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Old Oct 12, 2003 | 03:27 PM
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reason my car was running like ****

and why you should never remove your MAF screen

www.fbodyv6.com/Emir/maf1.jpg

i'll probably become a 10 sec car after cleaning that thing
Old Oct 12, 2003 | 03:38 PM
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Ever heard of an air filter Hate to be the dick, but im would bet money your engine ate a bunch of that, the screen only caught the smaller stuff. Mine screen is removed and staying that way
Old Oct 12, 2003 | 03:41 PM
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it aint my fault lol, its the prev owner...

nothing i can do bout the ones ni the engine =/
Old Oct 12, 2003 | 04:03 PM
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kind of makes me glad i got a stock Maf to put back in place of my descreened and ported one.
Old Oct 12, 2003 | 04:21 PM
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uhhh yeah in order for your screen to get like that the car must have been run with no air filter, or one that was completely deteriorated.
Old Oct 12, 2003 | 05:14 PM
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i hope it didnt mess up the engine... i'd like to find the prev owner of this car, and show him what he has done to a beatiful car like this!!!
Old Oct 12, 2003 | 05:15 PM
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Old Oct 12, 2003 | 05:40 PM
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Maybe the previous owner thought he could use his car as a lawn mower?? All I can say is wow!!!
Old Oct 12, 2003 | 05:55 PM
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and why you should never remove your MAF screen
Why you should never run without a filter.
Old Oct 12, 2003 | 06:02 PM
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Originally posted by revtime
Why you should never run without a filter.
not me, damn it, the prev owner!
Old Oct 12, 2003 | 06:42 PM
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not me, damn it, the prev owner!
suuuurrrrreeeee.......

lol, actually, I feel the same way. The guy that had my car before me did so much stupid stuff just like that. There was a hole cut through the center of the air filter. Yes, the filter, not the box.
Old Oct 12, 2003 | 07:07 PM
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Re: My god!

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Btw, nice paint job on that, I always wondered what the headlight underbody would look like in red....
eh???
Old Oct 13, 2003 | 01:47 PM
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???

Before you purchased the car, did you ever pop the hood to check everything out? Should have asked about that missing air filter...and why would you continue to run the car without a air filter? Either way, im interested in how it was even set up to get that dirty unless there was a little vacuum hose draging along the ground sucking up all the water and debris it could. Either way, god bless that five cent screen!

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Old Oct 13, 2003 | 01:50 PM
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there was an air filter lol (i dont think i'd be looking to see if the car has a air filter :P)

i thnk it was the air pump's hose not being connected.. the hose is supposedly connected after the filter, so if thats not in, it sucks in dirt from there...

other than that, i dunno
Old Oct 13, 2003 | 05:36 PM
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at least all is well now....

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