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    Bad MAF?

    My car will not run with it plugged in but as soon as you unplug it, she idles perfectly fine a little rich but fine. Do I have a mad MAF or am I missing something?

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    In my experience this does mean the MAF is bad.

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    If your MAF is bad it should throw a CEL. When you say it doesn;t run does it not start or does it idle out?
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    I would suggest MAF, as I just seen this on a car last night...

    Your in the FL area so you have afew people you can get a working MAF off of either be for testing or replacement

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    I was with jbuhrman last night when this happened to one of the socal3s members and I knew what it was instantly because my maf was bad and did this same symptom prior.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Atrosity View Post


    I was with jbuhrman last night when this happened to one of the socal3s members and I knew what it was instantly because my maf was bad and did this same symptom prior.
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    Alright thanks, my CEL is on but it's normally on since I have no cats and such. I also can't find where to plug in one of my o2 sensors so that would also throw a CEL but thanks everybody I will switch it out and see how it goes.

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    You also get the same symptoms (bad maf reading) when you blow an IC pipe... Have you checked for leaks?


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    Quote Originally Posted by GTOJOE View Post
    If your MAF is bad it should throw a CEL. When you say it doesn;t run does it not start or does it idle out?
    Not necessarily. My MAF went bad but didn't throw a CEL.

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    Quote Originally Posted by RealMcCoy View Post
    You also get the same symptoms (bad maf reading) when you blow an IC pipe... Have you checked for leaks?
    This is true, I overlooked that.

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