Sucking in too much air...
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Sucking in too much air...
my 97 uk turbo is slightly dying...
I've been told that my air flow meter may be gone, hence it starting but stalling and having no revs.
General questions:
Is it an easy job in terms of part(s) and time?
Can the car be driven at all since the check engine light is on?
When it gets to temp, revs returns to normal and sounds ok...
Any advice/answers would be great as I am still learning about it! Will have to wait til Monday to get RAC to tow it to garage.
Also showing it on 25th July at Devon car show... what a time to be ill!
I've been told that my air flow meter may be gone, hence it starting but stalling and having no revs.
General questions:
Is it an easy job in terms of part(s) and time?
Can the car be driven at all since the check engine light is on?
When it gets to temp, revs returns to normal and sounds ok...
Any advice/answers would be great as I am still learning about it! Will have to wait til Monday to get RAC to tow it to garage.
Also showing it on 25th July at Devon car show... what a time to be ill!
Last edited by siannie; 16 July 2010 at 07:00 PM.
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it's a two minute job but the mafs aren't cheap, around £250 for your car
open the bonnet, look at the airbox on the left, you'll see the air pipe going to the turbo, it's about 3" round. The maff is located within a round housing that has wires going to it. should have either a green or orange band going round the case, undo the clips and replace unit.
Easy to check if it's the maf, connect the two black wires under the stearing wheel and read the ECU fault codes, have a look here to see how to do this.
http://www.scoobypedia.co.uk/index.p...gECUCodes#toc3
open the bonnet, look at the airbox on the left, you'll see the air pipe going to the turbo, it's about 3" round. The maff is located within a round housing that has wires going to it. should have either a green or orange band going round the case, undo the clips and replace unit.
Easy to check if it's the maf, connect the two black wires under the stearing wheel and read the ECU fault codes, have a look here to see how to do this.
http://www.scoobypedia.co.uk/index.p...gECUCodes#toc3
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it's a two minute job but the mafs aren't cheap, around £250 for your car
open the bonnet, look at the airbox on the left, you'll see the air pipe going to the turbo, it's about 3" round. The maff is located within a round housing that has wires going to it. should have either a green or orange band going round the case, undo the clips and replace unit.
Easy to check if it's the maf, connect the two black wires under the stearing wheel and read the ECU fault codes, have a look here to see how to do this.
http://www.scoobypedia.co.uk/index.p...gECUCodes#toc3
open the bonnet, look at the airbox on the left, you'll see the air pipe going to the turbo, it's about 3" round. The maff is located within a round housing that has wires going to it. should have either a green or orange band going round the case, undo the clips and replace unit.
Easy to check if it's the maf, connect the two black wires under the stearing wheel and read the ECU fault codes, have a look here to see how to do this.
http://www.scoobypedia.co.uk/index.p...gECUCodes#toc3
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You can fit the MAF yourself it only takes about 2 mins as DannyBoy said.
Speak to these guys http://www.enginetuner.co.uk/home.htm as they are relatively close to you to see if they can help with getting you MAF
Speak to these guys http://www.enginetuner.co.uk/home.htm as they are relatively close to you to see if they can help with getting you MAF
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You can fit the MAF yourself it only takes about 2 mins as DannyBoy said.
Speak to these guys http://www.enginetuner.co.uk/home.htm as they are relatively close to you to see if they can help with getting you MAF
Speak to these guys http://www.enginetuner.co.uk/home.htm as they are relatively close to you to see if they can help with getting you MAF
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Ok cheers... strangely it's fixed itself i.e. is running normally now after not starting it for a few days. No CEL no problems with revs no nothing. Still going to check with garage.
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