I recently was told online that an air intake hose split on my Mazda can damage the engine of my car .i.e the camshaft. Is that true? I was recommended to fix the split by my mechanic but I didn‘t as he said the car is still drivable without fixing the problem, but then I experienced problems with the car such as when it stops or idles it will begin to shake and sometimes the engine just stops. So I replaced the air intake hose like a month after the mechanic recommended it. Could this have caused any damage to the car?
Well he is not telling you that it IS going to damage your camshaft and internal engine parts, hes telling you if you don't fix it, it COULD lead to that in worst case if you leave it. Your air intake hose is that big black rubber piece that goes from your air filter to your intake has a small hole or is ripped open like every Mazda does. What is happening is your sucking in air from another location thats not your air filter which means your air filter is not doing its job or cleaning dust, rocks and dirty air and the intake hose is just sucking straight air in through your intake that COULD suck in stones or whatever and get into your engine in turn damageing your camshaft or valves on the top side. The reason your car idles or stalls at times is because your air sensor is sucking in an unknown amout of air at certain times causeing your sensor to react differntly telling your computer that your sucking in too much or too little air so it shuts off or tries to compensate for that extra / less air and the dirty air your sucking in is also making that sensor dirty which you can clean with Sensor clean or leave it and it will stop working and cost 3 times as much as that intake hose. For a quick fix, take electrical tape and find the cut or hole and wrap it around the hose like a hockey stick and that will fix it for now but if you don't want to pay for a sensor soon i suggest you get it fixed, tape only lasts so long you know.Some of our customers don't have too much money so we tape it up for them but it is not recomended to do so, plus we dont make any money for tape.Your vehicle will only run as good as you take care of it Good luck, drive safe.
