GXBaron

Hey guys,

I really need your help on this one. I installed an air intake from K&N which required me to disconnect the negative terminal and the installation went pretty smooth. the hardest part was fitting the maf sensor to the new tube. Anyway, I installed everything correctly and connected the negative terminal tightly and went to start car. It starts but then immediately dies. Any ideas...wifey's gonna kill me if I don't get her car up and running.

Please help

mr2fast

sounds like you missed a vacuum hose or one is loose. also if you unplug your maf/mas make sure the connector is properly secured.

LiCelsior

iTrader: (32)

did u remember to plug the MAF back in?

empinball

Did it run at all after you installed the K&N? I put a K&N in a Land Rover Discovery years ago and there was so much oil on the filter (right out of the box) that it built up on the hot wire on the MAF and caused all kinds of problems.

If it never ran at all, you don't have something hooked up right. Another funny Land Rover story....my Disco spent an extra 3 days in the shop after having the valley pan gasket replaced because the dumb a$$ service tech forgot to plug the MAF unit back in. They were nice enough to "cut me a deal and only charged me $270 for the labor incurred while diagnosing the problem they caused.

LZMF1

empinball i really hope you got rid of the disco!!! i had one and it was the most expensive mistake i have ever made......total piece of crap vehicle!

ChrisK

iTrader: (1)

Make sure you installed the MAF sensor properly. Installing it backwards would explain why your vehicle does not start.

Rob Daman

maf comments sound right.

BurgBoxstr

Plus, you may want to clean the MAF w/ some QD Electronic Cleaner while you have it out and make sure you soak up the extra oil from the K&N. They come well juiced and will definitely eff-up a MAF causing need to replace if not caught early (part typically runs ~ $150+...)

empinball

I did, sad thing is I traded in our ES-300 for the Disco because the baby seat didn't fit. The ES gave me 130K trouble free miles at 28+ mpg, it did eat tires though. To go along with around an average of 10 mpg, I dropped about $2500 in a 3 month period on the Disco and traded it in on a Dodge truck. Rover treated us like kings until the warranty was up, then it was like a prison rape fest every time it needed service.

LZMF1

dude....you wouldn't believe the horror stories i have about my disco. i was doing @ 80 mph on a highway near me when all of a sudden i heard a loud POP!!! and then i had no power at all. luckily i was going so quickly that i was able to coast and pull over to the side of the road. as it turns out the cover on the front of the engine block literally shattered as i was was flying with my wife and kids in the car!! luckily it happened within the 1st 3 months of me owning it and i didn't have to drop a dime on the repairs which turned out to be around 14K!!!!!! from there it was just trivial BS problems pretty much every other week.

after owning a disco i will never ever buy another british vehicle.