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speed
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May 8, 2011, 12:42 PM

Post #1 of 15 (1781 views)
misfire Sign In

1996
chevy
camaro
3.8 v6
166XXX

i have misfire while in drive. it does not misifre when i have it in park or nuetral. only when its in drive. it gets worse the more throttle you give itand eventually if youve got enough throttle it starts to flash the ses light. i have gotten codes p1810, somethign to do wiht my transmission pressure switch, and a p0101 code for my map or maf sensor.





GM ASEP 26 SCC Milford ASE certified in Brakes and Electrical on Thursday April 5th 2012


Hammer Time
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May 8, 2011, 1:34 PM

Post #2 of 15 (1773 views)
Re: misfire Sign In

That's the way all misfires act. Check the MAP sensor and the vacuum supply to it.



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speed
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May 8, 2011, 1:41 PM

Post #3 of 15 (1770 views)
Re: misfire Sign In

you got a way to test it? idk how to test these things lol





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May 8, 2011, 1:48 PM

Post #4 of 15 (1768 views)
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Slowly apply vacuum with a hand vacuum pump to it and you should get smooth declining voltage from just under 5v down to about .5 volt at full vacuum.



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speed
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May 8, 2011, 2:05 PM

Post #5 of 15 (1762 views)
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alright thanks hammer ill get to it then





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speed
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May 8, 2011, 3:58 PM

Post #6 of 15 (1758 views)
Re: misfire Sign In

well my dad insisted tha ti disconnect the battery completely for 5 minutes in an attempt to somehow reset the computer...fail. took it to autozone and checked codes, got random misfire and a high voltage input and low voltage input for my MAF sensor....is there a way to test my sensor ive already cleaned it with the rubbing alcohol and it didnt do anything for it. and is there a way i myself can fix it, id much rather fix it myself or attempt instead of spending a $135 with the $85 core charge. if not yay for money pit!.... thanks for all the help peeps





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May 8, 2011, 5:14 PM

Post #7 of 15 (1755 views)
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How does erasing the codes fix anything?



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speed
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May 8, 2011, 5:27 PM

Post #8 of 15 (1750 views)
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he thought that maybe it would reset some sensors and that the readings would change somehow..i tried to tell him but he still insisted.





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May 8, 2011, 5:32 PM

Post #9 of 15 (1747 views)
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Sensors don't reset. The adaptive strategies are reset to zero and start over but they will go right back to where they were if nothing has changed in the engine.



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speed
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May 8, 2011, 5:47 PM

Post #10 of 15 (1743 views)
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beleive me i tried to tell him its not going to do anything but he doesnt beleive me so that went nowhere. its out of the way now. i read online a test, now i need a multimeter that reads hertz as mine does not read them. so i guess ill buy a new multimeter now.





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May 8, 2011, 5:48 PM

Post #11 of 15 (1740 views)
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Chevies don't read in hertz, Fords do.



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speed
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May 8, 2011, 5:50 PM

Post #12 of 15 (1737 views)
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okay so the reading coming from the maf output wire is going to be measured in what exactly? the test i read about was for gm specific mafs and the sensor in the pics was the same as mine too.





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May 8, 2011, 5:59 PM

Post #13 of 15 (1731 views)
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I thought we were talking about a MAP sensor here. You are probably right



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speed
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May 8, 2011, 6:02 PM

Post #14 of 15 (1727 views)
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well i cleared the codes and it didnt comeback for the map sensor but the maf sensor thitime. and yeah it had to be the expensive one but for soem reason i read most cars having one or the other not both. why is it that mine happens to have both?





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speed
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May 9, 2011, 7:19 PM

Post #15 of 15 (1714 views)
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well i let my car sit while i went to school, came home drove it to work and back. on the way back i was messing with a coworker, and my car was runnin perfectly. idk what i did. all i did was check to make sure i had power and ground and an output reading ot my sensor. although i still havent read the hertz im gonna do that tommorrow at work my boss ahs one hes gonna bring. and hes got a vaccum pump for me to check my map sensor wiht too, but idk what the deal is. do the symptoms ive said sound like a MAF sensor to anyone out there?





GM ASEP 26 SCC Milford ASE certified in Brakes and Electrical on Thursday April 5th 2012






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