well, weirdly enough, it stopped bothering me after a while & i never got around to sealing it up like i was going to. the "rattlesnake" sounded kinda intimidating or something... so i left it alone.
but it started bothering me again today so i just popped the hood & made some adjustments. gonna go pick up a burger & test it out.
btw, although i never got to it myself, i'm glad i could help you with the idea!
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i believe you because i've heard elsewhere of that being a problem...... i would suggest removing & cleaning it, followed by replacing your intake with a dry one. search the forums about how to clean the MAF.