After driving the car, for say 15min., the car will give a quick hesitation or two then then eventually stall 5min later. I could be doing 55 on the highway or stopped at a light, doesn't make a difference. Car will restart but will stall 5 min later. After is stalls, I know i'm getting spark and gas so thats not the Problem. Dealer thought it was the engine relay, but it didn't correct the problem. Now they are saying its the Air Flow Meter. MASF has come up on this site as a possible issue but how can I tell which is causing the problem? Also I do have access to an 85 Maxima, can I use its Air Flow Meter? My car is a 92 GXE

 

Could be one of your igntion coils has gone bad, I know I had the same symptoms with my 92SE, it happened on the highway once while I was doing 70mph so I had to throw into Nuetral to start it again, took it to the dealer, an arm and a leg later it was fixed. Our 3rd gens were designed with these ignition coils so that if your car stalls on you, you will be able to start her start up again and not be left stuck. Good luck on finding the problem.

 

One sympton I had prior to this, my RPM tach would jump all over the place but the engine was at a normal idle. Once the car warms ups, then its fine.

 

The only time I remember having a problem with the RPM tach was when the car was actually going to stall, it would just drop.

 

Thats why I think it might be the MASF or Air Flow Meter

 

I have a similar problem on my 92 SE where it hesitates only in the first 5-10 minutes of driving (it even stalled once) so far it hasn't happened enough for me to bother with it (yet).

BTW, that 92 GXE has a totally different ignition system than the 92-94 SEs. The SE's VE engine has direct ignition with a coil over each plug. The VG has a traditional distributor and coil system.

 

Thanks for the info. Does anybody else have suggestions on what might be causing this problem?

 

If your plug wires or anything electircal was messed up then you would actually feel the car stumble and miss, which is very noticable. I think your problem is the MAF...my MAF is also screwed up. Get some CRC QD Electronic Spray of equivalant product and clean the connector and harness of your MAF very well...use a soft bristle toothbrush to even scrub it a little. Plug the MAF back in and drive it around for a while and see if it helps at all.

Good luck,
Kevin

 

Did the cleaner work for u or did you eventually change the MAF?

 

If you find out what is the problem is and what is causing your RPM to jump around pleas post. I am having same RPM problem but only after car is actually not running. Yes that is right, the engine is not running at all and after I have my starting or dying problem which is very intermittent, the RPM jumps around erractically. (Key has to be on) Mech looked at me like I was crazy when I told him. I have posted my complete problem under 93GXE starting problem 95% fixed if you want to compare yours to mine. Anyone got any ideas or heard of this before. By the way I changed my coil recently and that did nothing.

 

Changed my Air Flow Meter today, $48 used off car-parts.com compared to $500 new at the dealer and yes that parts only, so far so good. I'll drive it over the weekend and give an update.

 

Car runs perfect after changing Air Flow Meter. No stalling or hesitation and though my erratic tach has calmed down it still jumps, but thats another issue I can live with.

 

I changed both the fuel pump relay and the relay under the hood for ECCS control (green ones) for about 15 per and the car runs fine after 1 week and 250 miles.

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by cemtag
I changed both the fuel pump relay and the relay under the hood for ECCS control (green ones) for about 15 per and the car runs fine after 1 week and 250 miles. [/QUOT

So far the Air Flow Meter has fixed the stalling problem. Car runs fine, thanks for the reply.

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by jc8367

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Originally posted by cemtag
I changed both the fuel pump relay and the relay under the hood for ECCS control (green ones) for about 15 per and the car runs fine after 1 week and 250 miles. [/QUOT

So far the Air Flow Meter has fixed the stalling problem. Car runs fine, thanks for the reply.

could somebody tell me where this air flow meter is?

my 93 SE seems to stall randomly. it only does so when the car is stopped (usually has to be stopped for atleast 10 seconds or so) and it will just stall. it used to happen about once a month but now it happens every few days. recently (before the stalling) my dad hit something on the freeway and a small part of the front right was damaged, and i'm wondering of any parts in that general area might be causing this stalling problem. usually the car will start up again after stalling, but will have some difficulty remaining at idle. other times it will just stall again.

 

I know exactly how you feel, as i had a stalling out on my automatic 92gxe one night, and it was after i installed an aircone filter right to the MAF box (this was because the stock air filter box snapped off there in my accident) and after retrofitting it, it had a hole in it at the seal of the cone, that made the engine ALMOST completely stall.
BUT the real stall happened when the connector came completely off the MAF sensor and it stalled just the way you guys describe, so i would check the connector first...there is some kind of a lube in it and mine was a little dirty, and if you can get the sensor out see that it looks not damaged, much like the filament in a bulb. But, check some things first before you have to spend any amount of money.