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Originally Posted by lht5059
Congrats on the new ride! Looks fantastic! Please, report back after driving with the AFE for a while. I want to get cold air intake for mine but hesitating on AFE after seeing CEL reports on some...
The part you removed is the engine cover. I don't think there's much damage to be done driving without it, assuming you aren't doing anything crazy. But I can say from experience that the cover does get quite dirty after a while, especially with winter driving (i.e. I cleaned mine 2 weeks ago and there was a bunch of salt residue); this of course means it's a lot easier to clean the cover itself than to clean everything else underneath, should you not have it on. I haven't seen it discussed on this platform, but there are threats over the 3 series/m3 forums that touched on this with mixed responses:
https://f80.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh....php?t=1766689
https://f30.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh....php?t=1589247
https://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1147626
Regardless, enjoy! |
Ended up getting a CEL a few days after install of the AFE CAI
Low and behold I have driven it for a few weeks now and two days ago, the CEL turned off without any further modifications or software.
Fingers crossed it stays off permanently!👍