hi all i thought i would make my own thread instead of confusing people in another one
basically when i got my car it had trouble starting - it would fire up fine to idle speed and then just drop to 0 and stall....i got around this by tapping the accelerator as the revs were dying a few times and it would come good
last weekend i put a full tank of fuel in it and some Nulon Fuel System Cleaner (hoping it would fix my problem) but it made it worse. The car started to hesitate at low throttle until it was warm.
i did alot of searching for similar problems which pointed to loose hoses, corroded terminals on the fuel pump relay, dirty coilpacks and faulty MAF sensors
tonight i checked all of my hoses, cleaned the fuel pump relay (which had lots of gunk in it), cleaned my coilpacks and checked all of the hoses i could see and all of the plugs
started it up - bingo running sweet, idle is great....everything is 100%
i go inside and clean myself up - and go for a drive.....again everything is great until i get to an intersection.....the car stalls and was a pain in the ass to get going again....i limp it home at a great rate of knots - anything under 3/4 throttle would cause it to stall
then i get it home and let it cool - it starts up and runs until it gets hot and then stalls
i pulled fault codes 13 and 25 which look like they relate to the MAF sensor so ill have a look at that tomorrow morning
two things of note
1. my battery has japanese all over it and lasts for about 10 minutes with the doors open even if the lights are off
2. my plumb back hose has just been folded back on itself and clamped - BOV is venting to air
thoughts?
basically when i got my car it had trouble starting - it would fire up fine to idle speed and then just drop to 0 and stall....i got around this by tapping the accelerator as the revs were dying a few times and it would come good
last weekend i put a full tank of fuel in it and some Nulon Fuel System Cleaner (hoping it would fix my problem) but it made it worse. The car started to hesitate at low throttle until it was warm.
i did alot of searching for similar problems which pointed to loose hoses, corroded terminals on the fuel pump relay, dirty coilpacks and faulty MAF sensors
tonight i checked all of my hoses, cleaned the fuel pump relay (which had lots of gunk in it), cleaned my coilpacks and checked all of the hoses i could see and all of the plugs
started it up - bingo running sweet, idle is great....everything is 100%
i go inside and clean myself up - and go for a drive.....again everything is great until i get to an intersection.....the car stalls and was a pain in the ass to get going again....i limp it home at a great rate of knots - anything under 3/4 throttle would cause it to stall
then i get it home and let it cool - it starts up and runs until it gets hot and then stalls
i pulled fault codes 13 and 25 which look like they relate to the MAF sensor so ill have a look at that tomorrow morning
two things of note
1. my battery has japanese all over it and lasts for about 10 minutes with the doors open even if the lights are off
2. my plumb back hose has just been folded back on itself and clamped - BOV is venting to air
thoughts?