capmaxima99

It is kinda hard to say but my car is stalling and its an auto. If i floor it, it wont go any higher then 2500 rpm. And when i am doing that it like choking and gasping for air. On my air/fuel meter it is running very rich at idle which it doesnt even do that when i start it up for the first time of the day. If i start touching the wires by the throttle body and make sure that everything is connected it sputters for a sec. And then when i go into drive the rpms will bounce and then shut off. PLEASE HELP ME.

THANKS

CHRIS

The_quorum

Sounds similar to when I acidentally disconnected the sensor to the MAF module...maybe something there is loose? Just a thought.

Mr. Nismo

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Sounds like you need an Air Flow Meter Sensor. I've had that problem and it's pretty expensive. I had a 90 Max and the dealer charged me about $500 for parts and labor. This is before I found this site, so you should definitely get things cheaper. Good Luck!!

capmaxima99

Man i got goose bumps now. Cause i had a feeling that it was sumtin to do with the MAF sensor. Taking it to the dealer tomorrow morning. Thanks guys if anyone else has any opinions just let it out.

Chris

Mr. Nismo

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Good idea. I know that they charge up the A$$ but it's better to get it done right. Atleast if anything goes wrong you have someone to blame. Most likely you won't have a problem with Nissan they do a good job. If you have a Nissan dealer of your preference that's cool, but I know one that might do things cheaper. Let me know.

capmaxima99

Well i would go to the dealer always just my opinion. Also my car is under warrenty still so its free.

Chris

Mr. Nismo

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Uuuuuuhhhhh NO! From my understanding if your car is not stock your warranty is voided. I hope that you do get it fixed for free but I've always been told that modded cars are not covered. Good Luck though!!

emax02

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Ok,good thing your car is still under warranty or I whould of smacked yeah J/K.

To me is sounds like your MAF Sensor is definantly not working properly, infact I am almost certain of it because when my MAF sensor died{a week or two ago} if I tampered with the it the car whould sputter and ocasionaly stall. In the future when you do not have a warranty stay the hell away from your Nissan dealers becuase there parts and labor are absurd! So when your warranty runs out go to
www.car-part.com , I just purchased a MAF sensor for $55 off of a 98 max and my car works 100%! Other then a damn rear main seal leak

capmaxima99

I have been going to the dealer for 2 years now and my guy hasnt told me anything. He is coo with me and ****. He is the one that told me about the Y-pipe actually to get it. But really what does a intake and y-pipe and exhaust have to do with the car stalling.

Chris

emax02

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The intake has a lot to do with your car stalling, infact I bet the intake is what caused your MAF sensor to malfunction, why you ask? Because the MAF sensor does not seem to like to be man handeled, it seems Vibrations and such cause premature MAF sensor failure. I have noticed a trend of this lately, in the last 2 weeks 4 members here have had there MAF sensor malfunction, all of them have/had a intake or in my case a intake and a SC. Anyways if your Nissan mechanic is cool and all I whould not sweat it, the worse case scenerio is you whould have to put your stock air box back on and take your car to a diffrerent dealer.

capmaxima99

About a year ago my car just stalled and wouldnt start. So i had a flat bed from AAA come and get me. They had the car for 1 week and they changed the computer and the cam positioning sensor. Sumtin like that. But they spend about $1600 of there own money and **** and they didnt tell me anything about the intake or anything. Lets all hope all goes well tomorrow.

Chris

emax02

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Cool, so don't even worry about it. BTW those girls are killer in your sig pic

Mr. Nismo

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If you have a mechanic that will let you slide your in good hands. But your mods have alot to do with it. Make sure that you only deal with him. You are the first person that I know that does not have a stock car, under warranty, that Nissan will work on. Gook Luck again!!!!!!!! Let us know what happens.

TexMaximum

I had the EXACT same problem last weekend, on my NEW car. Bad MAF Sensor.

capmaxima99

Ok well bad news, well at least for me and the ones that care out there. My service guy is not working today or tomorrow. He will be back on Monday. But I dont even know if I would be able to drive it over there. Its only about 5 miles from my house but I'll give the car a rest until Sunday probably. I also went ahead and put the stock intake back in. I thought that would help the car, but it does the same thing. Also for who had the MAF sensor replace how long did the dealer take for you. Is it just a hour work or what? Ill keep you guys posted on what happens. Thanks again for the help. And again if you have a opinion just let it out.

Chris

fnkmaster

when the same thing happened to my car when i tried to install my intake, since the MAF sensor had to be shipped from nissan's warehouse, i had to leave my car at the dealership for about 4 days... and its not an hours work as they have to test it and blah blah... price? *cough**cough* 520 installed! hope u get the sensor somewhere else for cheaper man...!

Mr. Nismo

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It should only take about two hours. They have to reset the computer and other adjustments. I could probably get you the Air Flow Meter Sensor for list price(OE). But first get the car checked out to be 100%. You cannot return electrical items! Let us know.

capmaxima99

Well about the $500 or so bucks its all covered under the warrenty so its coo. Thanks for the info on that. Thats fine with me if they keep my car cause they will take it for a test drive and then mess up my front lip again so I can get it repainted for free. Thanks for the help again, and Ill keep you posted.

