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Hi Guys,

I am having a problem with my R33. Its really weird, and I tried a few things, but nothing yet..

Very intermittent fault, happens randomly. And can't control when it happens.

Ok, say i'm driving along normally in 4th gear at about 2.500rpm, and whilst holding the accelerator at the same level, car starts missfiring, and then after a few seconds, just looses all power, and starts slowing down.. then a few secs later just kicks back in, and its all good.. or sometimes, after it kicks back in, I press the clutch in, and watch the tacho. It cycles between 2000 and 400 RPM, which makes me think Air flow meter. Had a look, at it and nothing that was visable was wrong with it.. I have tried changing the crank angle sensor, and it did nothing. tried unplugging and cleaning contacts, but still nothing.. Tried unplugging oxy sensor.. nothing... still does the weird stuff..

Was thinking coil packs, but why would it completely cut out.. its not like a series1 where it uses a controller. I beleive the series 2 uses the ECU for this.

Any ideas?

is there anyone who has a spare series 2 air flow meter? just to try for a day or so..

I'm in Riverton, see skylines around there every day.. RDIRTY 2 (i'm pretty sure thats the plates. black R32) lives just around the corner..

I work in subi with Godthrila

Cheers

maka.

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Yeah, thanks for the replies.

A fellow skylines australia member has offered to lend me his AFM to see if that solves my problem. I fitted it yesterday, and the car sems to be running sweet at the moment. But it happened intermittently, so i will see what happens over the weekend.

I will let you guys know. In the meantime I have completely stripped my AFM, and found that the thermistor and the heat element is covered with dirt and stuff. But yeah the thermistor is stuffed too, i think its just had enough.. So I gotta see if i can find a replacement from somewhere.

Let me know if anyone knows where I can get one from.

Thanks guys.

i've got a s1 r33 afm if u want to borrow it to check it out but if u got a s2 don't think it will work.

also are you running an aftermarket bov?

Hi Micheal,

The S1 AFM I beleive has a different plug.. I dont mind rewiring it, but I have already found a S2 one that I can use for the moment.

Thanks for the reply.

Yes I have a Blits BOV.

maka.

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