ok guys i chaned my air filter to aftermarket so I unpluged the maf and had to mover the car so the car was ran without the maf pluged in just to change parking spots then the check engine light came on while i was moving the car, when I was done changing the filter the check engine light never went off so i unpluged the battery to see if that will work but it didn't and now the car is hard to start. any idea on what could be wrong OH yes i did plug back in the maf cable

 

A simple SEARCH would've showed you the proper method for pulling codes from the ECU, and clearing those codes to get rid of the engine light. It's in the stickies!!

http://forums.maxima.org/4th-generat...ere-first.html

 

ok and about the car not wanting to start

 

A. take a deep breath, calm down
B. Tell us the code first
C. Then describe the irregular starting (in detail)

 

Check all the connections leading to the MAF. Check any hoses that you might have taken off. Check to make sure the MAF is installed the correct way.

Is this your rb26 swap maxima?

 

did you seriously do that swap?

 

lol at a dude about to have an rb26 maxima can't install a cone filter without fuxing it up.

but to be honest, i forgot to plug my maf back in after changing my fuel filter (i took the plug out for more fat arm room), and forgot to plug it back in. had to take a trip to the auto store to clear the code out. other than that, no issues resulted. if your car doesn't start right, something else got messed up.

 

do a barrel roll

 

when u swapped filters..the car saw different air characterisics. Tryin cleaning the MAF and TB. Clear codes and drive it for a bit. Its gonna take at least 200 miles of driving to adjust

 

This is the thread:

http://forums.maxima.org/all-motor/5...26-maxima.html

 

the code is p0100 the problem came when i moved the car with the maf unpluged why you guys so hard on me i work from 5 am to pm ok i got off early today

 

Not hard on you ...

But code 0100 doesn't exist.

If you drove with the MAF unplugged. Plug it back in. Turn the car on, shut it off, unhook the battery for 10 minutes, and hook it back up. If the code is still there, reset the ECU with the screwdriver.

 

P0100...

But code 0100 doesn't exist.

If you drove with the MAF unplugged. Plug it back in. Turn the car on, shut it off, unhook the battery for 10 minutes, and hook it back up. If the code is still there, reset the ECU with the screwdriver.[/quote]

 

ok so I changed the maf now how to reset the ecu

 

http://www.vqpower.com/images/60k_se..._ecu_reset.jpg

 

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