MAF?

[SinWicked]

well today i was just checking out a few things, and decided to take the heater shield off the exaust manifold just lookin to see how hard it would be to put the new header on. well i decided it would be to difficult to do in my driveway. but when i put it all back together i forgot to put the bolts back in the top of the manifold, not knowing they went all the way into it. thus leaving a hole for the air to escape from. long story short now the car skips and studders, so i tried reseting the cpu and it worked for a couple minutes. but then when back to bein ****ed up, so after extensive diagnosing we decided to unplug the MAF for a second and then it ran fine. so my question is does this really sounds like it could be ****ed up? should i just clean it or order a new one?

another question, will i have to pull the motor to put the new header on? or can i pull it out still with the turbo on it? (i forgot the bolts from the turbo to the manifold come in from the bottom)

 

[Nicely]

Could be. Clean it first and see how it goes. Brake cleaner sprayed onto the wire does the trick :thumbs:

When you say header, do you mean gasket? If you do, you'll have to take mani and turbo off to get at both the mani-head and mani-turbo gaskets. On the S15, you will get the OEM mani and turbo out OK. If you've got a tubular mani, its a complete bastard (depending on mani). Clearance past the ABS unit is non-existent. You have to loosen the ABS unit brackets, get someone to pull it someone else spends numerous fun-filled minutes maneovering the mani and turbo out...

 

[SinWicked]

i will try the brake cleaner thing. and by header yes i ment the tubular aftermarket manifold, i didnt realize it was called something else outside the USA.