so i recently put a cold air intake,serpentine belt, springs and diff fluid and today my malfuntion indicator lamp came on and theres that ticking sound again, and the lights not going away, i just got the car 5k miles ago from carmax- im wonderin if i should take it back there and have them look at it and they will prob say i did it because of the mods? anyone out there with a obd reader and can pinpoint wats causing it to come on?

 

I would double check the connections on the new intake. You may have missed something.

Does the ticking sound like a baseball card in bicycle spokes? If so, possibly the Timing Chain Tensioner(TCT).

 

Autozone will read codes for free.

 

Auto Zone will read CEL's with thier ODB reader for free. They will give you the code then you can do a search on this site for a thread that will tell you what is wrong. Do a search for CEL codes and print it out so you will always have them.

 

Seeing how you just put on an intake, I'm guessing that the secondary air control valve vacuum line(s) have come loose, or were installed incorrectly, at the fuel rail port. I'd check to make sure the lines, which are between the throttle body and head, are in place.

Also the ticking noise can be the sec air control valve ticking loudly due to lack of vacuum to the canister.

 

Thanks for the input. Autozone it is

 

damn artin this sucks

 

it was code 411, it said something was wrong with the airflow and now its fixed! thanks for the input

 

you might have the vaccuum tubes backwards. It happens all the time. The 411 code is always a good indicator. I have read so much on this because i had it. It cant hurt your car or your performance. But just check your hoses. If you cleared the code, it might come back. Best of luck.

 

yea i checked my hoses but didnt move anything so itll probably come back, anyone got a pic showing all the hoses with a CAI?