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Old Jul 14, 2005 | 08:04 PM
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My truck has been acting totally f'd up at cold start. It stubmles and sounds like I have a big cam and almost stalls. Watching the boost gauge, it is all over the place from vac 25 to 10. Can't figure out what's going on. If I just let it idle for a few minutes it's fine, but, embarrassing when I start it and it almost stalls or actually does stall. it smells funky too. and i keep getting p0172 0175 codes. What the hell? Once I start driving it's fine after a few minutes.
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Old Jul 14, 2005 | 08:07 PM
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i would seem to think if it were a vaccumn leak it would happen all the time. maybe the iat in the maf. man i wish i knew more.
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Old Jul 14, 2005 | 08:17 PM
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Ill 2nd the MAF. Sounds like what happened to my camaro back in the day. Try cleaning it. I used WD40 and it worked great after.
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Old Jul 20, 2005 | 07:05 AM
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so i should clean the maf with wd40? i'll try it
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Old Jul 20, 2005 | 08:27 AM
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Use eletronics cleaner without lubricant
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Old Jul 20, 2005 | 08:34 AM
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figured it out. I had adjusted my injector offset table in hptuners for some damn reason and that was the problem. idles great now. oops, i shouldn't be allowed to touch these things, lol.
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Old Jul 20, 2005 | 09:48 AM
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Great, Glad you got it fixed.
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Old Jul 20, 2005 | 10:00 AM
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Are you sure it was not mechanical and the retune is covering it?
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