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Old 06-17-2004, 07:09 PM
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Stillen K&N Cone and Engine RPM

I have a 95 maxima with auto trans and it has 175K miles on it. I recently put on Stillen K&N Cone filter and the car started to drive funny. Below are the symptoms:

-- The engine RPM would drop all the way to zero and the engine would die.

-- The engine RPM is very unstable, it would drop almost to 100 rpm and goes back up to over 1000 rpm.

-- Because of the RPM fluctuation, the transmission would shift harsh sometimes.

-- After installing the filter, I am getting a 0304 error code, which is to check the knock sensor

I have tried resetting the ECU, disconnecting the positive and the negative terminals of the battery, but the problem has not gone away.

Has anyone experienced this?

Thanks!
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Old 06-17-2004, 07:26 PM
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Knock sensor is going to serioulsly decrease power and acceleration ect. I would also double check all your vacuum lines.
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Old 06-17-2004, 07:32 PM
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+1 on the vaccume line thing, and make sure you have the MAF pluged in right, and anything else you dissconected.
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Old 06-17-2004, 07:33 PM
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Check your MAF connection. I had a similar problem, my MAF connector was not on all the way. Once I pushed it in all the way, I heard a click, & the problem was gone.
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Old 06-17-2004, 08:23 PM
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Originally Posted by 96maxdaddy
+1 on the vaccume line thing, and make sure you have the MAF pluged in right, and anything else you dissconected.
Exactly what I was thinking... sounds like a vacuum is disconnected or loose. Whenever I try to start the car without the intake it wont turn on.. same if the car is on and you take it off, it'll bog down and die.
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Old 06-18-2004, 06:43 AM
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Thank you everyone. I'll try to recheck the MAF and vacuum connection. I'll report back. Thanks again!
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Old 06-19-2004, 08:03 PM
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I want to thank everyone on this thread. I reinstalled the MAF and the Stillen cone filter. After 2 days of driving, everything seems to be ok with the exception of one rpm drop when I was just going about 2 mph. I also clean the airflow and temp sensors with electronic cleaner just to be sure. Thank you!!
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I am glad that it worked out for you.
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