oh no !!

[bigdavie]

along the m8 tonight middle lane 65ish 5th gear indicate to overtake sink the boot then power on and off gradually as if i was playing with the throttle but i wasnt honest ! any ideas ?? also recently my idle has been playing up and almost stalling !! are they linked do you think ??

any ideas folks ??

cheers !

[ally-b]

Sounds like MAF senser  mate .

'99 and '00 are well known for it .

About £75 if I remember right .

Giz a shout , I know someone who could help you check it []

Al.

[bigdavie]

brilliant mate when would be best for you ??

[bigdavie]

btw i've just checked and the maf sensor was done 16/04/2005 but on the receipt it says maf internals replaced ??!! i thought the maf was a unit ?? also at the last service when i checked the maf the hotwire looked ok nice and clean actually ??!! does this make sense ??

any further advice greatly appreciated

could a maf lunch itself in a year ??

[ally-b]

I touch goats

The guts can be replaced without the housing .

Are you using an aftermarket airfilter ? by any chance ?

Al.

[bigdavie]

yeah ally a green cotton filter but its un oiled !

[fai17]

I touch goats

The guts can be replaced without the housing .

Are you using an aftermarket airfilter ? by any chance ?

Al.

I was just going to say that Ally...

[bigdavie]

yeah mine's is only a panel filter too !

[colin_ross]

could a maf lunch itself in a year?

Try in an afternoon mate. I had a fun day ay crail and gubbed mine withing the space of 3 hours.

It was coated with oil as I hadn't vented my breathers and oil had been drawn up and contaminated it.  If you have a 99/00 then you only replace the censor (£78). I had to do this before going mafless so I've got one with 300 miles on it if you need a good one to test it.

Or you could just reset the ecu and see if it throws up a cel error.

[WRC No 1]

http://www.derekcarswell.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/pages/ecu.htm

 

davie if u need help give us a call m8

 

wullie

[AVI_8]

My car has started doing the same thing, I spoke to Paul from Dastek the other day when I was at Knockhill, he also said that it sounds like the MAF sensor, mines a year 2000, seemingly the 99 - 00 cars are very prone to this, running your car with a performance air filter increases your chances of this happening.

I was advised to take it out and clean it with brake cleaner and to wipe the sensor bit (small pad I think he said) with a cotton bud but not to touch it with fingers.

[bigdavie]

well cheers for all the help folks i went into premier auto electrics but they couldnt test it for me so i bit the bullet and travelled down to greers and as always a1 service from jason he checked for error codes and it came up with 2 3 which is maf !! so went down to s+s £72 later i'm happy !! well kind of it now seems as though ive lost some power ?? will this be the ecu resetting itself or have i lost my tek 3 map ? or am i just imagining things now ?? lol cheers

[colin_ross]

When the maf fails the car runs lean, dangerously lean. One of the side effects of this is the car runs like a bloody rocket, so much so it melts a piston and bang goes your engine.

So, you may well be down on power but you're all the better for it.

[bigdavie]

cool cheers for that !! thought i was going nut's !!