02 no balls and dies... ???
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02 no ***** and dies... ???
i just took off at a green light, went up to about 4k (6 speed) and all of a sudden it just started jerking and bogging down. I pulled over and tried to figure out wtf just happend. if it's just idling and i give it gas, i can hear the intake sucking like crazy but the rpms wouldn't go past 2,500 rpms, it's as if i was hitting the rev limiter. i drove it home somehow, and shut it off. i started it up again, and now the rpms don't even want to go passed like 800, the intake is still sucking air. the motor sounds really hurt. i got a frankencar on it. could it be the maf sensor? anything else? also, the ses light didn't come up till i unplugged the maf, now it stays on. if it was the maf, wouldn't it come on right away? i don't know if ill be able to sleep tonight. i appreciate your guys' help
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thanks fellas. i found the thread about the mafs started by steven88 about switching to the 2k1 or 2k3, so thanks for the confirmation, guess i gotta go shopping. but like i said, someone posted a thread saying that it's not the maf since the ses light didn't come on, so that's why i was a little confused.
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alright, im going to go and change the maf right now. what about the ses light. can i just disconnect the battery and have it turn off by it self or do i need to follow the http://maxima.theowensfamily.com/ecu.asp site's instructions. if i do it that way, this won't change the cars performance or fuel economy or anything like that, will it?
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yeah, i still don't know why the light didn't come on right away even though it was the maf, that's what confused me, but that's what it was. i just got back from my buddies. he reset the light for me with that little handheld computer and the light didn't come back so far.
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Originally Posted by az02se
When my MAF died, my car wouldn't even start! There was no SES light, it only came on AFTER I unplugged the MAF so I could get home.
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so when the MAF goes bad, the car is pretty much undrivable, but if you unplug the harness from the MAF, you can drive it?? just curious for the future if it goes bad again.
Car will barely drive, anything more than very mild throttle and it just won't respond. But if you take it VERY easy, it will get you home.
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