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Old Aug 9, 2008 | 11:06 PM
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Took my Nova out today for a long drive to a car cruise. The car ran absolutely perfect for the trip there, and all day. I stopped to get fuel, and proceeded out of town. As I started to accelerate, the car started bucking pretty bad. Pulled over, got the scanner out and pulled a P0102. No big deal, I figured the mass air was dirty and just acting up so I figured I would just disconnect it and run SD untill I got home. I pulled the connector on the maf, and the car died. I started the car again, but it refused to idle. I had to limp the car home 50 miles with it bucking under any type of throttle input or load. WTF?? why would the car die without the maf?

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Anyone have a clue????

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Old Aug 10, 2008 | 02:22 PM
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Is the car tuned to run on SD?
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no, but it was my understanding that when the Maf fails or is unplugged, the computer reverts to SD, and runs off the computer tables. I would think the car would still idle without the Maf.

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Old Aug 10, 2008 | 09:15 PM
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Ive never heard of that but I will check into that. Most cars that I work on will not idle or run worth a damn without a MAF.
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no, but it was my understanding that when the Maf fails or is unplugged, the computer reverts to SD, and runs off the computer tables. I would think the car would still idle without the Maf.

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Some do, I dont know if the LSx's do or not though.
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Okay just went out and unplugged mine and the car continued to run just fine, and it tripped the P0102B code you referred to from disconnecting.
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Ok, so why would mine refuse to idle? I just don't get it. Anyone have any tips for where to start? The MAF is brand new GM truck unit with only 200 or so miles on it.

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Ok, so why would mine refuse to idle? I just don't get it. Anyone have any tips for where to start? The MAF is brand new GM truck unit with only 200 or so miles on it.

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Sorry dude I have no idea, I would go through all the wiring, its saying basically that the MAF is disconnected which makes me think you may have a wiring issue.
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