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TOMKAIRA93 · 01-01-2008, 06:59 PM

Alright, here's how it went. First off, my car fuel gauge doesn't work, neither does the low in gas light. I hardly use the 240, but yesterday I was planning on installing new rear speakers so I was headed to my brother in law's house and that's when I ran out of gas, on my way over. Well, put gas in the tank (twice just to make sure) and the car would not stay at idle. It would at times crank up and idle for like 5 seconds and die back down. Well, after a few hours of this ordeal, we decided to tow the car back home (about .5 miles, luckily). Today, we tried again. At first, the car would idle for more than 10 seconds but die back down. We then unplugged the AFM and TPS and tried it that way, well, guess what? the car would crank up and stay at idle, but once we connect the AFM it would die again, same with the TPS.
The weird thing is that it would turn on without these two things connected, but when either or is plugged back in, the car would die.

I've searched regarding this, but no luck. If anyone has gone through this before, please post comments of how you corrected the problem. Thanks!

Happy new year!

01-01-2008, 06:59 PM	#1
TOMKAIRA93 Zilvia Addict Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: San Antonio, TX Age: 47 Posts: 696 Trader Rating: (3) Feedback Score: 3 reviews	SR: Ran out of gas, now my car is crap! Alright, here's how it went. First off, my car fuel gauge doesn't work, neither does the low in gas light. I hardly use the 240, but yesterday I was planning on installing new rear speakers so I was headed to my brother in law's house and that's when I ran out of gas, on my way over. Well, put gas in the tank (twice just to make sure) and the car would not stay at idle. It would at times crank up and idle for like 5 seconds and die back down. Well, after a few hours of this ordeal, we decided to tow the car back home (about .5 miles, luckily). Today, we tried again. At first, the car would idle for more than 10 seconds but die back down. We then unplugged the AFM and TPS and tried it that way, well, guess what? the car would crank up and stay at idle, but once we connect the AFM it would die again, same with the TPS. The weird thing is that it would turn on without these two things connected, but when either or is plugged back in, the car would die. I've searched regarding this, but no luck. If anyone has gone through this before, please post comments of how you corrected the problem. Thanks! Happy new year! __________________