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Mass air connected, Car dies. Disconnected, Car runs???!?

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93 LX

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As montioned before DO NOT plug in the MAF while the engine is running. It can kill the sensor and can damage the ECC, however it's your ride so you be the judge.

Reset the ECC by disconnecting the battery for 30 minutes. When you get it back to default settings then check the TPS and pull codes. Then it will be easier to help you.
 

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Well a new/used MAF did the trick!! She fired and kinda choked a bit, but then the idle smoothed right out!!!

Drove her to the gas station, filled up, and what do you know? Leaking gas out of the filler neck!! I'll just keep a half tank in her for the time being
 

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What MAF style did you end up with?
 

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NikwoaC said:
What MAF style did you end up with?
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Just a stock fox MAF.. Once i iron out all the bugs, then i'll start playing around with bigger MAF's

I just wanted it to run "right" for the time being
 

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1990Coupe said:
I just wanted it to run "right" for the time being
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Finally someone on stangnet with some sense.
Get the car right first, then mod.
Congrats on fixing it.
 

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I'm glad the other MAF worked out for you Coupe!! Hell yeah! Post another vid of you driving and some finished pics in your progress thread in Talk.
 

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2000xp8 said:
Finally someone on stangnet with some sense.
Get the car right first, then mod.
Congrats on fixing it.
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Thanks man!

I've had all different types of stangs, from mild to wild. Once I started messing with cams, and different this, and setting that,, the all went to crap. Bad drivability, stalling issues, hot start problems, so on and so fourth. I wanted this car to be STOCK with some exhaust, so that it's reliable, and i could take it on long ass road trips. heck if i wanted to blast out to Texas or something, i'd want to be able to jump in, and take off!
 

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SVT32VDOHC said:
I'm glad the other MAF worked out for you Coupe!! Hell yeah! Post another vid of you driving and some finished pics in your progress thread in Talk.
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You got it dude. This weekend i'll definitely have some pics and a vid up!
 

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1990Coupe said:
Thanks man!

I've had all different types of stangs, from mild to wild. Once I started messing with cams, and different this, and setting that,, the all went to crap. Bad drivability, stalling issues, hot start problems, so on and so fourth. I wanted this car to be STOCK with some exhaust, so that it's reliable, and i could take it on long ass road trips. heck if i wanted to blast out to Texas or something, i'd want to be able to jump in, and take off!
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That's exactly why I kept my 91 stockish. Just CAI, 3.73, and exhaust. Reliable street cruiser that look nice as hell.
 
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SVT32VDOHC said:
That's exactly why I kept my 91 stockish. Just CAI, 3.73, and exhaust. Reliable street cruiser that look nice as hell.
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You can modify a car and keep it 100% reliable and nice.
It's just not cheap.
 
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wht93gtEd said:
told you a thousand times car will run without meter...


anyway...they sell a spray cleaner at the stores for meters, go get that, it's like $5 and cheaper than a new one. I even think you can just use something like electrical contact cleaner.
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I have same problem. replaced MAF great if disconnected. I don't know wat pob is.
 
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voltages and Ohms ROK???????
 

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Howard Payne said:
voltages and Ohms ROK???????
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Create you own post I will be glad to help you find and fix the problem. Piggybacking on an old post its like showing up for dinner uninvited. You get confusion and leftover scraps of this and that which no one wanted.
 
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