My cold air intake clamp for the tube away from the filter is slipping off. Do I need a t bolt clamp to really seal it?

 

I just use the cheap band clamps..

What kind of CAI is it?

 

No. For just sealing a filter to a pipe, a regular clamp works fine and has been used in many OEM applications.

If the clamp is loosening and falling off, something else is wrong.

 

K & m 57-3045
So it's really a ram air

 

The clamp to filter is fine. It's my other end of the pipe that was having issues coming off.

 

Gotcha. Sounds like you've just got a bum clamp. I'd go down to your local auto parts store and pick up a replacement and you should be good to go. There are a zillion of these clamps running out there without issues, and especially being NA, it's not even going to see any pressure so I wouldn't bother with any kind of special expensive clamps.

 

They actually made pretty terrible pipes. I had an issue with my pipe, it bent completely at the TB and was letting in unfiltered air.

Take a look at your pipe, and make sure it's not bent/broken. K&N had to send me a new one back when I ran an intake.

Here's a thread I made back from 2011 about the pipe https://montecarloforum.com/forum/he...ave-one-29136/

 

Thanks guys. The last couple of days it hasn't came off luckily. I contacted them and they sent me multiple clamps and the small rubber piece that connects to the engine/where the pipe fits in to clamp them together. The rubber piece looks stickier too tbh.