Wank.a.lot

it seems to run fine, except for the shifting issues. mileage has always been low on this car, but my mom only drives it 20 miles a week. so it's usually just start the car, drive 10 mins on the street then turn off the car.

i think buying and returning the tps is a good idea. i know most of the guys at my autozone so i don't think it would be a problem.

so should i just clean the MAF and drive it to see if it is fixed or is there a way to test the MAF (with hmt tools) i don't have access to really cool electronic computer tools anymore.


also how do you clean a MAF sensor

CXyD

while you are at vatozone pick-up MAF cleaner comes in a grey can from CRC.

con

we all know that but I have cought many on my dvom with a quick check before getting fancy, I also asumed he doesn't have access to every tool ever made :P

Wank.a.lot

anyone know where the maf is on this car?
i found a sensor on the throttle body just past the tps.
no clue what it is.

i didn't see any plugs or wires coming from the factory intake system.

Wank.a.lot

could the maf be under the stock air box? under the air filter?
only place i didn't look

Wank.a.lot

well according to napa this car doesn't have a maf. they said the 1.5 engine had one, but not the 1.6

the sensor i found that was just passed the tps i think is the map sensor. it has some kind of gunk in it. i cleaned it a little and the car drove a little better. i'm thinking this might be part of the problem

i'm going to take it off and clean it better, but it is ------- raining. as soon as it lets up i'm gonna rip it off and bring it in to clean it.

still looking for ideas.

i already replaced the tps, but i don't know how to reset the obd code. i tried pulling fuses like you do with hondas, but nothing happened

Wank.a.lot

i'm a dumb ***, i didn't remove the map sensor it was the iacv.

Smith-02

lool.

buy a shop manual

Wank.a.lot

no one has it, i found something like a service manual online, but it's a pain in the *** to find stuff.

pulled off the map sensor and it has some oil on it.

however i'm starting to think the shifting problem is really a transmission problem

Wank.a.lot

ignore these posts, i'm just talking to myself. thinking out loud...
i did some searching on hard shifts and found out that the pulse generators could be bad. i will be testing them tonight.

also found a tsb on bad pulse generators.