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a solution to my ruff start and running issue way back. thx

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Old 10-31-2003, 12:29 AM
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Default a solution to my ruff start and running issue way back. thx

a while back i had a problem with my car not wanting to run . well it could start but when you pushed it , it would stall. needless to say some said maf sensor but a few came through and said to check the fuel pressure and by golly a 5 doller gauge later and a 50 doller pump got it goin again.
since this car sat for 4 years prior to my owning it the fueal pump diead in a way ill say.

that and on a differant note I see a lot of posts about stalling after start up but then its fine on restart. well I was at a yard and picked up an extra maf sensor off an engine that looked like mine. it was a 3800 at least. well it was free cause it was coated in oil due to the engine getting tilted but I took it apart and sprayed it with wd-40 first and then quick dry contact cleaner, all on the little hair like sensor part. once it dried i put it in and my stall or hesitation after start up was gone. was it the replacement or was it in need of a good cleaning? i dunno but the original had no screen and the 2nd one does so maybe that adds another variable to it.. who knows
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Most likely the MAF. Clean your old one and test it then you'll know. I would never remove a MAF screen but some do and say its fine. It probably makes a real mess with a failing MAF to have the screen out.
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well the problem is gone i just read elsewhere about peps havin this prob so this might help but im not takin that screen out... ill just leave it and give it a shot of laughing gas insted
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