any check engine lights? bad maf will cause the car to run poorly inacurate A/F ratios wouldn't think it would run very well with it unplugged either though.

 

nope, no check engine lights. Only the brake light and my seatbelt ligth flashes (drivers side doesnt work). My friend said it might be the MAF, but i wanted a second opinion. but yea, i dont know why it would run good unplugged either. go figure.

 

that isnt an maf plug though. get a FSM and figure it out

 

looks like a temp sens plug, but i didnt click on the pic and its 5:50 am

 

+1 for the coolant temp sensor.

 

weird. than why would that make my car run funny? a temperature sensor doesnt seem like it messes with the car? just a sensor. what could i do to fix this?

anyone else have this problem?

 

When you're coolant temperature sensor is bad, it makes the engine run very rich. Mine was running so rich it would be hard to idle, until we replaced the ECTS...immediately after it idled.

 

most of the eccs operations have the coolant temperature sensor as a variable for many of its operations. get that connected and im sure it'll fix a lot of problems

you should really get a factory service manual asap!

 

Like stinky said

you should really get a factory service manual asap!

 

bought an electronic coolant temperature sensor tonight. gonna slap it on tomorrow. i wont really be able to see if it worked because i cant drive my car. hooray for burning my clutch up

 

like 17 bux at autozone, it reads the temperature of the coolant and in conjunction with the computer sends the correct amount of fuel for the temperature.

 

thanks. that might be the reason it runs like shit.

btw, did vroom-chip get a new account, or is this someone different?

 

Bad coolant sensor made my SR run like BOO BOO and sound like a WRX... Not kosher. So yeah, they will make your car run bad.

 

well, what do you know, it worked. it was a bitch pulling that sensor out tho. my 19mm socket wasnt deep enough, and my wrench was too big to use (fuel injector rail was in the way)

so i had to use a crescent wrench, and then turn it with another wrench. so i used 2 tools at the same time to get the damn thing out. but, it worked, and now my car runs ALOT better. too bad i cant test drive it because i blew my clutch, haha.

wish i woulda taken pictures.

 

Good to hear man, now get that clutch fixed.