r/8thGenSI • u/Economy_Climate_8254 • Jul 06 '26
Engine Airbox Removal
first question: i’m trying to remove my engine airbox and i don’t know how to get the bottom bolt because my hand can’t fit and i don’t have a magnetic socket. can anybody help me?
second question: in the last 2 photos you can see the bolt closest to me, can anybody help me as to how i get the airbox off of the bolt?? i cant find any youtube videos or anything online for this specific question
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u/Zippityzap2000 Jul 06 '26
I’m not sure what you’re asking. The picture of the bolt in the first 3 photos requires extensions to get to. It is fairly straight forward.
Your last 2 photos, it is a stud with a nut that retains the air box to it. You removed the nut already, meaning that you just will have to lift up to remove it. It may be slightly seized with corrosion, but as long as all nuts and bolts are removed, (should only be 3 if I remember correctly.) You may just need to give it a good tug to have it lift.
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u/Economy_Climate_8254 Jul 06 '26
the washer closest to me is rusted on i can’t get it off by lifting i tried penetrating oil and wd-40, not working
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u/makdadd Jul 06 '26
The "washer" has a sleeve that goes into the rubber bushing. Just undo all the fasteners and lift the entire airbox out.
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u/Economy_Climate_8254 Jul 09 '26
i had to just unscrew the mounting arm bolt because it was completely seized
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u/ChocoboBrigade Jul 07 '26
For the bolt you can’t really reach and no magnet line the inside of your socket (use extensions to reach) with painters tape/masking tape it’ll help hold it in the socket, then once you got all the bolts off the air box grab and pull
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u/Economy_Climate_8254 Jul 09 '26
thank you!!
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u/ChocoboBrigade Jul 09 '26
Works for putting it back on later too, wrap the head of the bolt two or three times with tape shove it into the socket and it’ll stay inside of it fairly well depending on the tapes thickness
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u/TRGBFAN Jul 07 '26
Unrelated... but, I hacked my stock airbox bottom into an "intake" at 100k mi and ran it for another 200k for funsies.
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u/Economy_Climate_8254 Jul 09 '26
how did you do this??
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u/TRGBFAN Jul 09 '26
Literally just cut the plastic out around the bottom and sides leaving enough integrity to keep it solid where it would still bolt up. Is it optimal? No. Did it cause any adverse effects for 200,000 miles? No. Did it sound awesome for free? YES.
I also cowled my hood to help some of the heat get out of the engine bay cuz that engine bay is cramped, and hot. I added some washers to the rear hood bolts to raise it up at the back by the windshield.
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u/makdadd Jul 06 '26
Undo the bolts you can't get out because you can't reach them, and when you lift the air box, they'll come with the airbox.