idle is everywhere
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idle is everywhere All right, so I recently got my car tuned about a month ago, along with getting a new fuel filter and fuel pump. The car ran great for about 200 miles ( i made a 120 mile trip back to college ). Anyways, I was on empty and then I filled my tank up and drove the car home. I went to start it and got nothing. My battery seemed a little low, so I got my buddy to help me jump my car. It still wouldnt start. After 10 minutes of attempting to start the car (not continuously), the car finally fired up. The idle was everywhere and the car kept wanting to die out AND the service engine light went on. After running for about 2 minutes the car died out and then wouldn't start. I thought the gas might have water in it, so i went and got one of those bottles of HEET, and still got the same result. The car started then died, and wouldn't start again.
I called up the tuner and asked him what it might be and he said without knowing the codes, it sounds like the MAF. The MAF is only a few months old. So I'm reaching out to the LS1tech community into any info. that could be brought forward. I'm going to rent the diagnostic scanner from autozone tomorrow to hopefully get an accurate read on the codes, but any thoughts or ideas would be greatly appreciated.
My dad seems to think there could be a loose wire from the fuel pump, which seems reasonable, but I don't have the time, space, or tools down at school to tear through my entire car.
Thanks for any answers.
I called up the tuner and asked him what it might be and he said without knowing the codes, it sounds like the MAF. The MAF is only a few months old. So I'm reaching out to the LS1tech community into any info. that could be brought forward. I'm going to rent the diagnostic scanner from autozone tomorrow to hopefully get an accurate read on the codes, but any thoughts or ideas would be greatly appreciated.
My dad seems to think there could be a loose wire from the fuel pump, which seems reasonable, but I don't have the time, space, or tools down at school to tear through my entire car.
Thanks for any answers.
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Well the easiest way to check if your fuel pressure is good is to hook up a gauge and see if it is correct. I can't really tell you what the problem is without seeing the codes. But to me it sounds like there is something wrong with the gas. A long time ago my father went to get gas and the truck that fills up the underground tanks put the diesel in the underground tank for the gas. Anyway he dropped the tank and flushed the fuel system, put in some fresh gas and was fine. So If I was you I would just drain the tank if you cant find anything else wrong.
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if the codes don't show anything serious, that will be the first thing i do. I'll post codes tomorrow, although that should give me the answer. I was debating unplugging the MAF just to see if the car will run, but all of that will happen late tomorrow after work and school.
Thanks for the opinion
Thanks for the opinion
