cutting out - running rich

[gee118]

Hi Guys,

I've done the search and it's come up with loads of potential problems for what I have.
My car has always been very bad on fuel ~17 miles to the gallon.
It has a mushroom air filter which may be part to blame.

Anyway, today, a re-occurrence of a problem that went away a while back but is refusing to go away today.

The car idles fine, maybe with a little 'puff' every now and then but when I bring it up to about 2,000 revs it stops revving up and dies if i keep my foot on the go pedal, or goes back to idle as long as I immediately take it off.
It's running *very* rich and I'd say I'm pouring petrol down the drain as I can smell it.

From the search it looks like it could be, air leak, coils, MAF & possibly more.

The thing is, this problem was there before but simply went away. Now it's back.

I don't have a way to get any codes.
Does anyone know what the problem is from what I've described or could it indeed be any of the aforementioned?
thanks!

[alan]

try dissconecting the maf and see how it runs then, its a simple thing to do to eliminate one of the possible causes

[gee118]

Thanks Alan. I'll do that now.

[alan]

oh and if you do a search on the codes there is a couple of write ups on here on how to pull them up.

[Wodjno]

Fistly get rid of the Shrooooom Put it back to standard.
Re the stalling.. Can you get it past 2000rpm if you raise the revs slowly ?
Check that the Elbow to the intake hasn't come off, or any of the othe turbo pipes from FMIC to inlet manifold.
17mpg is normallish for an Auto with a bit of ragging

[Wobble]

MAF -mine done the same thing intermitent for a few months then suddenly went . replaced MAF and now all solved .will find a link for my old thread in a bit

[gee118]

Thanks Guys.
Went out just there and disconnected the MAF and was able to go up through the revs no hassle.
Re-connected the MAF (idle sounded better immediately) and the thing cut out at 2k as before.

Re-did the whole thing again to make sure it wasn't a fluke and low and behold MAF off = works. MAF on = fooked.

WTB: MAF :-)

P.S. It's a driven hard manual and I've been looking for standard air intake since I bought the thing all those years back. Postage to Ireland is what kills it.

[Wodjno]

I think i got a MAF at home for ya
I'll take a look when i get in from work

Cheers

Wodj

[gee118]

Does anyone know if I can drive home ok (about 20kms) with the MAF unplugged or wuold that cause issues...?
thanks--eoin

[Wobble]

would over fuel like a bugger ,but i do recall someone driving with it unplugged for a small amount of time because they had to.

i would say yes if you really have to but only if you really have to.

[Wodjno]

Yes it will be ok to drive it with MAF disconnected

[Paul C]

Did you solve this problem?

[gee118]

No, I did not.
No more responses from my 'WTB - uk for sale/wanted' post.

[orionn2o]

I'll check tonight, I'm sure I have a MAF. Only killer is the 20 odd quid postage!