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Originally Posted by Gjohnson7
Ok, so I finally found a super cheap 93 5 speed. It has 173k miles but it only cost me $400 and I'll post pics as soon as I finish cleaning her up. The bad part is that it has tan carpet and seats and it stinks like mildew. I spent most of the day steam cleaning the inside with a rug doctor that I had rented for the house. Anyway, my problem is that the car does run but it dies every time you give it gas. If you barely push the gas you can keep the car running and I actually drove it home. But it stalled at every stoplight and/or stop sign every time I tried to accelerate. What could cause this? I figured it must be fuel related, but also thought it might be throttle position sensor or such. Any ideas?  |
Welcome to Zilvia net..you'ld probably get a better response if you posted your question in the Technical Section...as it is an engine related problem.
Zilvia net also has a SEARCH function that you can use to try to figure out what your problem is.
Before you assume it's your MAF, try doing the basic maintenance...things you mentioned previously...air & fuel filter, plugs (stick with NGK's - gapped at .039 to .044), distributor cap & rotor, also check your timing. It should be at 20 degrees. Set your idle AFTER you checked the timing...
Download a FSM...see below...and follow the instructions for timing & idle..
something I posted previously....some a repeat of above...
1) Check to see if you don't have anything clogging the air filter & intake box.
2) Check to see if you have any cracked, torn, cut, melted vacuum lines. If you are able to start the car & it idles...see if you can hear a hissing sound. If you can, trace it back to it's source & either replug it back to the connector it came loose from or replace/repair the cracked, torn, cut or melted line with another.
3) Check to see if any of your spark plug wires haven't come loose or disconnected from the plug.
As for the car idling roughly, when was the last time you tuned it? Change the spark plugs, distributor cap, rotor? Changed the air/oil/fuel filters?? If you're lucky it's just a loose spark plug wire, cracked/melted/cut/torn vacuum line or just needs a tune up.
If you haven't done so, get your hands on a FSM & start brushing up on your mechanical skills.
http://www.ffdet.com/members/rich/Nissan/nissan.htm
Hope this helps...
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OH...almost forgot...go to
www.240sx.org and click on the FAQ button. Scroll down till you get to ECM Reading Trouble Codes DOHC. Follow those procedures and see what Diagnostic Trouble Codes your car kicks out. Post the results back here & we'll see if we can help you solve your idle problems..