major problem please step in!!

[akaslick15]

ok so check it out i have cleaned my maf before and made the car better but today the story has changed newaiz today i decided to clean the maf so i did when i put everything back i drove it for like not even 30 seconds the cel light came on so at stops when i hit the gas my car felt like it wanted to die which is the weirdest sh*t ive seen i hit the gas its drops to like 300 rpm then comes back up to 700 but drives fine after that now for the more weird stuff everytime i rev the engine to like 4500rpm the mufflers pop like a quater stick its freaking loud and i mean everytime i rev it. whats causing this prolly its rich? this never happened to me ever since i owned the car i never seen the cel light till today 94 gt auto no mods exhaust 2.5 xpipe no cats flowmaster 40s dumped thats it and has a leak on the stock headers oh btw i dont have a scanner and i dont wanna pay 30 bucks for one and every shop i go to doesnt have one which blows is there another way to check the code with out the scanner please help me and im getting like 11 miles per gallon and like 130 miles for a full tank PLEASE HELP ME GUYS IM DYING HERE LOL

 

[Green Hornet]

What did u use to clean it with? Could b lots of different things.

 

[akaslick15]

qtip and rubbing alcohol

 

[MustangChris]

well. ... without seeing it... id say go to autozone and get your CEL scanned for free. while youre there buy a can of MAF cleaner.

sorry amigo. without seeing it its kind of hard to determine a problem.

did it run fine before you cleaned the MAF witha Qtip?

 

[akaslick15]

yes sir it did and i went to autozone there telling me that they cant scan for codes cuz they dont have the scanner for it they said i need to buy it and do it myself which the sell which is pretty f*ckin stupid

 

[akaslick15]

i cleaned it already again with crc maf cleaner its still doing the same thing

 

[MustangChris]

hm. strange. #1 that your autozone is red-neck enough to sell scanners but not to have one to use, and #2 that you re-cleaned it and its still acting bizzar.

My two (wallet friendly) suggestions:

#1: wait overnight. if your MAF is wet it will send bad signals. (imagine putting your hand over a hot-burner. hot, right? now imagine putting your hand over a hot burner with a wet rag wrapped around it, not so hot, right?) the alcohol or CNC may still be present on the MAF sensor and the air isnt penatrating through the fluids. also, i suggest unplugging the battery and zip-tying the battery cables together overnight.

try and start it up tomorrow morning. Prime the fuel system a few times before cranking it (turn key to "on" wait for fuel pumps to prime, then "off", then "on" then "off" do that 3 times.) try and start it up and let us know what happens.

#2: clear the battery as i described in #1. call friend with 94/95 mustang to come over and "hang out"... borrow his MAF for 10 minute test drive to see if its your car, or your MAF.

 

[akaslick15]

lmfaoooo will do but to bad they drive old school bmw's got a friend with a 02 gt but that wont help

 

[MustangChris]

hm. well than resport back to #1 and get better friends.

 

[Green Hornet]

Lmfao!

 

[Green Hornet]

Autozone only can hook up to obdII cars. Nothing older then 96.

 

[akaslick15]

or i can do plan #4 sell the 3600 pound pig buy a 82 notch 4cyl body swap to a 351 carb it spray it and listen to Metallica 24-7 enter sandman to be exact but no for real im thinking its a timming issue or the o2 sensors are crapped out but ill do the zip tie terminal thing so hopefully ill be good tomm morning cuz im pretty sure the rubbing alcohol dried up by now cuz its windy as f*ck

 

[framda]

You don't need a scanner for an EEEC IV. There is a sticky on pulling codes without a scanner.

 

[akaslick15]

dude honestly i found the sticky.. but f that man i rather buy the scanner my slow will be counting flashes all day lmfaooo

 

[framda]

dude honestly i found the sticky.. but f that man i rather buy the scanner my slow will be counting flashes all day lmfaooo

Your going to be counting flashes or beeps one or the other. I got the scanner from when I had FOX bodies and it is only a toner with a fancy light. I would lend it to you if you were local to me.

 

[Venomized]

Use the sticky and count your flashes. Noone is going to hand you the answer on a silver platter. If your to lazy to diagnose it then dont mod a car, plain and simple.

 

[rz5.0]

Get the digital scanner 30 dollard ang gives you as ll the codes and saves them for future reff.rence

 

[akaslick15]

@Venomized the car is not modded go back up and read before being a smart a** and to others i solved the problem the maf wire was unplugged forgot to plug it back in for some reason thanks for the help ..

 

[Venom351R]

The ford OBDI scanner is really cheap. I got mine for under $30 on amazon. You should have one of these REGARDLESS just buy one. All the discription for the codes can be found online or in a Haynes manual. There are sticky threads as well but can't remember if it was here or another site.

If your not willing to pay $30 for a scanner then stop doing minor mainentence yourself. Sure you didn't break/ bend/damage a MAF wire?

 

[JRad405]

I know this is kind of obvious and maybe you did it, but did you check the connections again. I cleaned my maf once and I forgot to plug it back in and then started the car. It ran pretty crappy too.