my max lost alot of power and it has a rough idle every ten second or something like that and sometime the response hassitate when i give gas. dont know what it is did a tune up and everything seem to be okay. can some one give me any suggestion?

 

Ever clean the throttle body? What did you do in your tuneup?

SuDZ

 

My car was doing that a few months ago. Turned out I had a bad coil pack

 

as sudz says.. clean your throttle body first.. then we will give you other ideas

 

I live in Northern NJ, where can I go to get the throtle body clean or someone from the organization can help. I am not to incline with mechanical work.

 

If you're not 'Mechanically inclined', take it to a dealer. But cleaning a throttle body is easier than even changing the oil.

After you clean your TB, I'd recommend doing an ECU self-diagnostic. check out http://www.maximadriver.com. The instructions are in the 'How2' section, under 'ECU Diagnostic/Reset '. It's really easy.

 

can anyone help me clean the throtle body because I think dealer is going to charge me an arm and a leg for it.

 

Materials: Throttle Body Cleaning Solution, Rags, Flat head screwdriver, friend.

1) Disconnect the accordion-style part of the Intake path by loosening the hose clamp attaching it to the throttle body. Move it off to the side and hold it out of the way with twist-ties, or just wedge it against the throttle body.

2) Have a helper get in the car and push the accelerator all the way down to open the throttle body.

3) Using the throttle body cleaner and a few rags, clean the inside of the throttle body.

4) Repeat step number 3 until it's not dirty anymore.

 

before you go any further, you should list what you changed or had changed. if you took it some where and paid for it to be done, there is a chance it wasnt. your problem could be as simple as a clogged fuel fliter and that something i wouldnt be suprised they would skip and just charge you for. it simple enough to do, just a pain in the *** to get at.. but anyway, list whatever you had done so itll give us a better idea..

 

yeah - i was just about to ask that.....did u add/remove anything recently that caused the drop in performance?

 

dont call enron

 

I dont know if this is related to the throtle body but when i floor the gas pedal the car takes couples of second to response and it is an automatic transmission. when I give gas normally there is a sound like the valves makes dont know it is related to my existing problem. can anyone help gotta race a gsr soon.

 

You should really figure this out yourself. However, if your really having trouble I'll help you, I'm in NJ. But trust me, I'm mechancially disinclined, if I can do it anyone can.

 

just an idea.. ummm.. why not just bring it to a mechanic?

 

i had a slightly similar problem, i would hit the gas, the car would go but take a second to start pulling, i cleaned the throttle body saturday night and i dont have the problem any more, i have 93k without it ever being cleaned, and it desperately needed it

 

went to a mechanic they could not pin point the problem but they said if they were to fixed this problem it is goin to be costly. they said they have to do a full investigation to find the problem which can run me anywhere from 300 to 500 just to find the problem. dont know what to do know can any one help

 

id bring it somewhere else first to get a second opinion before i drove myself crazy if i were you

 

Did you end up cleanign the throttle body yet? I mean this is a 3 dollar job if you do it yourself. It is very easy to do take your time if you want. But if it is gonna save you 300 or more than I would say definantly try it if it works perfect if not - you did some maintenence that could prevent more problems.

SuDZ

 

Check out the How to on Craig's page

http://www.prism.gatech.edu/~gte671n/mymax.html