fouillard13
Veteran Member
ive had my car go into limp mode before, but this seems a tad different. this seems to have more power than previous limp modes...but maybe im wrong.
but recently, the car has been going into limp mode/losing boost around 2500rpm, 3rd gear, almost every time.
runs great in 2nd and 1st. power and boost throughout the whole range. once I hit 3rd, 2500RPM. shes done for. bye bye power. I can still slowly limp it to 70 mph with some downhill sections and lots of time. but its no fun. turning car off and on fixes this... till I hit 3rd again. once in a blue moon it seems to randomly fix itself, and ill get boost back while limping along in 4th or 5th, then itll go away again. its been doing this for 5 days now.
did some research and figured it could be 3 things. ill start with easiest first.
1. disconnected piping by passenger wheel. easy fix. I think this has happened to me before, but never sent me into 2500 rpm, 3rd gear limp mode.
2.MAF sensor (and air filter if it is the MAF). im sure this is easy enough to find and tinker around with. I read to unplug it and take it for a drive to see if itll kick into limp mode. id also like to point that my mileage seems to suck lately.... also pointing towards MAF sensor. right?
looks easy enough to find: does this seem like too good of a deal to be true?? $40 for a bosch MAF???
https://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-BOSCH-...ash=item211e26e381:g:4wwAAOSw2xRYd3rx&vxp=mtr
if unplugging the MAF and checking that intercooler piping doesnt help, ill check the vacuum lines. dont know really where to start there, seems a tad tricky but im sure once I look at it itll be obvious. if its not that, im all out of ideas.
any other things I should check while im there?
but recently, the car has been going into limp mode/losing boost around 2500rpm, 3rd gear, almost every time.
runs great in 2nd and 1st. power and boost throughout the whole range. once I hit 3rd, 2500RPM. shes done for. bye bye power. I can still slowly limp it to 70 mph with some downhill sections and lots of time. but its no fun. turning car off and on fixes this... till I hit 3rd again. once in a blue moon it seems to randomly fix itself, and ill get boost back while limping along in 4th or 5th, then itll go away again. its been doing this for 5 days now.
did some research and figured it could be 3 things. ill start with easiest first.
1. disconnected piping by passenger wheel. easy fix. I think this has happened to me before, but never sent me into 2500 rpm, 3rd gear limp mode.
2.MAF sensor (and air filter if it is the MAF). im sure this is easy enough to find and tinker around with. I read to unplug it and take it for a drive to see if itll kick into limp mode. id also like to point that my mileage seems to suck lately.... also pointing towards MAF sensor. right?
looks easy enough to find: does this seem like too good of a deal to be true?? $40 for a bosch MAF???
https://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-BOSCH-...ash=item211e26e381:g:4wwAAOSw2xRYd3rx&vxp=mtr
if unplugging the MAF and checking that intercooler piping doesnt help, ill check the vacuum lines. dont know really where to start there, seems a tad tricky but im sure once I look at it itll be obvious. if its not that, im all out of ideas.
any other things I should check while im there?
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