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Sputter problem w/log

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danielsl1999gsx

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Jun 5, 2009
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Hey guys, never dealt with a problem like this before so i need some help from you all. I am not sure how it happen but it started today as i was drive along to work. Out of no where I felt a hesitation in the low 2k-3k rpm range(2nd or 3rd gear). It comes and goes but sometimes during the hesitation my car will start sputtering hard as i would give it gas. It almost felt like a huge boost, so i pulled over to check but all my piping/ couplers/ hoses and they were all on tight. As i continued driving it happened again, this time with a cel on and a lumpy idle. I checked under the hood and notice my MAF plug was at an angle, fix it and idle return to normal(cel still on). On DSMlink the code 0100 came up for * Volume Air Flow Circuit Malfunction, i was thinking this was my MAF problem so i cleared it. Now i wanted to see if i could repeat the problem, this time with it in a log. As i started driving around i notice the blue line for my o2 sensor was reading low volts, around 0 at times and 0-.04 when the sputter would happen. The car doesn't jerk violently any more but there is still that hesitation/sputter at times. Could this be the cause of a sputter/hesitation? The log is kinda long, sorry but i was coming home from my gf house. If you see anything else out of the ordinary lmk, i dont use dsmlink too much, so this is all new too me.
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Wow coincidentally I'm receivin the same issues now except my car refuses to start sometimes. In the low rpms my car is spuddering and feels like it wants to die. I also have a real choppy idle now.
 
I get a start up problem as well some times, got to give it gas in order to start. Other times, it will fire up with no problem.
 
I have to press the gas pedal too! My car doesn't even start anymore :/. I checked my plug wires and they looked like absolute shit. Idk if thats whats causing my car to not start. I turn the key and the car wants to start but it doesn't.
 
hmm.. your sounds a bit worse than mine. I can get my car to start every time, it just needs some persuasion. I just want to know if the o2 senson should read 0 volts at all during its cycles?
 
hmm.. your sounds a bit worse than mine. I can get my car to start every time, it just needs some persuasion. I just want to know if the o2 senson should read 0 volts at all during its cycles?

Shouldn't the voltage of the o2 fluctuate? If it's pinned that would be a bad o2 or wiring? I think if it's pinned high it means the wiring for the 02 has a short, but you said it's low.

Check o2, plugs, and all the easy stuff. Do you know the a/f when it happens? I can't look at the log, on my phone.
 
Yeah I was looking around and the o2 should fluctuate. But people were telling me it should never read zero, and mine would read zero for a while while driving or be stuck at .06 under load.
 
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