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Old Feb 15, 2009 | 09:30 PM
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ive got a s2 running efi using the xr3i ofac loom ect, the problem is the car wont run properly when the map sensor is conected, ive cut the no 2 wire at the edis and fitted a frst ofac map sensor but just miss fires when its conected?????????????
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Old Feb 15, 2009 | 09:33 PM
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ive got a s2 running efi using the xr3i ofac loom ect, the problem is the car wont run properly when the map sensor is conected, ive cut the no 2 wire at the edis and fitted a frst ofac map sensor but just miss fires when its conected?????????????
wrong map sensor i think as it happend to my car
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Old Feb 15, 2009 | 09:42 PM
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hi mate i brought a frst ofac map sensor off here but maybe it could be faulty??
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Old Feb 15, 2009 | 10:24 PM
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hi mate i brought a frst ofac map sensor off here but maybe it could be faulty??

you need to find out if it is defo off a frst whats it shaped like
any pics
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Old Feb 15, 2009 | 11:22 PM
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mate just had this problem with his onion turbo,run like shite with the map connected thn when u took it off it was ok, the map was a std fezzie one
i would say tht is ur problem!
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Old Feb 17, 2009 | 08:32 AM
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i thought the map sensor and ecu were in pairs so u cudnt run a map sensor from an unmatched ecu?
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Old Feb 17, 2009 | 07:03 PM
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thanks chaps going to try another map sensor anybody got an ofac sensor??

im nt sure if it needs to be matched to the ecu mate i thought as long as its ofac and nt ofab it will work??
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Old Feb 17, 2009 | 07:25 PM
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Out of interest, how big is your miss fire? Engine shaker, trying to stall?
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Old Feb 17, 2009 | 07:29 PM
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it will sit there idleing but like its running on three cylinders and then when you rev it she cuts out mate
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Old Feb 17, 2009 | 07:34 PM
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Are you local? I have an ofac map you could try out
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no mate im about 3 hours from you. do you want to sell it?
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