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Old Jun 20, 2016 | 05:33 AM
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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.
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Old Jun 20, 2016 | 05:39 AM
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check the MAF's
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Old Jun 20, 2016 | 06:21 AM
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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.
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Old Jun 20, 2016 | 06:54 AM
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Thanks guys I will take a look. I will first clean the MAFs and see if that helps.
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Old Jun 20, 2016 | 12:27 PM
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check vacuum hoses as well....
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Old Jun 29, 2016 | 05:01 AM
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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!
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Old Jun 29, 2016 | 05:13 AM
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Glad it worked out for you. If only all problems were that easy haha
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Old Jun 29, 2016 | 05:16 AM
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woo hoo, do i win a prize for being the first to answer with what you did?
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Old Jun 29, 2016 | 07:21 AM
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Originally Posted by turboed350z
Glad it worked out for you. If only all problems were that easy haha
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.

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woo hoo, do i win a prize for being the first to answer with what you did?
I can offer you a hypothetical high-five for being awesome
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Old Jun 29, 2016 | 07:40 AM
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i will take it, better than nothing
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