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Old 07-07-2013, 07:20 PM
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I'm about 75% sure it is an MAF malfunction. I went to O'Reilly's and purchased an MAF cleaner. I sprayed the MAF sensor and cleaned it good. I ended up taking the throttle control out and it was FILTHY. I sprayed both Carb Cleaner and MAF cleaner and got rid of all of the gunk it had. I placed the throttle control back and turned it on (without the MAF). It Ran decently on Idle, when I revved the engine, it sounded like it was really struggling to get any air (Mind you, both the air filter and MAF are not in place, simply plugged in like the picture I had posted earlier). I plugged the MAF sensor back in, and it died. Turned it back on, revved it with the MAF sensor plugged and it was noticably struggling. I took turns with my brother's help plugging it and uplugging it for the difference. Everytime the MAF was plugged in, it was struggling hard/killed the engine. Without it, while it still struggled, it handled better. Still drives horribly without the MAF and with it, so at this point, I think the MAF is malfunctioning and will look for one online (Kragen quoted me 259, and it has to be shipped). I guess I'll catch the bus to work tomorrow (Not a clue which one or how to make it to my destination at work, It is 4 miles away, across the countyside/city, so it's not as bad as I had stated earlier on my commute problems, still a struggle). Unless anyone else has any other suggestions, I hope this will fix my problem. If not, I'm going to break down and cry.
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