Help Help ! Installed New Apexi Air Intake & Now Got Problems

[DazzaDee]

Hiya people - help needed - I just installed new apexi power intake In my R33 gts-t , the car is stock apart from full cat back exhaust..

after installing - i disconnected the battery to reset the ECU and held down brake pedal to get residual power out - waited five mins then re-connected battery & afm. Took car for a drive and it keeps wanting to stall or it sounds like a car does when you are about to run out of petrol - stutters and spurts anywhere above 3000rpm - it sounds like the car is starved for air..

Please help -

[Tangles]

afm wiring - check it, sounds as if it isnt connected correctly.

spray with brake cleaner (inside the mesh) for a quick clean, and redo the wiring connections

[DazzaDee]

I will check now - shouldn't be because car was running perfect before I changed it - but i'll check

cheers , let you know -

[(B1) MR_fanny]

yeah sounds like your afm not connected properly. ive done that before, not completely in

[DazzaDee]

wiring looks good - im just going to put the stock filter back on and see if it fixes - process of elimination..

will post results shortly..

[lilhaulerz]

Nothing do with the airfilter mate, check your ground again. Unplug the afm and plug it again. or you got intake leak somewhere something come loose

[Jdfnq]

did you let the ECU reset itself properly??? IE, cold start and AT least 5 mins of just sitting there whilst the ECU re-learns???

[Jezza-gtR]

Get some contact cleaner on the AFM plugs

[JET-25L]

just changing the air filter won't change a thing... it's everything after that that can make a difference to how the car runs.. so if the "power intake" is just the pod filter that bolts onto the afm then i suppose you took it off to make it easier... make sure the hose clamp that connects onto the afm is on properly and that the clip is on properly. The car will idle and just run with the afm plug disconnected but not past about 2000rpm so that's the issue. You shouldn't have had to reset the ecu anyway.