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Old Aug 14, 2007 | 03:28 AM
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I added headers about 1,000 miles ago and just did a lid about 2 weeks ago. It was fine up until the lid. Then after the lid it started idling kinda lumpy, like i have a cam. It isn't tuned yet, but I was just wondering if that was something I should get checked out. The sound is sort of a flapping sound at idle. Its not constant, maybe every other second or so. The car drives fine, so I'm confused as to what the problem is. I thought it was the MAF so I removed that and sprayed MAF cleaner on it and that didn't seem to help out much, it just happens a bit less. I don't think its related but I also added a skip shift on the car the same day. Any ideas?
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Old Aug 14, 2007 | 04:24 AM
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what does a flapping noise sound like? do you have any leaks in your bellows? you may just have to adjust your tps
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Old Aug 14, 2007 | 02:37 PM
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Its hard to explain, but that was the best comparison I could come up with. Maybe more like a cam idle would explain the sound better.
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Are you sure you connected all of your sensors back in?
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Old Aug 17, 2007 | 07:40 AM
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Sensors for the lid? Yeah I did.
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Old Aug 17, 2007 | 08:58 AM
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Sensors for the lid? Yeah I did.
Well that and the MAF sensor. You might try resetting your pcm and see if that helps any.
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Old Aug 17, 2007 | 08:07 PM
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Does is sound like something I should take seriously? Hopefully nothing major would come from it. Performance wise its fine, its just that issue at idle that makes me wonder a bit.
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