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Old Jul 24, 2012 | 11:40 AM
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car keeps stalling

So my car keeps stalling on me as if its running out of gas. It seems to like to do it on bumpy roads, when I make a hard turn, or on hills. I've installed a new fuel pump and I'm using ryancb's maf and it still does it. Its doesn't happen all the time. It will go for w week with out a problem then it will start up again. I unplugged the maf and it works fine now but I need to figure out what is causing this before I push it off a cliff. Any ideas on what might be causing it to stall?
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Old Jul 24, 2012 | 10:25 PM
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Originally Posted by krisgoodwin84
So my car keeps stalling on me as if its running out of gas. It seems to like to do it on bumpy roads, when I make a hard turn, or on hills. I've installed a new fuel pump and I'm using ryancb's maf and it still does it. Its doesn't happen all the time. It will go for w week with out a problem then it will start up again. I unplugged the maf and it works fine now but I need to figure out what is causing this before I push it off a cliff. Any ideas on what might be causing it to stall?
I need some clarification here, do you mean you unplugged it and re plugged it in? I would start with checking all the electrical connections especially the crank and cam sensors, if they are loose a bump could cause an intermittent connection and the car would most definately stall.
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Old Jul 24, 2012 | 11:11 PM
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I've checked all them but ill check them again and no I drove with it unplugged halfway to work and all the way back. The mechanic at the dealership siad that I'm plugging it makes the ecu run in a open loop instead of closed. which bypass is a lot of the sensors, I don't know which ones but you said it does and it seems to work. I'll check all the plugs for sensors in the morning and give it a go
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Old Jul 25, 2012 | 07:18 AM
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Interesting. I cant unplug my maf the car wont barely run if I do that it. Definately wont idle and I would have to work the clutch just to keep it going. You try disconnecting the battery to reset the ecu?
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Old Jul 26, 2012 | 01:40 PM
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make sure its on in the right direction
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