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give us a brief history of your problem - was it like that when you bought the car and you are trying to sort things out, or your car was running fine and then, all of a sudden, things happened? was there any work done in the engine bay? engine power wash? did you replace a gasket? did you drop a wrench into the bay?... This might be useful in pinpointing the issue...
also, it might be usefull to try to video tape the starting process, so we can hear the struggles that engine is going through...
in INPA, once you added the coolant, you can erase that error (you already saved the screenshots of it), and see if that error will come back or not...
The INPA is capable of helping you so much, but it is not an ALMIGHTY tool that knows it all, you need to use it in conjunction with the symptoms for proper diagnosis...
The collective knowledge on this forum is enormous but most folks will not jump in unless they have something to say, and they will not have much to say if they can't draw a better picture of the issue... I am throwing in ideas, just shooting in the dark - we need more folks to get involved, and that is where your insight helps...
Also, create a permanent signature that will list the year (year/month), engine, mileage of your car, maybe define the options it came with or any upgrade you did - this way people will not be asking same questions of what ride you have, as different engines have different issues (like the ICV for the I-6 with similar symptoms, but that does not apply to your engine)...
If you have enough patience to troubleshoot the car, we have enough patience to guide you through...
as far as the MAF - when the engine is already running, try to disconnect the plug going to MAF - if the running characteristics have not changed, the MAF is dead, as its presense or absense has no effect on the engine... if the characteristics have changed, the MAF is alive but still might be "sick", and you need to dig further...
keep us posted
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