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I use this forum all the time but I just registered and I am very new to posting, so sorry if I am doing this wrong.
I am having an issue with my car (2014 focus st) and was hoping to get any kind of advice that will be beneficial.
I recently installed a steeda CAI w/ the performance tube that connects to the turbo. Very soon after, the car starts spitting up oil from the somewhere in the engine bay, they oil was mainly on the passenger side of the engine bay and was getting all over the bottom of the intake tube.
My car has 34,xxx miles so still under warranty, so I brought it in and they replaced the valve gaskets and the leak stopped. They claimed it was coming out of one of the holes from the stock bolts I removed from the stock intake tube. (See image below)
Any how the oil stopped leaking but now my car is making a very annoying sound once warmed up and upon shut off. Once the car is turned on the sounds resembles a bad belt almost but not as severe. Sounds goes away once I pick up on the RPMs. I do not believe it is a belt because once I turn the car off after about 2 seconds I hear a noise that sounds like air being released from a balloon.
My concern is that I brought the car back into the dealer and they said they had to put the stock CAI back on to fully diagnose. They now have put the stock CAI back on and claim the noise is gone. I know they removed the performance tube when replacing the gasketing, is there a chance they didn't put everything back securely? This noise was not happening before I brought it in, and I had the intake on for about 2 weeks
Just wondering if anyone else has had any issues and/or if you have any advice.
Thanks
I am having an issue with my car (2014 focus st) and was hoping to get any kind of advice that will be beneficial.
I recently installed a steeda CAI w/ the performance tube that connects to the turbo. Very soon after, the car starts spitting up oil from the somewhere in the engine bay, they oil was mainly on the passenger side of the engine bay and was getting all over the bottom of the intake tube.
My car has 34,xxx miles so still under warranty, so I brought it in and they replaced the valve gaskets and the leak stopped. They claimed it was coming out of one of the holes from the stock bolts I removed from the stock intake tube. (See image below)

Any how the oil stopped leaking but now my car is making a very annoying sound once warmed up and upon shut off. Once the car is turned on the sounds resembles a bad belt almost but not as severe. Sounds goes away once I pick up on the RPMs. I do not believe it is a belt because once I turn the car off after about 2 seconds I hear a noise that sounds like air being released from a balloon.
My concern is that I brought the car back into the dealer and they said they had to put the stock CAI back on to fully diagnose. They now have put the stock CAI back on and claim the noise is gone. I know they removed the performance tube when replacing the gasketing, is there a chance they didn't put everything back securely? This noise was not happening before I brought it in, and I had the intake on for about 2 weeks
Just wondering if anyone else has had any issues and/or if you have any advice.
Thanks