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Old 10-20-2006, 09:36 PM
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Car has started to have an up and down idle at stops. It can not seem to find a steady idle. I have a air fuel ratio meter and it fluctuates between yellow and red (yellow is nominal and red is lean) doesn't ever get into the green area. I pulled the o2 sensors and the left was whitish brown and the right o2 was a darker brownish red. What do you guys think. I tried to reset the computer and make it relearn itself to no avail. Thanks for the help
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what codes do you have? Could be the TPS or even the IAC. Check the codes and let me know.
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No codes, I ythink when they reprogrammed the pcm they eliminated those faults. I know they eliminated the emmissions and rear o2's. I try to unplug sensors while the car is running and no light comes on??
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try cleaning the MAF. mine did the same thing 2 times this summer and i replaced the tps and iac.still had problems. cleaned the MAF and problem went away. i finally got rid of my k&n for a paper filter and havent had a problem since
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Originally Posted by theinstag8r
try cleaning the MAF. mine did the same thing 2 times this summer and i replaced the tps and iac.still had problems. cleaned the MAF and problem went away. i finally got rid of my k&n for a paper filter and havent had a problem since

If the K&N isn't over oiled it doesn't cause problems. I have 3 cars with MAF's, running K&N's in all 3, never had a problem with the maf getting dirty.
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Originally Posted by rocketman442
If the K&N isn't over oiled it doesn't cause problems. I have 3 cars with MAF's, running K&N's in all 3, never had a problem with the maf getting dirty.
no arguement there, but if they are not perfect your maf could get dirty and you could have problems. just trying to help this guy out
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I have had both K&N & Paper using paper now because the K&N neted me nothing on a dyno.
But it does not take much dirt flip out the maf.
Try cleaning the maf with a Q tip an clear achohol.




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