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ganma_ca
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Joined: Tue Dec 16, 2008 1:19 am
Car: 240sxxx
1CA +1SR = 3.8L

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So guys it's been awhile. Over the weekend me and a buddy decided to get my ca running again. It's running sometimes on different cylinders but it's running lol. So a couple things and I just wanted to get some ideas. The car has sat for probably about a year. It's using a KA24E Maf that I'm not even sure is functioning properly. I'm pretty sure I need new coils the whole way through because it runs way *****tty right now. Now I put brand new plugs in before I let it set, should I get new ones? A friend told me they were probably all fouled(I can't remember what white/vs black/vs orange means). I think new ones plus new coils should do a lot of good. Now when the car is running, there are times where I go to hit the gas and it pretty much almost stalls out. Might that be from boost leak, or do you think it's just the combination of bad plugs and coils? I was also beginning to wonder about replacing the cam angle sensor, but I mean how often do those go out? Well all I will probably have a few more questions as the week goes on.
Thanks for da help :naughty:


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sjbsuperman1425
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Car: 1989 Nissan 240sx
CA18DET
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any codes from the ECU?

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ganma_ca
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Joined: Tue Dec 16, 2008 1:19 am
Car: 240sxxx
1CA +1SR = 3.8L

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Well the only codes the ecu has thrown has been for a few of the mis-fires that have occured. Is there a code that can tell you if the maf is operating correctly? I think I have like half a list of what blinks mean what. I have the fsm to. And I know it says if this happens + this then it = this, but I don't think it has solutions for multiple problems that are all occuring at the same time. I'll have to add some new coils and pugs and see what happens, and hopefully that's the main issue.


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