteed.
• Develop 5% HP gain througout the RPM range.
• Safety draws over 833 watts from the battery wen activated at full-throttle.
• All accessories are include
• No instructions include

Packing Size:

• Length:18cm
• Width:16cm
• Height:25cm

Packing Include:

• 1×air filter.
• 1× electric fan.
• Exactly shown please look at the pictures blow.

This was the first thing that came to mind.

We need pictures.

I don't understand this. If you bought it from a licensed dealership (Toyota, Subaru, Uncle Bob's House of Ill Repute and Used Cars, whatever,...) that car usually comes with SOME form of protection for at least the first 30 days.. usually 60 or 90 for newer model years. If the problem surfaced truly in a matter of days, I would still be nice, but a little firmer with the dealership. If that doesn't work (and don't let it escalate into a shouting match or hurtful argument), contact your state's DMV and/or your county's district attorney and find out what the law is where you are. They may offer to help.

Swapping out an intake isn't a real expensive or difficult proposition. I'm surprised the dealership isn't more willing to help you out, unless there's more to the problem, they already know about it, and don't want it become obvious to you. Start making some calls.

Barry

I was thinking the exact same thing after looking at their avatars and reading their posts.

Probably "used car, bought as is" but they should definitely cover the engine lights. If it was found to be caused by something they sold with the vehicle....it could get muddy but I'm sure there is recourse for the purchaser.

What kind of electric fan? Post pics.
 

Post pics before going any further! If that is a Phantom Electric Supercharger, (electric fan) it is worth upwards of $1500 used. If not, you'll be better off with a stock intake and an after-market filter.

TOYOTAPARTSDEAL.COM that is the place to get all toyota oem stuffs

Here is a picture of the intake.
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Probably unnecessary but here is a picture of the switch that turns on the electric fan inside the piping.
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Edit:Sorry about weird formatting, tried to downsize the picture in paint. Also I'm going to talk to the salesperson at the dealership I went to and push a little harder again but still be nice about it.

This site auto adjust size, my bet is a cheap ass ebay e supercharger

That's going to throw off the MAF compensation for sure. The electric fan isn't anything special. No telling what the fan vortices are doing to the MAF sensor just 12 inches away. I'd recommend pulling a stock intake from a junkyard car. Disconnect the battery, then install the stock intake. Reconnect the battery and drive. CEL should be gone and stay gone. Car will drive normally now, unless it has a tune.

Unfortunaty that intake is rubbish. Just bin it an put stock one back on, wreckers should have plenty of stock intakes.


The maf is way to close to throttle body and its likely different tube size and will just cause you problems even if you tried to "scale maf" with tuning.

I called it back in post #22. In fact from the little bit of the fittings we can see it may be the very one I posted. Get that crap out of there it was nothing but somebody playing the "I have a supercharger" BS card. Not only messing with your sensors but sucking loads of nice hot air into the system as well. I normally defend dealers but that one should be flogged for selling you the car with that shit on it!!!!

Thanks everyone for all the help and info. I really appreciate it guys!

Lmk about that trd intake, replaces all that garbage and it is a factory backed part.

Please throw that piece of shit out. Then continue to check vehicle for other signs of stupidity. You'll be fine. Lol