[Shotimes] Lean stumble before sencondary kick in

Leigh Smith Leigh Smith" <leigh1322@comcast.net
Sun, 30 Oct 2005 17:15:54 -0500


No. I think the tech cleaned the MAF wire with carb cleaner, or something
like that. I know he had to remove the MAF module with a tamper resistant
torx bit that I didn't have.
Lee
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alan Fanning" <Awfanning@earthlink.net>
To: "SHOtimes" <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, October 30, 2005 3:21 PM
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Lean stumble before sencondary kick in


> Did you use the dishwasher or what?  ;-)
>
>     Alan
>
> wrote:
>
> > Subject: [Shotimes] Lean stumble before sencondary kick in
> >
> > Just cleaned my MAF yesterday on advice from a very good tech. What a
> > difference!
> > I was getting random part throttle lean stumble / misfire / bucking /
low
> > torque issues at times, 2000-3000 rpm, but sporadic.
> > Now it's all gone, and part throttle torque is up a lot.
> > Biggest symptom clue: If your car has a definate power surge / jump when
the
> > secondaries kick in, like mine did, then have your MAF checked out /
cleaned.
> > Now I can hear the secondaries kick in at 4000 but I can't feel a thing,
cause
> > the power output has no spikes/peaks/jolts, it's so dead smooth!! Just a
> > slight power swell now, no neck snapping jolt like before. :-)
> > Lee
> > 90k miles and 10 years of dust must not be good for a MAF sensor wire.
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