Sad day

[R/Tmatt]

So it was my first time cleaning the engine, before i installed my 180 t stat and then i decided to give my engine a bath. As i was spray some Simple Green I remembered to be safe and cover the intake with plastic bag, and i did so. Once i finished, i was so stoked that my engine is finally clean, I then drove down the street to start the evaporation process and suddenly my engine dies, me thinking that water must have gotten somewhere it shouldnt have and evaporation would fix it soon, after a couple of tries to get my car to run normally again, i took a glance under the hood and....


and now looks like this

I forgot to take the bag off the intake!! I suffocated the engine!!! And now my intake looks like sh*t, I totally f*cked this one up and it ruins my whole weekend. Now my question is, did this harm the engine and does mopar sell the filters separetly?
oh and after the 180 t stat, what do i set my fan settings to with my predator?

thank you, im now gonna go shoot myself in my face

[Hemi31]

it'll be fine....just looks bad .

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[gsjoe]

At least there WAS a filter. Could have been a rag and no filter.

[NC-SXT]

At least there WAS a filter. Could have been a rag and no filter.

Thats Bad.....dont ask me how I know.

[R/Tmatt]

Im just wondering if this hurts the engine, i dont want to be driving down the highway and it shut off like it did

[R/Tmatt]

Thats Bad.....dont ask me how I know.

did you do the same thing?

[gsjoe]

Thats Bad.....dont ask me how I know.

Especially with a super charger

[NC-SXT]

did you do the same thing?

Especially with a super charger

Yup, I was cleaning the engine bay and had the air filter off with a rag stuffed in the cai.
We needed change at the shop so I shut the hood at the shop and blasted to the bank (4 blocks away). The car shuts off, and I am thinking WTF , raise the hood and find the damn rag stuck halfway in the TB. I felt like one dumb ass I tell you.

[R/Tmatt]

Yup, I was cleaning the engine bay and had the air filter off with a rag stuffed in the cai.
We needed change at the shop so I shut the hood at the shop and blasted to the bank (4 blocks away). The car shuts off, and I am thinking WTF , raise the hood and find the damn rag stuck halfway in the TB. I felt like one dumb ass I tell you.

same here, so your car was fine after?

[Ghostrider2]

Hey don't be to hard on your self stuff happens,this should not hurt anything and it could be worse you could have a rag stuck down next to the valves,now that would ruin your year.
As for the 180 tstat I set mine at LS 181F - MS 191F - and Hi speed 220F I keeped the Hi speed near stock because the Hi speed fans will burn out if there on all the time, but if you go to the track you can lower them to help keep your temp under 190F but the LS and MS fans do a pretty good job at keeping things cool on the street.

[Galvatron]

when i saw it all shriveled up, i thought the water you used to clean the engine was too cold.....

ok....bad joke.....

the motor will be fine, and you could probably get a replacement filter pretty easily....

[gsjoe]

I used to work at a deisel shop and a guy (not me) got his hat sucked into a super charger on a big rig. It did big bucks of damage.

[cm2005300]

Ive done that ...i just rode out with the crushed filter

[Sharp Charge]

Especially with a super charger

Just roll the crushed filter, it's a conversation starter now!

[R/Tmatt]

Is it possible once this has happened the exhaust can get quieter? maybe im just being paranoid but it seems my exhaust got quieter.