Wow...I'm embarressed that Z is yellow.

 

ok... i cleaned the MAF with electrical parts cleaner... took the car out for a little heavy driving and when i hit the same turn in the canyon that it normally goes out on, it did it again. its almost a combination of a specific amount of G's and speed that causes it to go limp. didnt fail tho... hit the turn, check engine light, limp mode.

 

lmao. some ppl i swear

 

bro thank you so much... i honestly had no idea where i shud be taking the car.... Nissan in Carson is completely worthless, filled with lazy mechanics. and signal auto has proved to be so fu^*&n worthless its retarded... now that i know where the MAF is, when i paid them to clean my sensor, they were spraying cleaner DIRECTLY INTO THE THROTTLE BODY, why? the sensor is on the intake... i need some good local mecs. thx again.

 

Have you scanned codes when it goes into limp? This will tell you exactly what the problem is.

All I can say is wow....to the previous owner.

 

::speechless:: @ previous owner...

 

I got limp mode and a check engine light, it turned out to be a faulty accelerator pedal position sensor, replaced under warranty at performance nissan.

 

could it be his fuel pump or clog in the filter/ line, causing the motor to starve when he takes a hard turn?

 

sooo... did you get someone else to look at your car?

 

Was the previous owner a teenager?

 

It's only gonna get worse as younger and younger kids start being able to afford 350Z's

 

But they can pay* for it all by themselves.

* yes they pay for it all by themselves, but ALL their money goes into their monthly payment for 72 months making them unable to afford quality mods, premium gas, new tires, etc...

 

you prolly got a ton of artifacts in your engine from that clown-like, accordion, intake thingy. It most likely didn't filter out squat. You could've used the filter in my vaccum cleaner for more HP.

 

Burp the coolant....?

There are plenty of things to try...

 

The only error code that I get is |SLIP| *wink*

 

I'd get the code # and post them up, Any Auto Zone will do this for you "free"

Once you post these codes it will help determine what to look into to find the problem. Since the previous owner was such a dumb **** you problems could be related to about anything from the intake to just a loose wire to more costly issues.

Why hasn't the dealership check into this more? Is it not under warranty or something? Should be under the 3yr/36mo b2b still.

 

Gum voids the warranty....unless it is sugarless.

 

why did you even buy that car in the first place? i'm thinking it sounded like **** when he had it ...

 

yes i did...

just wanted to update everyone on the issue, this might help others....
ok since the car was going into limp mode i have taken it to nissan, they could not find the issue.... replaced the typhoon with the stock box... the issue was still there... put back on the typhoon... no changes... the CEL was still saying that the issue was the throttle body... i even replaced the TB and the issue was still there...

HERE IS HOW THE ISSUE WAS SOLVED about 2-3 weeks ago... i took the car to some no-name mechanic out in the hood about 15 miles away from my house. there name of the guys shop is JESUS's AUTO MECHANIC's ( maybe a little play on words going on here) the guy working on the car was the owner of the shop "Jesus" who spoke very little English, Hispanic background ... he pluggd into the 0bd2 and said that i need to leave the car for a few and he will see what he can do... i get a call about 2 hours later telling me that the car is fixed... now at this time im LMAO like," wtf ever... fixed!?! sure, right, i bet" hahaha im laffing so hard, talkinjg to my friends, we are all being completely sarcastic. i just knew i was going to drive her down the street and i would have to coast it back to the shop once limp again...

i get in, turn the key, pull out of the parking lot, drive it till the motor warms a bit then go full throttle. about 6-8 minuets after the car was put under a heavy load ITS STILL RUNNING, i turn the car off, start it back up, STILL RUNS!!! wow... speechless

now 1,000+ miles later the car is still running with no issues...

here is what the issue was... he said that there was a fuse that was blown and i had a dirty relay that needed to be cleaned... he didnt charge me a dime to fix the issues. said it took him less then 10 mins.

bill from nissan: $480
refabd throttle body: $180
total spent on tow trucks: $247
trusting in Jesus: PRICELESS

 

Nice to know that Jesus took care of the problem We could all use a little Jesus now and then hehe