Still needing help!!
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Still needing help!!
Took my car in shop no one can find problem...my car dies..it will then still turn over but no spark..if it sits awhile it will then start or if you unhook batt to reset comp it will start..it will run fine for a few days or a week or so then it happens again..could this be the mass air flow sensor?
Melting Slicks
Joined: Nov 2007
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From: Gainesville FL
Took my car in shop no one can find problem...my car dies..it will then still turn over but no spark..if it sits awhile it will then start or if you unhook batt to reset comp it will start..it will run fine for a few days or a week or so then it happens again..could this be the mass air flow sensor?
I recently had an intermittent problem where the car died randomly about 2 weeks after my ICM and it turned out to be a bad coil … antoher cheap part that's easily tested.
You can disconnect the MAF and the car will still run on tables. I don't think it will cause a no start and MAFs are expensive.
Last edited by 3D-Aircrew; Jan 27, 2019 at 03:11 PM.
Melting Slicks
Joined: Nov 2007
Posts: 2,830
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From: Gainesville FL
You'll have to pull your distributor cap to pull the ICM … make sure you mark your wires. The distributor cover has the cylinder number on it. If you have to reinstall it or put a new one back in you will need some more thermal paste under it. The coil is in the distributor cap and you can test it with an Ohm-meter. My tested open when it finally failed for good.
