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Nah sorry havn't swapped the air flow meter yet as don't have time because of school, and dad is usually busy. Another bloody problem now.... when the car sort of dies, the sterring locks up and the battery light flicks on. The steering becomes really stiff around that corner it dies on and is heaps hard to move. I almost crashed 2day. So i'll be driving a little AE86 around until it is fixed. Hopefully dad can get it done this weekend. Thanx for all the help.

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Nah sorry havn't swapped the air flow meter yet as don't have time because of school, and dad is usually busy. Another bloody problem now.... when the car sort of dies, the sterring locks up and the battery light flicks on. The steering becomes really stiff around that corner it dies on and is heaps hard to move. I almost crashed 2day. So i'll be driving a little AE86 around until it is fixed. Hopefully dad can get it done this weekend. Thanx for all the help.

This sounds like the same problem. If your engine cuts out for whatever reason, you'll lose your power steering and the battery light will be on the same as it is when you click your key over to start the car in the morning (or say when you're running the radio without the engine on etc...its just telling you its using battery).

It sounds to me like it could be your Air Flow Meter. Rather than swap it, have you considered cleaning the contacts inside it (ie. in the middle of the piping, not the electrics itself). There are two little wires that hang down into the middle of the AFM pipe and a little thin wire runs between them which measures the amount of airflow through the intake piping. Sometimes these can get covered in stuff such as oil if you have an oiled air filter (like a K&N for example)...

Its an easy job - take your AFM off (might need to remove your airbox and also loosen the clip on the other side of the AFM so you can remove it from the piping). You'll then see the little wires clearly visible when you look through it. All I've done in the past is pour some methylated spirits (ie. metho) over these wires (do NOT touch them with your fingers or anything whatever you do) and then leave the AFM in the sun to dry out. You can also run a small amount of metho over the pins where the plug goes into on the side if you want, just to make for a better contact. If you dont have metho you can just use any non-residual contact cleaner. I just use metho cos its something I have in the cupboard.

If you leave the AFM in the sun afterwards it wont take very long to dry, say about 10 minutes? then just put it back in the car and job's done.

I had problems like loss of power and then power would be a bit stuttery - in my last car (nissan silvia turbo). Eventually the engine started dropping out on idle and it cut out a couple of times in traffic - very unsafe I agree with you. The car actually got so bad it wouldn't idle at all, but it turned out to be the AFM and replacing that solved my problem. Then I learned you could clean it, so try that first, it might save you a lot of money. :D

(apologies for the long post but I forgot to mention, if you're looking for a workshop - go Boostworx for sure. they may be booked up a little bit but thats BECAUSE they are that good)

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Or grab a can Electronic Cleaning Solvent from jaycar. Spray it plenty and by the time the afm is back on the car its all dry.

The jaycar stuff I've found strips the oil off better than the dicksmith gear.

http://www.jaycar.com.au/productView.asp?I...=&SUBCATID=

Its also GREAT for removing water off a motherboard quickly after you've washed it in the sink. lol

(damn dirty smokers; you should see what it does to your computer) :P

I usually hit it twice.. initially with the cleaning solvent then wash then hit it again to quickly remove the water.

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Yeah, I can't complain with the work, the cost was also justified but i had no idea it was going to cost so much untill i went to pick my car up even after asking for estimates along the way. They put my current motor in but did everything while the engine was out rather than risk it. ie. waterpump, oilpump, new idler and tensioner, timing belt, rear main etc. etc. etc. etc.

But yeah, expencive :thumbsup:

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