xtriple
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- Feb 15, 2011
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- Your Mercedes
- 208 Convertible 320. Vauxhall Astra estate (yuck!) Jeep Cherokee 4.0.
Yes, I'm back again! I only ever seem to post when I have a problem, which is very rude of me, but guess what, I have a problem!
Ever since I've had the car it's had a hesitation if you press the throttle hard from tickover, .5 of a second and its gone so no great problem andnot noticable when driving. However, it's started to get worse and it will hesitate (very slightly) if you accelerate from a standstill.
So, in my infinite (!) wisdom, I decided it had acquired an air leak so had a look today. Sure enough, there was a couple of dodgy vaccum pipe connections so I replaced those, but then noticed that by the air intake, there's a round five pin plug disconnected. Now, I have never touched that before so I plugged it in and screwed it up tight. Started the engine and it "hunts" at tickover like you wouldn't believe. However, the hesitation was gone.
Disconnected the plug again and all is back to normal: smooth reliable tickover.... and a hesitation!
So is this the MAF? If so, how the hell do you get the thing out? I had a look round the sides and can see no screws (not that you'd be able to get to them if there were!) and can only assume (yes, I know) that the complete round cylinder it's attached to has to come out - HOW!?
Sorry for the rambling post (all of mine are ) and I promise to TRY and be more of a team player in future.
Ever since I've had the car it's had a hesitation if you press the throttle hard from tickover, .5 of a second and its gone so no great problem andnot noticable when driving. However, it's started to get worse and it will hesitate (very slightly) if you accelerate from a standstill.
So, in my infinite (!) wisdom, I decided it had acquired an air leak so had a look today. Sure enough, there was a couple of dodgy vaccum pipe connections so I replaced those, but then noticed that by the air intake, there's a round five pin plug disconnected. Now, I have never touched that before so I plugged it in and screwed it up tight. Started the engine and it "hunts" at tickover like you wouldn't believe. However, the hesitation was gone.
Disconnected the plug again and all is back to normal: smooth reliable tickover.... and a hesitation!
So is this the MAF? If so, how the hell do you get the thing out? I had a look round the sides and can see no screws (not that you'd be able to get to them if there were!) and can only assume (yes, I know) that the complete round cylinder it's attached to has to come out - HOW!?
Sorry for the rambling post (all of mine are ) and I promise to TRY and be more of a team player in future.