Yesterday I hit too much water, too fast. I ended up with an airbox full of water and a disco that choked out. I drained it, and put a dry filter in, but intermitantly it still sputters. It also is not running well at all on startup when cold. Is this the symptom of a mass airflow sensor?
sputtering disco
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Mine wouldnt start when I toasted my MAF.. and if it did, I had to keep idle up on it, but it still sputtered a lot.. finally 2 days after the fact, when I finally was able to take it to LR.. I was able to start it in the parking lot, but it still sputtered a little bit.. they did a check of the engine for water and everything.. but only found the MAF to be toasted.. replaced that and now it purrs like normal.
Mine wouldnt start when I toasted my MAF.. and if it did, I had to keep idle up on it, but it still sputtered a lot.. finally 2 days after the fact, when I finally was able to take it to LR.. I was able to start it in the parking lot, but it still sputtered a little bit.. they did a check of the engine for water and everything.. but only found the MAF to be toasted.. replaced that and now it purrs like normal.
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Makwa
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Sputtering Disco
You bet. Can you locate a used one that is still in working order?? New ones are around $700.00 (USD - for those of you in CDA).
Brian
You bet. Can you locate a used one that is still in working order?? New ones are around $700.00 (USD - for those of you in CDA).
Brian
rmuller said:Mass Airflow Sensor is $115.00 from roversnorth.com .. from the dealership its $150.00 and they charged me i think 1 or 1.5 hours of labor @ 95.00/hr ... so buy it from roversnorth and do it yourself.
Did they give some lube first for that 5 min. job
It is just the sensor on the intake tube right after the airbox, right? Why is it worth 1.5 hours of labor? isnt it just two little screws holding it in?
I have also noticed a bit of a whine that wasn't there before, and it seems to shift differently too. Could both of these things be caused by the MAF as well, or did I hurt some other stuff too?
I had a whine after wheeling once before, I remember it had something to do with the tension pulley.. I'll check my invoice when I get home.. but my dealer fix whatever it was no charge.. does the whine get louder when you accelerate?
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rmuller said:
Its a small sealed bearing in there that you can get from a local bearing shop and press in your self. If water gets in it drys out and makes noise untill it die's.. so i keep a few in the glove box on long trips they seem to fail at the worst times..
Oh yeah, just saw this on another post.. but you might want to try cleaning the MAF with electrical contact cleaner.. I have yet to try this, but its worth a shot.
I believe I saw some at pep boys last week.. but not sure..
Just a warning -- I've never used electrical contact cleaner, and especially not on a MAF.. this was just a suggestion that a few different people gave me to try.. but my car was already at the dealership so I didn't have an opportunity to try it..
Just a warning -- I've never used electrical contact cleaner, and especially not on a MAF.. this was just a suggestion that a few different people gave me to try.. but my car was already at the dealership so I didn't have an opportunity to try it..
We clean MAFS with electrical contact cleaner all the time, and about 50% of the time it works. You won't f anything up with it, and it sounds like your is certainly shot.
Alright, new MAF on order... Tell me more about this bearing.. Where is it, and how tough is it to swap out? That whine is getting worse. Does anyone else ever feel like they are driving a time bomb?