3.0, black box by coolant resivor, what is it and do I need it?
02-09-2009, 10:44 AM
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I got it! I re read again and realized that I mis read the first time when I said I was confused!! Thanks for your help... Ill see if I can rig up a new bracket since all it sounds like it is, is a hollow box. Thanks again!
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This is the part/parts(the parts spoonist circled in yellow) I listed the part numbers for. It is two pieces (they have like a tounge and groove fit/dovetail) Toyota calls the bottom piece a intake air resonator and the upper piece a resonator bracket. and they are a part of the vsv system.
02-09-2009, 12:12 PM
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sure do
I do... My mounting bracket just snapped off in the cold, it was the little plastic ear on the side of it. I wasn't sure exactly what it did or if it could be removed all together!! Ill just get a small L bracket and some thick self tapping screws and just thread them right into the plastic... Thanks again for all the help!
02-09-2009, 03:49 PM
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02-09-2009, 04:02 PM
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Well, I bet my shillelagh is bigger than yours, Abe, so......on that note, if you really wanna see who'd win......
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02-09-2009, 05:30 PM
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It is just a hollow box.
The brackets on mine were busted, so I took it out. Afterwards, i cut it open.... its just an empty box. Toyota said it was just used as an elbow so the hose didnt have to be so long and curved funny.
The brackets on mine were busted, so I took it out. Afterwards, i cut it open.... its just an empty box. Toyota said it was just used as an elbow so the hose didnt have to be so long and curved funny.
02-09-2009, 10:10 PM
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Mine also broke off not long after I had my K&N hooked up. I just got a garden hose repair coupler with hose clamps and joined the two hoses where the resonator used to be. I still pass smog, it idles fine for the most part, and the PAIR makes the intake growl during decel and sometimes at idle.
02-10-2009, 04:09 AM
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As I mentioned above, since the PAIR system operates with pulses (exhaust gas goes above and below atmospheric pressure as the exhaust valves open/close), the resonator is included in the system to help baffle out the pulses that would be present in your intake air if the resonator was not there.
And without the resonator installed, as nv4Runner mentioned above, "the PAIR makes the intake growl during decel and sometimes at idle."
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