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Old 04-15-2011, 08:54 PM
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Originally Posted by xmac View Post
I chased a similar problem on my 2001 but it turned out to be the mass airflow sensor. I kept getting a lean in bank1 CEL, replaced the O2's, replaced the fuel filter, cleaned out the oil separator. I never got an error for the MAF sensor, but on a hunch I replaced it and never had the issue again.

It is about $200 from AutoHausAZ
As far as I know the MAF is not used on the start up and you can unplug the MAF and X is gonna run just fine,except may by the CEL,not more than that.
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