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New motor is having problems
I finally put the other motor in my svx and it started right up only to die about 10 seconds later. this became a continuing problem. the check engine light never came on, it seems as if it is suffering from a loss of fuel (the pump works). I'm about to go check the codes but since the check engine light never came on I don't think I'll find anything. Next step would be to swap airflow sensors. My guess would be a sensor on the motor since it has been sitting for 2 years, but I don't know which one.
Thanks, Chris |
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*UPDATE*
I got the car to run but it will not idle. below 1400rpm the car seems to miss some and above 1400 it "runs like a top". It finally through a check engine light and the codes were MAF and a knock sensor. I doubt the MAF is bad but the car may have a idle air control valve that is stuck open or something. I don't know, maybe I'm just in denial because I don't want to burn money on a MAF sensor.
Thanks, Chris |
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Man, that really sounds like a mass airflow sensor to me. If you take a car that runs well, disconnect the MAF and start it, it'll do exactly what you're describing.
But it could also be the idle air control valve. It might not open correctly. The IAC valve on my wife's Legacy was really sticky and the car idled terribly, sometimes stalling. I cleaned it out, fixed the vacuum leaks I found, and it runs like a champ now.
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I agree that it sounds like a MAF problem.
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all of the coils were reading .9 ohms. I too had thought the IAC to be clogged but couldn't find one in the shop book so I began to think the svx didn't have one as it doesn't seem to have an ISC. When I unplugged the MAF, I had the same exact problem I'm experiencing now. Oh well, there goes another 300 bones into the time bomb.
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