cold air intake has killed car... plz help

[heardy]

hey there....
im new to the whole forum thing, any help will be greatly appreciated, i've just bought a vz ss 5.7 ute...... and its shitting me already..
ive put a o.t.r cold air intake on it and its running really poor... took the intake off and the ute still is sounding lumpy.. idles a bit over 500rpm, sounds like it wants to stall and has only 1 quarter of the power, there is no leaks in the manifold and i've cleaned the throttle body... could the e.c.m be tripping out????? thanks

[andyman]

id say you disconnected a vacuum hose of the manifold you shouldnt have

[heardy]

checked the hose that runs from under the engine cover to the piping that runs from throttle body... seems fine.. is there any where else i should check

[Danoz]

Check your MAF for direction and connections.

[heardy]

hey mate.... i know i sound like a retart but wats a m.a.f???? i honestly know very little about cars hey... thanks

[TVR-190]

air flow sensor. do a search for the info

[WogBoyz]

MAF = Mass Air Flow Meter/Sensor

Mass flow sensor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

heres some pics

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http://############/jhpgto/UndertheHoo...vt-vystd-h.jpg

the sensor is the part after the airbox between the 2 silver clamps

hope this helps

[Danoz]

If he has put an OTR CAI in then it looks like he has removed the MAF completely.

[WogBoyz]

hey mate.... i know i sound like a retart but wats a m.a.f???? i honestly know very little about cars hey... thanks

mate did u put on a mafless otr without a mafless tune? if so then thats ur problem

[heardy]

yeah air flow meter is connected right... i had to replace it today.... $250 later... i murdered the other one so it would fit on the cold air intake... "silly move"

[WogBoyz]

yeah air flow meter is connected right... i had to replace it today.... $250 later... i murdered the other one so it would fit on the cold air intake... "silly move"

do u have you have any pics of the otr?

[commodo95]

What did you use to clean the throttle body ? have you accidentally left a TPS ( throttle position sensor ) or a vacuum hose off ? re-check all of your connections

[Surfwagon]

yeah air flow meter is connected right... i had to replace it today.... $250 later... i murdered the other one so it would fit on the cold air intake... "silly move"

So is the new maf connected and running in the right direction.
Most OTR CAI's don't have enough room to fit the maf between the OTR and the TB and so are designed for use with a mafless tune only which is usually done at the time of fitting the OTR because the car won't drive well with the maf disconnected but still active in the computer program.