Hi,

 

Me mates got a problem wit his Z, basically he said it started when he was doing over a ton on the motorway for some time.

 

The road was wet as ****, nasty rain and cars infront splashing up spray.

 

Now the car will not rev over 2000 rpm and keeps spluttering kinda like on the rev limit at 2k.

 

After a while goes to restart and it wont almost like the engine is flooded?

 

Any ideas on what this could be? he was told possibly air mas / sensor, and wants to take the one off of my Z to try on his, two things;

 

1. does this sound like a mas prob

2. is it worth me ripping mine off?

 

cheers

 

steve

p.s it seems to be when the tubbies start spooling around 2k rpm it keeps cutting?

 

Tubbys have sounded / seemed fine for past few months he been runnig it?

oh yeh the whole rain thing, he.s got no splash guard and a foam hks air filter so water could have got in everywhere would thi make a diff?

Thanks for the help!!

 

Just to let you know it was the MAS, put mine on it and it works fine now.

yeah, does sound like a MAS problem :D

and only takes 5 mins to swap.

 

Macca's did this when his went faulty and it turned out to be a dodgy solder joint on the circuit board on the MAS

sweet,

 

They easy to crack apart and look at?

You may well find water has got into the connector over time and caused corrosion - take the connector apart and clean it up. See if that does it.

Originally posted by Steve-o

sweet,

 

They easy to crack apart and look at?

 

I'm not sure if the box is screwed together or glued but Iain got his apart fairly easy I think.

 

The filament can also get dirty and cleaning it with a cotton bud and alcohol or similar may help but it is very delicate.

Does your friend have an induction kit installed? If so was the splash gaurd removed to install it? Water could have got onto the sensor. If that is the case, the MAS is fecked.

 

Stuart.

 

P.S. Nice to see Z drivers driving sencibley.

The road was wet as ****, nasty rain and cars infront splashing up spray

 

;)

"he was doing over a ton on the motorway for some time.

The road was wet as ****, nasty rain and cars infront splashing up spray."

 

Hmm.... could this be why my bloody insurance is so much, me thinks!! No wonder people think all sports car drivers are tossers!!

 

Paul:rolleyes:

Originally posted by Steve-o

sweet,

 

They easy to crack apart and look at?

 

No probs,

 

cut the mastic seal.

 

open her up

 

then check all the solder joints.

 

clean the glow end with a cotton wool bud and some switch cleaner;)

 

Mine still going strong well over a year after she broke down.

 

 

 

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