After driving 3 or 4 miles in 90 degree weather my car starts to buck, looses power and then stops completely. I have to wait about 30 minutes before it would stay running long enough to get home. I just put in a new MAF thinking it was the issue but it hasn't changed. Any ideas? Car only has 100,000 miles but hasn't been driven much at all in the last few years. The temp gauge stops at 160 degrees.

 

Did you pull any codes yet? That would be the first thing.

 

Running the engine at 160 or less isn't the greatest thing to do,(it runs leaner & cleaner at 195*) sounds like you cat converter is plugged.

 

a NEW MAF? or a cheapo re-man one from auto zone? that may well be your problem . man, I bought SEVEN of them before I got wise and bought a new one from "rich porter".

 

No, the injectors won't do that.

Check the fuel pressure, WHILE IT'S IN THE ACT OF SCREWING UP (not just, sitting in the driveway happily idling)

Fix the temp gauge. Kinda ... risky ... to drive around with a temp gauge that doesn't cover the normal operating range of the thing it's supposed to be measuring.

 

I tried pulling codes with a paperclip. And it doesn't even flash 12? Could this mean I have a bad the ECM?

 

Even worse I got the MAF off ebay. It came off a GTA that was hit in the rear quarter and then parted out. I have a sneaking suspicion it's the ECM since I can't pull any codes. Is it safe to get one from Auto Zone?

 

What ever you do DO NOT BUY IT from AutoZone. Go to a junkyard and pull one for $17.99

 

I got mine from oreilleys, then I had a custom chip burned.TADAAA! no more problem. and if you do get a re-man ECM....... DO NOT under any circumstances get from auto zone

 

Guess it had a re manufactured one in it already.

 

Took out the ECM or ECC and look what I found....

 

look, theres a guru on here that does chips ,"tuned performance" he burned my chip as he has done for countless others .he is THE man for the job. light years away from hyper junk. give him a shout. he can help you too

 

Thanks I'll do that.

 

Tuned Performance does an awesome job! Highly recommended, but you still haven't addressed the "no code" issue......or did you?

 

Im getting a new ECM today, im gonna use the old hypertech memcal just to see if I can pull any codes. I do want to get a new chip from Brian @ tuned performance.

 

SUCCESS! New ECM did the trick..

 

Would the ECM be effecting the temp gauge reading? It's now operating at 190-195

 

the ECM has nothing to do with the temp gauge working or not.