Scott LaRock

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My friend has a 2000 maxima and his car is running bad. The engine slugs alot and it feels like either the fuel injection is dirty or the throttle bottle is bad.

I also think maybe water got into the engine, I had the problem with my old integra.

Anyone have any idea what we should check for when he gets over here?

AEMAXIMA01

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where in the rpm range does it bog down? Could be MAF, depending on that.

Scott LaRock

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dips down to .5 maybe lower, struggles all the time when driving. Like a spark plug is misfiring or something.

VQP0WER

Any codes?

AEMAXIMA01

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I replaced my MAF back in march. It would dip down to 500rpms and lower, come back up, dip back down. Usually happened when i was idling coming up to a stoplight in neutral. I also had a bog between 3&4krpms. for codes

Scott LaRock

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Nope but the SLIP light was on as well as the CHECK ENGINE LIGHT.

Gotta run to look at a couple more cars today, will be back later on.

AEMAXIMA01

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Doesn't the check engine light generally mean there is a code? Have you taken it to autozone (or similar) to get the code read?

Lontar1

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get the codes and come back.. then we might be able to help more

Scottwax

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Find out what the code is, enter it into the search box and profit. Always saves me the time of making a thread and then waiting until someone answers the question or until sooner makes some smart aleck comment.

Got a P0455 code right before I was leaving on a long road trip. Typed "P0455" into search and it pulled up 5 pages of threads. Likely cause? Gas cap. Took it off, put it back on, cleared the code and it hasn't come back in the last 2500 miles.

Scott LaRock

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engine rattles, won't bother with it again, engine sounds like total crap. it is from the dealer so I will pass