Need Urgent Advice - Car Issue

[Crash.]

Hey guys, i just need some advice/help on an issue with my car.

About 3 days ago on the way to work in the morning, i had been driving for about 10 minutes and was on the freeway.

I was doing about 100 in a 110 zone. The car felt like it breifly lost acceleration for about a second, and the feeling was like i had hit the brakes.... After about a second i got acceleration back.

I pulled over the car checked under the hood but couldnt see anything out of the ordinary.... Rev'd the car a few times just to check, didnt notice anything strange so i took off again.... Had the music turned off the whole way to work which was about another 30 minute drive, i couldnt hear anything wrong with the car and it didnt do it again....

Now this morning on the way to work i had been driving for about 25 minutes, was doing about 70km/h when it happened again, car felt like it lost power, didnt accelerate and then the car back fired.... This most likely happend the first time but becuase i had my music up i didnt hear it.

The car did this about 2 more times within the next 15 minutes, once when i was doing about 10km/h, i had the car stopped at an intersection, turned the corner and then slowly moved forward to some red lights. Then the next time i was doing about 20km/h, when i felt the power loss i got my foot of the accelerator and the car didnt backfire this time.

Anyone got some suggestions as to what could be causing this or what i might be able to quickly check out, i have to drive home from work tonight which will take me about 50 minutes. I dont want the car to die on the way home.

Edited July 5, 2007 by Crash.

[FOG35]

Could be many things. First thing to check would be AFM. Mine had the did the exact same thing when the plug on my AFM was faulty.

[DjeMz]

How to clean your afm: Either Carby cleaner or brake cleaner..

Carby cleaner will leave a residue, and that will attract dirt to it and clog up the afm sensor again. Whereas the brake cleaner evaporates and doesn't leave any residue.

[Crash.]

AFM should be clean, its been cleaned maybe 2 times over the past 3 months....

The plug might be a bit dodgy though, im not sure i'll have to look.

Any other ideas?

[gy84]

It must be AFM, I changed a new one