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Offline Dennis Sanjenko

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Always something... Car dies at highway speed
« on: February 12, 2014, 10:56:58 pm »
Owned this car for 6months now and it's only been out of the garage for 2weeks lol. On the highway tonight it started to bogg down and die at 100kmph. It's a 91tsi auto. 14b, 450cc injectors, pretty stock. Check engine light came on for a second so I guess the first step will be to find a voltmeter to pull the codes. Any other ideas? Thanks
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Offline Brett Haviland

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Re: Always something... Car dies at highway speed
« Reply #1 on: February 13, 2014, 01:11:22 pm »
You got it, pull those codes before doing anything else besides a quick visual in the engine bay/connectors.


Check the MAF connector.  I have had issues with dying and such with a loose MAF connector.
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Re: Always something... Car dies at highway speed
« Reply #2 on: February 13, 2014, 05:45:26 pm »
Hmmm code 12,13,25...
Intake air temp sensor, air flow sensor, and barometric pressure sensor. And when I move the maf connector it makes a clicking sound at the throttle body lol maybe just a short
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Offline jesse dobbin

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Re: Always something... Car dies at highway speed
« Reply #3 on: February 13, 2014, 07:22:34 pm »
U where just here hoping for high hopes on it running for awhile that sucks mang sorry to hear
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Offline Dennis Sanjenko

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Re: Always something... Car dies at highway speed
« Reply #4 on: February 13, 2014, 07:30:04 pm »
Might just be time for a 2g maf swap! Lol
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Offline jesse dobbin

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Re: Always something... Car dies at highway speed
« Reply #5 on: February 13, 2014, 07:34:10 pm »
That's what I did lol
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Offline Dennis Sanjenko

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Re: Always something... Car dies at highway speed
« Reply #6 on: February 13, 2014, 07:36:19 pm »
Lol more parts to find. Vicious cycle
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Offline Brett Haviland

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Re: Always something... Car dies at highway speed
« Reply #7 on: February 14, 2014, 12:04:06 am »
ahh, yeah all those sensors are in the MAF.  time for a new maf, or maybe a bad connection at the connector.
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Offline Dennis Sanjenko

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Re: Always something... Car dies at highway speed
« Reply #8 on: February 14, 2014, 12:19:29 am »
Yup kinda figured when I looked the codes up. Of course a new maf is $300 so I might as well upgrade to the 2g at least
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Offline Brett Haviland

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Re: Always something... Car dies at highway speed
« Reply #9 on: February 14, 2014, 02:33:02 pm »
lol, just get a used 1g one for now... u will prob wanna go speed density in the future anyways...  1g maf's can be had for VERY cheap usually ($50 or under)

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Offline Ryan Singh

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Re: Always something... Car dies at highway speed
« Reply #10 on: February 18, 2014, 10:20:15 am »
Every time I see the title of this thread it reminds me of this:

http://youtu.be/RxAEXUyGM94
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