5.0 Tuning Needed

LtDan313

LtDan313

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I have a 5.0 with a e-cam that has a bad popping sound coming from the exhaust when shifting after its warmed up. Does anyone have a shop on the West Side of town that can tune this thing properly? Its driving me nuts!:mad:!
Any help would be appreciated.
 
black88coupe said:
MAF issue?????
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I dont know if it is. Should I try to clean my MAF? I thought it was a tune because it idles rough at start up for about 2 minutes and after that it runs fine for about 15 minutes until it gets hot and then I hear the popping noise.
 
LtDan313 said:
I dont know if it is. Should I try to clean my MAF? I thought it was a tune because it idles rough at start up for about 2 minutes and after that it runs fine for about 15 minutes until it gets hot and then I hear the popping noise.
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Is it really nasty inside? Stock or aftermarket MAF? Has any work been done to the car which may have caused this problem?
 
OMFG! I just took my car to the wash and decreased the engine compartment. After washing it I noticed that every time I gave the car gas it would hesitate and then it would go. After I got home I cleaned the MAF sensor. Now every time I start my car it stalls out. WTF did I do?
 
LtDan313 said:
OMFG! I just took my car to the wash and decreased the engine compartment. After washing it I noticed that every time I gave the car gas it would hesitate and then it would go. After I got home I cleaned the MAF sensor. Now every time I start my car it stalls out. WTF did I do?
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What did you clean it with?
 
Its an older car, you might have got some wires wet, maybe wiggled a connection lose with water pressure. I don't think you are supposed to use regular degreaser on a MAF. I may be wrong with that though.
 
orangejuiced86 said:
Its an older car, you might have got some wires wet, maybe wiggled a connection lose with water pressure. I don't think you are supposed to use regular degreaser on a MAF. I may be wrong with that though.
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I cleaned the entire engine with degreaser. I took out the MAF and cleaned it with carb cleaned and a q-tip. Ill have to check all the wires in the morning.
 
You should probably also remove the distributor cap and blow out the inside of the distributor too...If its got old/er plug wires, they're probably saturated with water.
Cleaning the MAF with a q-tip probably did more harm then good as you've probably got some "strays" on it. They sell a MAF cleaner at murrays type store, I've got some...
Where are you located?
 
my8950 said:
You should probably also remove the distributor cap and blow out the inside of the distributor too...If its got old/er plug wires, they're probably saturated with water.
Cleaning the MAF with a q-tip probably did more harm then good as you've probably got some "strays" on it. They sell a MAF cleaner at murrays type store, I've got some...
Where are you located?
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I live in Westland. Ill have to go to murrays tomorrow and get one.

I found a broken wire on my MAF Harness and Im going to fix it tomorrow. I still really need the a good tune. It has new Plugs,MSD Wires, MSD Cap and MSD Coil. But my contacts on my cap are already looking arked out.
 
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LtDan313 said:
I cleaned the entire engine with degreaser. I took out the MAF and cleaned it with carb cleaned and a q-tip. Ill have to check all the wires in the morning.
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this is not good. You may have cracked the glass bead on the wire. Can you borrow a MAF to test with ?
 
Sean said:
this is not good. You may have cracked the glass bead on the wire. Can you borrow a MAF to test with ?
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I dont have one. When I took out the MAF it has 2 wires. One looked like it was kind of bent. Will that affect anything?
 
LtDan313 said:
I dont have one. When I took out the MAF it has 2 wires. One looked like it was kind of bent. Will that affect anything?
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2 wires ? this is a fox body correct ? snap a picture of the MAf housing so I can see which one you have.
 
orangejuiced86 said:
Its an older car, you might have got some wires wet, maybe wiggled a connection lose with water pressure. I don't think you are supposed to use regular degreaser on a MAF. I may be wrong with that though.
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I would use something made especially for this. Unless I'm mistaken, MAF's have a coating on the inside of them to help keep grime from building up on the inside of them. At least the factory units do. Same as factory throttle bodies. I don't think it'll make that big of a deal if you only do it once though.
 
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