Chris

emax02

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The actual act of removing and replacing a MAF sensor will take about 5-10 minutes{For me anyways}. You guys with intakes should know, all you do is remove the four 10mm bolts, loosen a clamp and then pull/Twist and then reverse the procedure.

capmaxima99

Oh yeah i know that but the thing is if they have it in stock or not. Thats all.

Chris

emax02

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I had to say something because a few guys were saying 1-2 hours . BTW I don't think it is a part that dealers usualy stock but they may have on it stock.

nizmolee

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Alright chris,
for you to drive the car, you need to cover the intake for a little bit. wrap a towel over the intake. the sensor is sending messages to the ECU that to much air is getting sucked. I had to deal with this a lot. And about people saying to change the MAF? a mechanic told me the same, i had other opinions. Try this and you will be suprised. your check engine light should have came on, so you need to reset it at the bottom by pulling that piece out near the drivers side pedals facing to the left. it has two plastic screws and use a flat to reset this. move it forward once slowly and then back . do this twice and it will reset the ecu light.

infinitiblast

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Ok this experience I have is not on a maxima but I was told it is true of any car you mod. This car I had also has a maf sensor well I decided what the heck so I bought a adapter for the maf and a hi-flow filter. Bolted that baby right up after 6 months no problems then all the sudden the car was really slow acting funny so I took it to the shop. According to them the maf was getting false readings because of to much air flow. They could not explain why it took so long to happen but it happened. So I reset the ecu and viola no problems. The mechanics basic point was its not the best idea to mod cars with maf's sensors they are to tocuhy. Its best to mod the once that use I think its called vpc its like velocity something or other which is a sensor built in to the intake manifold. Tells the computer velocity, temp, that type of stuff. Oh yeah honda uses this method which might explain their modding. I just thought I would share this info with you.
EMAX95 do you think yours blew up because of the 3.48" pulley or because of so much man handling while installing your supercharger.

nizmolee

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this is true about hondas. they are easy and you can get a CAI for like 50 bucks!!

emax02

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I am going to have to go with man handaling because I removed and reinstalled the thing like 5 times.

Mr. Nismo

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I concur with emax95!!!!

capmaxima99

My car is doing the same with my stock intake in still. I kinda dont wanna fix it myself cause i want a new one if this one is bad. What would you do?? Reset it and leave it or what?

Chris

Mr. Nismo

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CAPMAXIMA99 GET A NEW ONE!!!!!!!! He was just telling you this so your car can make it to the dealer or run for a little bit. Do it for your cars sake.

capmaxima99

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH............OK

Chris

VQdriver

my 97 gxe 5sp experienced similar symptoms earlier this year. only a few hours after my highflow intake was installed, it started operating on "limp home" mode. after 2,500 rpms it would cut out. i had to drive back home at 40mph and it stalled twice. first i thought the cone intake had affected the MAS, which i never even touched during the install. the next day, the car ran fine. two days later it ran fine for 1/4 mi then it cut out and wouldn't start. anyway, to make a long story short, it ended up being a fuel pump/system failure traced back to the premium mobil gasoline our region used at the time. the pump had completely seized. mobil covered the $600 expense to have nissan do the repair. fortunately for my sake, it wasn't my fault. what exactly do you think happened? did your car just all of the sudden not want to run properly or did you touch something in the car?

buss95max

happened to me. i sucked in water though thru my cai.
my car wasnt under warranty, so i posted it up here at the forum. Daniel B said it was my MAF, the dealer wanted 550 plus labor. so i went to a nissan junk yard in the valley and picked up a used MAF for 100 bucks, installed it myself(took like 10 minutes). fixed the problem. i guess the water screwed up the sensor inside the MAF.

heres what my car was doing..
on/off on/off on/off
start to "Choke" wouldnt stay on.
rpms would drop and go back up and drop and turn off.
on the way home it "limped home"(it was ugly.....)
i would reset my ecu and it would fine till the computer remember the maf was screwed and the car would go into safe mode.....

capmaxima99

No I didnt touch anything under the hood or anything. What I have noticed is that it only runs really crappy in hot weather. Before it was doing this to me like a year ago. I had it towed to the dealer and they could not find the problem. They thought maybe I had changed the computer or sumtin. I said no and they changed the computer and the coil positioning sensor. Sumtin like that. And it was still doing the same problem when i picked it up from the dealer after a week. So i went home and i was taking out my stillen intake and puting the stock on back in. Then i found that i didnt put or it fell out, the temp sensor that is in the piping going to the intake. That was just dangling around so i thought that the sensor was telling the comp that the car was hot and to shut off or sumtin. Thats what i think. But then it worked fine. Also my car is doing the same thing as BUSS95 posted. So i will try to drive my car to the dealer later tonight when there is no traffic and just go there in the morning tomorrow and talk to my guy.

Chris

capmaxima99

Well to let all you guys know what was wrong here we go. First when they hooked up the computer to my car it read that the MAF was dead. So they ordered a new one. They got it a couple of days later and then they installed it and the same problem occured. So the next day he gave me a call and told me that when I got my system installed they zip tied some of the wires from the battery to the wires from the MAF sensor. And what it did was when they made it tight it ripped the rubber off of the wire and therefore making it an "exposed". So they just got a new wire and thats it. End of Problem. Thanks for all the info and help also.

Chris

nizmolee

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very good Juan!! I got to check out the wires myself.. is it the wire that is connected to the maf? email me yur # cuz i know your local bro. thanks nizmolee@onebox.com