Help RB20DET Dies when mafs is plugged in

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Race_ Breed_2.0
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Joined: Tue Apr 20, 2010 6:38 pm
Car: 89 240sx Coupe Rb20det
Location: BFE TN

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I pulled my rb20det out of my old s*** shell and dropped it in a new one. Everything has been kinda smooth with the transition. The motor ran great prior to the swap and now im running into some issues.

I can start the car with the mafs unplugged it will idle and rev, Then when i plug the mafs in it will idle for about 30 seconds and die if u dont rev, if u do rev it dies instantly. I have all ic pipes on and tight, i did away with the recirc piping. It ran fine until now, i got it to rev with the mafs plugged in for a good 45 secs but as soon as i stopped it died. I have no clue wtf to do now. My r32 cluster is also on the fritz as no guages work at all, and all i did was put it in this shell, worked perfect in my other shell. Im about ready to call it quits. Any help would be appreciated. i will update as i can. Also if u have any questions that might help diagnose the issue let me know and i will answer them to the best of my ability.


sydwayz13502
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Joined: Thu Apr 29, 2010 8:08 pm
Car: 92 240sx
Location: Utica, NY

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did you try testing the maf make sure it's working? all you gotta do is with a multimeter place the black end on the ground and the positive end on the signal wire and blow through it you should see the volts fluctuate.


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