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Old 10-07-04, 12:34 PM
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New intake = rough idle?

Hey guys,

Just bought an 87 "7" (non-turbo) and I'm loving it. The motor seemed to be in great shape, and my local rotary guy went over everything and said it was running great. I then bought one of those adapters that goes on your MAF to mount a cone filter instead of the airbox, and also put in a little breather filter. The car seemed to get a decent power gain out of this, and was running fine, but a couple days later it started idling pretty rough. Did I inadvertantly cause a vacuum leak someplace? Or is it running too lean from the new filter? Anyone else have this happen?

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Old 10-07-04, 12:49 PM
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Unless your AFM found a dead spot (check codes), it's probably a vac leak...

Check the AFM input voltages at the ECU to rule it out...


https://www.rx7club.com/2nd-generation-specific-1986-1992-17/troubleshooting-your-car-ecu-340578/
Old 10-07-04, 01:05 PM
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Thanks, I'll check that out.
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Did you unplug the MAF at all???
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no, at least not intentionally. I'll check the connections on that too. Thanks.
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could be all the hot air your getting from just slapping a filter on the maf... check the sig for a cold air intake
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