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  1. 8th July 2008, 10:14 PM #1
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    Running Rich

    My 3.9 has been running rich and had a bit of a miss in it.So this morning when i was serviceing it i decided to read up on the site to see if i could work it out and save some $.So after a search on here i disconnected the air flow meter and it made no real difference(I thought it should)so got another afm off a parts car and no diff.I started to look further and found a broken wire back in the sheath.So connected it up and bingo not so rich and idle smooth Yaaaaaaaay.Just thought this may help some others or at least inspire them to try themselves before giving it to a mechanic.I think i saved myself the price of a new afm and the labour to find the fault.Very happy with myself.
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    well done mate . i should of had you fixing the water leak on elmo .
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    Quote Originally Posted by wannalandy View Post
    well done mate . i should of had you fixing the water leak on elmo .
    Don't worry mate there was lots swear words being thrown around when i pulled the starter.
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    Did the engine still run when you pulled the maf off ? Mine dies whenever I do that.
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    When I disconnect my MAF it just runs really rich as per V8Landy's original problem.
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    Mine dies when I disconnect the MAF also. I thought this was normal.
    It ran very rich when it got dirty though. Even went into limp home mode.
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    Quote Originally Posted by duncanw View Post
    Did the engine still run when you pulled the maf off ? Mine dies whenever I do that.
    Yes it did this told me something was wrong as it should die.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Utemad View Post
    When I disconnect my MAF it just runs really rich as per V8Landy's original problem.
    Mine ran rich all the time then when i reconnected the wire it ran good.Now when i pull the plug off the maf it dies as it should.
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  9. 9th July 2008, 08:16 PM #9
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    Interesting I know mine is running rich where did you find the broken wire?

    Blythe
    Last edited by blitz; 9th July 2008 at 08:17 PM. Reason: tired eyes spelling bloody aweful
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    Quote Originally Posted by blitz View Post
    Interesting I know mine is running rich where did you find the broken wire?

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    It was the brown wire about 4" back into the covering.It had been spliced into just above there in the past so may have contributed.If you disconnect the plug and it makes no difference you have a problem
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