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It's 4am and it's freezing cold outside, but it won't annoy my neighbors to have look. Thanks for the heads-up Guilt-Toy, this hadn't occurred to me. I will report back shortly

Hi all, Tonight I was driving my 1996 gtst, with fmic, 3" exhaust, Bosch 040 fuel pump, stock turbo, stock ecu, 10psi... and as I was turning into a corner and feathering the throttle back on softly, the engine hesitated (exactly the same as it did back when the AFM was playing up, like a complete throw-you-over-the-steering-wheel cut-out in gear hesitation) before dying completely. On starting it up again, it hunts around very roughly at idle, won't allow revs over 2krpm and as soon as I put load on it in 1st gear, the engine dies. If I hold the throttle at 20%, it hunts around as it does at idle but intermittently revs up (like a quick to-the-floor depress on the throttle every five seconds) even though the throttle position hasn't changed. Luckily I was only a couple of hundred meters around the corner from my house so I could limp it home with persistent revving + quick soft blips with the clutch to keep it rolling... Although my suspicion lies with the AFM (which had given me grief a couple of months but was fixed by re-soldering the plug), I was wondering if anyone might have had a similar problem or might know what would suddenly cause this? Thanks in advance

Personally I'd hold onto the cash and get a cheap little four cylinder until you're 100% comfortable with driving... then save up and go for a GTR once you're a bit older (when insurance companies will start looking at you). Don't bother wasting the money on a NA skyline. Also, a "P" plate in the window of any Skyline is a cop magnet - and cops don't differentiate between harassing drivers of turbo and non-turbo skylines. Save yourself the hassle. Waiting will be good... by the time you'd be shopping for one, the R33's will be in the same price bracket as R32's are at the moment, and R34's as R33's etc. GL with your decision mate

I'd definitely say it's the AFM. My R33 S2 GTSt was doing the exact same thing. It was a real pain in the ass to diagnose as it was an intermittent problem that would always seem to behave itself whenever a mechanic was around. The problem usually struck under acceleration at about 3krpm, just before boost. Sometimes it was fine and would pull to 7krpm without a problem, other times it would unexpectedly "cut-out" at 2 to 3krpm, as if the engine was suddenly completely shut off, which would catch me off guard and result in me being nearly being thrown over the steering wheel. Take the AFM out, get a razorblade, cut the seal away from the plastic cover on it, open it up and resolder the plug connection. I did this with mine even though the solder on the plug looked fine and wasn't broken. Give it a generous blob of solder on each point, chuck the cover back on, re-yakfat it shut, reset your ECU and give it a go. It completely cured my problem. It's easy enough to DIY, and there's a handy guide here on SAU with pics on how to do this if you need more info: http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/Fi...-s-t113284.html First post by the way, I'll get around to posting in the intro forum shortly