Need a new AFM?

JustAnotherVictim

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Ok so I got the n/a engine I'm using running yesterday and I have a couple problems.

The car start up and idles kinda rough. While I let it sit and idle the rpm's begin dropping very slowly until after a few minutes of idling it dies.

I put new plugs, rotor, cap and wires on it so It's none of those. I double checked those connections today to make sure they were tight. Set the timing at 10 btdc and put some fuel in the car.

I get no codes except for a 43 which is the starter, but that doesn't matter since I have a manual start switch. I drove the car about 100 yards and came back. The car bogs when I hit the pedal and it gets a small backfire of white smoke when I take it over 3k. I'm about to go check the tps but I don't think that's the problem.

The only other possibility I was thinking was maybe a vacuum leak but I have found nothing so far.
Any thoughts?
 

Nick M

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Somebody may have done the GE airflow meter mod with it. Loosening the tension on the spring will let it open more with less air, making you rich.
 

Nick M

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If the seal on the top cover is broke, then somebody has been in there. Not to scare you either but those were like $700 new. I don't know how much now. I'm not saying you need one either.
 

JustAnotherVictim

Supramania Contributor
Ok well I feel like a noob now but it ended up being I had spark plug wires #2 and #4 swapped.
After that it ran like a champ. I could have sworn I did those all one at a time but I dunno.
That was my problem. I think I hooked them up at night so maybe I misread the order. All good now though.
 

Fuzz420

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JustAnotherVictim said:
Ok well I feel like a noob now but it ended up being I had spark plug wires #2 and #4 swapped.
After that it ran like a champ. I could have sworn I did those all one at a time but I dunno.
That was my problem. I think I hooked them up at night so maybe I misread the order. All good now though.


way to get it together,n00b