hi, i had to get my car towed to a shop the other day because it kept stalling out on me. it was so bad that the car would start really ruff then just stall.
the shop i had it towed to called me today and said that my mass airflow sensor needs to be replaced and that it will cost 398 parts and labor. does that sound right? i dont know what else to do but pay it cause i have aaa but they will only tow it 3 miles then i think 10 dollars each additional mile, and that will run me about 100 dollars. so basically im just wondering if im being ripped off. thanks in advance

 

Just search the 3-gen classifieds for one. I might have another but I didn't see it the last time I looked. Would be very cheap if I do have one. Like 10% of the dealer's price.

 

I think I have one still stuck on my cai from the accident...post if your interested.

 

hmmm ide order from internetautomart.com and take it to them. hah see if that is even possible..

oh would any one know about cleaning a MAF? what or how can i do this?

 

i also have 2 of them if you need one.....

 

there really cheap at junkyards usually and Extremely easy to install...

 

yeah, a used one would be cheap.
and they are easy to swap.

 

you have eight 10MM screws and it is out... then reinstall.. it literally takes 5-10 minutes

 

8? Isn't it just 4? and then slide the other end out of the plastic tubing? Or do you take the top of the airbox off to get it out of the way?

 

i took an eclipse to a shop once because it wouldn't start, so they told me it was an ECU, and it would run me 500 installed, so I went to the salvage yard, got one, and went to the shop, plugged it in, and drove away after paying 70. Install it there, so easy and fast; they can't say much about it. I also have a couple of MAFs...

 

4 bolts and 1 hose clamp...2 if it's tight.

 

ive got a mass air sensor too

 

LOL...we know there's one in every car.

 

I have a problem with my car it would idle low then cut off and it will not pass emission they told me to replace the maf, so i did, And it still doing the same thing.

 

getting very bad gas mileage?
how old is that O2 sensor?

 

gas mileage is not that bad just idle very badly when it warms up it not as bad but still will but off if you dont keep ur foot on the gas

 

is the vg maf sensor n60? im gonna go turbo on my 240. alot of ppl use either n60 oor n62. n62 is 300zx. im wondering which gen n60 comes from.

 

Hrmmm... I had an 89 Sentra (XE hatchback in Aztec Red... sexy rally body... another story) with a bad TPS and it did exactly that. Of course right now my max is exhibiting the same problem and i know for a fact it's my MAF. I'm beginning to really dislike computers in my car...

When you restart after a stall, do you get a Check Engine Light? If so, have you checked the codes?

 

Just want to point out if you are having trouble at idle, it should never be related to the o2 sensor. Engines usually idle richer than stoich to prevent frequent misfires. O2 sensors in cars before obd-2, and many with obd-2, can't read the richer mixture so they are disabled below about 1500rpm.

I wouldn't recommend cleaning a MAF unless it got dirty sitting disconnected in a junkyard. MAFs shouldn't get dirty if you are using an air filter, and most of them are heated up really hot after you turn the car off to burn any contamination that gets on them. You would be more likely to inadvertently damage a MAF trying to clean it.

Computers in cars might be irritating, but they are also the reason we get better gas mileage today, tailpipe emissions have gone down drastically, and cars almost never need tuneups anymore.

I heard an amazing statistic a while ago that California's ULEV tailpipe emissions limits are actually lower than some air quality alert days. So at times what is coming out of the exhaust is cleaner than what went in.

 

tell that to my 20 mpg camaro with 50% less than the requred emissions output that has a carb.

 

I just found out that the guy who put my engine in didn't put my egr on will that cause me to not pass emission, and cause the car to idle badly?

 

What do you mean not put it on? There will be a hole in your manifold if he didn't put it on, and I do believe that would cause you to fail emissions.

 

He covered it up with some metal plate. (I would leave a pic but dont know how to do that yet)

 

well. open it up if u can and buy the new EGR valve from internetautomart.com connect it to the egr tube and the vacumme hose. you should be set. at least i think you should be set.

 

I found out the the guy who put my engine in put the wrong intake on the car thats why it raned so bad