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Old Nov 29, 2008 | 01:04 PM
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finally pulled the code, DTC:31 Vaf Circuit.

removed the maf again and sprayed maf cleaner into the hole in the end and let it dry etc. car stalls at first completely and dies at idle in park and drive. after it warms up the idle is uneven between 1k and 500 and there is a lot of hesitation during acceleration.

what to do....replace vaf?
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Old Nov 29, 2008 | 01:23 PM
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spraying or messing around with mafs in general is not recommended. my buddy sprayed some in his maf in a ka-t s14 and the maf took a chit.

on the other hang i took mine in my 93 sc300 and drenched it in brake clean to clean it and its all good.

depends of its karman vortex or hit wire i guess....and your luck.
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Old Nov 29, 2008 | 01:43 PM
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Originally Posted by 5sp_jzz30
spraying or messing around with mafs in general is not recommended. my buddy sprayed some in his maf in a ka-t s14 and the maf took a chit.

on the other hang i took mine in my 93 sc300 and drenched it in brake clean to clean it and its all good.

depends of its karman vortex or hit wire i guess....and your luck.
those stock parts? mine is a fujiman or something.
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karman vortex and hot wire refers to the type of sensor it is. not the manufacturer.

the 92-96 sc's are karman vortex if i recall correctly and 97+ are hot wire. they use different ways to measure are flow.
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replaced with used maf, cel gone, runs great.
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lesson learned...never do anything with the maf
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