In swapping my air pump, I realized that I didn't order the pump mounts, so my thought is that instead of putting it all back together, I'll leave all the parts out of the car. With the hose disconnected from the airbox, I thoguht I'd cover the hole with a clean, unused rag and use a ziptie to keep it in place. My thought is that it shouldn't cause a problem because the ziptie should be strong enough to prevent the cloth from getting sucked into the engine - path of least resistance is from the air filter, right?

Thoughts?

 

That should work fine.

 

+1

Or you could use an air filter over the hose.