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From: New york

So just sometimes when I go to start my Ls the rpms will spike then even out to the normal idle position after just about two minutes of spiking and dropping. It hits just over 2k and drops around 1k. After this it’ll settle down below 1k. The car when running runs great and there’s no problem when driving it. Could this be just a TPS going bad??

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From: New york

so a few weeks ago I was driving my normal route to the gym and school (about a 25 minute drive). All of a sudden my speedometer drops and starts going everywhere, then my rpms drop to zero and spike up and lights on the dash begin to flicker and my car stalls. So I did research and decided to start with my IAC and so I replaced the whole part went to test drive it and in almost the same exact spot the car bucked and surged and struggled to recover power but stalled. So this is where I fixed it. I took apart the whole intake up to the throttle body. I found out I had a K&S airfilter from the previous owner so I immediately ordered a new one cleaned my MAF sensor and found out I also am missing a bracket for the MAF so right now I have it tapped super tight with electrical tape until the new bracket comes in. The next day I got my new filter and put everything back together nice and tight drove it to Gym and school and back through another small town another 15 miles away back home, parked it washed it then a hour later took another 45 minute trip in the other direction and still no problem. The K&S air filters are known to gunk up MAFs. Looking back the symptoms completely where like the car was being choked out and not getting enough air. The filter was disgusting by the way. So before you read how many things it could be just check you’re filter and clean MAF first before buying parts you don’t even know will work. When my bracket comes in I’m going to clean by throttle body too! And make sure to use special MAF cleaner!!! I’ll keep you guys posted if anything changes or if you have any questions👍🏼

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From: Chandler, AZ

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From: New york

yeah probably, I’m just glad it’s fixed!!

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