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Old 17 June 2001, 09:23 PM
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CAN ANY ONE HELP I HAVE A MY00 AND DURING THE CROFT TRACKDAY APP. HALF WAY THROUGH THE DAY THE CAR STARTING MISFIRING AND EVEN STARTED TO DIE ON THE STRAIGHT WHEN I PULLED IN IT WOULDN`T IDLE I THOUGHT THIS WAS DOWN TO ME REMOVING MY RESONATOR BOX AND WATER GETTING SUCKED INTO THE AIRBOX ON GETTING HOME I TOOK OUT THE RAMAIR FILTER AND PUT IN THE OLD PAPER ELIMENT BUT IT DID NOT RESOLVE THE MATTER THE CAR STILL DOSE NOT IDLE AND THE PICKUP IS VERY LUMPY SO CAN ANY ONE HELP
Old 17 June 2001, 09:27 PM
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Are you sure the MAF hasn't gone because of the water it sucked in?

Get it on a select monitor asap.
Old 18 June 2001, 06:50 AM
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Certainly sounds like MAF problem, speaking from experience...

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Old 18 June 2001, 08:38 AM
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I'd put my money on a failed maf sensor. 2 things make my alarm bells ring. Ramair and water. Get it to a dealer and let him sort it out for you.

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Old 18 June 2001, 09:44 AM
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I hear it was monsoon weather at Croft as well!!!!!

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Old 20 June 2001, 03:52 PM
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thanks for your replys everybody i`ve just been to scoobysport and yeh it is the maf sensor contaminated by the you guessed it the ramair filter its a pity i wasn`t on scoobynet when i bought the s###e thing i would of known about them
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