engine light on.. possibly CAI?
10-28-2004, 12:07 PM
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hey guys.. i put a cai in my gfs 2000 tib last night... and after driving it around once.. we noticed that the check engine light came on. everything seems fine with it.. except on occation the rpms drop and rise a little when idling.. almost like it wants to stall. i was wondering if it could be the air sensors. ( thats what the things that stick into the CAI are right?) cuz i might have gotten a little gunck on one of them .. or possible bent one of the metal things on em.. so my question is could that be the problem? im thinking it is... cuz thats the only thing i did. do those things go bad sometimes and do they need replacing?
10-28-2004, 12:22 PM
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Well, by searching you prolly could have found the answer. Basically you might be right, obviously if you broke the sensors they aren't going to work. Did you reset your ECU after the install. If you didn't that would be the problem guaranteed.
10-28-2004, 12:46 PM
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disconnect the battery, pump on the brakes a few times to get rid of risidual electricity.
you should be good to go, unless you did break something.
you should be good to go, unless you did break something.
10-28-2004, 02:07 PM
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clean the contacts on the MAF sensor!! the same thing happened to me. (I still have that idling problem sometimes tho, i think its kinda normal on tibs... neways i just got used to it it never stalls just tricks me into thinking its stalling.) But clean the metal contacts (use an eraser if ur cheap from a pencil or i got some contact cleaner lube stuff from radioshack)
if you take it to autozone and they say its a low read from the maf sensor then thats what the prob is...
if you take it to autozone and they say its a low read from the maf sensor then thats what the prob is...
10-28-2004, 02:13 PM
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Re: engine light on.. possibly CAI?
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (97supalude)</div><div class='quotemain'>which one is the maf sensor?</div>
not the small one that plugs into the cai, thats temp. the black one that kinda looks like a T. it's actually part of the intake piping itself.
not the small one that plugs into the cai, thats temp. the black one that kinda looks like a T. it's actually part of the intake piping itself.
10-28-2004, 02:16 PM
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Heya bro, I guess you missed me tell ya before, but you need to shrink the height of your SIG pic a bit, it's about 2 times too big. 10 lines in height max as viewed.
Anyways...
1. What CAI did you put on?
2. Did you mess with the MAF? It's the part in the Intake line right under the yellow outlined section on the right in this pic.
Note the arrow on it? Yours should be pointing the same way.
3. Did you install the IAT (Intake Air Temp Sensor)? It's the only other sensor on the intake line, the one you have to plug into your CAI. Pull it out and verify it's clean.
4. RESET YOUR ECU! Car's gotta get used to the new airflow. Reset it, then drive it HARD for about half an hour.
5. Did you fill up on gas recently? You probably have the Gas Cap CEL. It sucks, but will go away within 10 to 15 driving cycles.
Anyways...
1. What CAI did you put on?
2. Did you mess with the MAF? It's the part in the Intake line right under the yellow outlined section on the right in this pic.
Note the arrow on it? Yours should be pointing the same way.
3. Did you install the IAT (Intake Air Temp Sensor)? It's the only other sensor on the intake line, the one you have to plug into your CAI. Pull it out and verify it's clean.
4. RESET YOUR ECU! Car's gotta get used to the new airflow. Reset it, then drive it HARD for about half an hour.
5. Did you fill up on gas recently? You probably have the Gas Cap CEL. It sucks, but will go away within 10 to 15 driving cycles.
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Re: engine light on.. possibly CAI?
the tube that is inbetween your intake and the throttle body. it has an arrow on it. if you take it out, make sure to put it in the same way.
i would really try resetting the ecu first though.
i would really try resetting the ecu first though.