SQuaLZ

Hey all. I just started having an issue (only happened 3 times to me so far) where when stopped and I would put the car into 1st, the car would just stall. I noticed the other day that the idle was a little rough and it would intermittently just drop while stopped.

It is an 08 with 62k miles. Engine is stock, no tune. Just have K&N drop-ins and Nismo exhaust.

I am going to clean the airboxes when I get home from work, but besides that maybe a fuel or spark issue? Never had this issue before. And no CEL.

Another note, I ALWAYS run 93 octane, from either Shell or Mobil. I don't put junk gas in my car or bike.

Any help would be appreciated.

travlee

iTrader: (8)

check the MAF's

turboed350z

Had this exact where if i was out of gear or neutral, cars just shuts off.

Turns out it was the MAF like trav suggested. Swapped that out, havent had the problem since.

SQuaLZ

Thanks guys I will take a look. I will first clean the MAFs and see if that helps.

eZg

iTrader: (5)

check vacuum hoses as well....

SQuaLZ

Update.

I cleaned the air filters and MAF sensors, and at first it ran horrible, but maybe 5 miles later the car ran much better than it has in a while! I even noticed it doesn't backfire as much as it used to. Idle seems good now.

Thanks for the help guys!

turboed350z

Glad it worked out for you. If only all problems were that easy haha

travlee

iTrader: (8)

woo hoo, do i win a prize for being the first to answer with what you did?

SQuaLZ

Seriously lol. I think that was the first time I said I was going to take 15 minutes to work on my car and actually spent 15 minutes working on it.

I can offer you a hypothetical high-five for being awesome

travlee

iTrader: (8)

i will take it, better than nothing