[mdzowner]

hey guys
i need some help as soon as possible.
my 03 350 has been in the shop for a little over a week for some minor body work.(fender bender) any crap the place i took it to ive taken it to many times, i know every one by name etc. well i jump in my car and start it up i notice it was running really rough. i thought well it has been sitting for over a week, maybe it just needs to work itself out. well i go to leave and it gets worse. i usually step on it in first gear and the tires break loos , today in the rain it wouldnt hard ly move.

so im wondering, injectors dirty from sitting? water condensing in the tank? wtf i need toi know what i might be able to do before i go to get it looked at for big $$$$. and by the way i have the unlimited tuning carbon intake tube. i had the tube on for about a week before i took it in, and it ran fine. and lastly i checked the mileage so i know no one has driven it.
thanks guys
mdzowner :helpsmilie:

 

[nismokid]

I left my Z parked for 2 weeks once and it started up fine. What kind of fender bender were you in?

 

[JTS2005]

well i highly doubt the intake is the issue, i would be very curious to know if the shop did something to your car while you were gone. i havent driven my car for 2 weeks and got back and she ran great!

are you getting any check engine lights?
what kind of gas are you using?

i have the CF intake tube from them and had no issues what so ever

 

[JTS2005]

Originally posted by NismoKid@Jan 8 2005, 03:50 PM
I left my Z parked for 2 weeks once and it started up fine.  What kind of fender bender were you in?

this is a great question to!! :thumbsup:

 

[Conceyted]

over a week? come on dude my car was in th e shop for MONTHS sitting around waiting for parts to come in etc and it came out just fine, nothing to do with it sitting. bring it in to nissan and have them do work under warranty

 

[teh215]

My guess would be that they removed the MAF and then reinstalled it backwards. Any details of the accident?

 

[mdzowner]

it was a small hit on the drivrers side door/ fender area. i cant imagine where they would have had to disconect the maf. if so should i just try it?
i have about 40k on my z so the warranty is up. yes the check engine light is on it stays solid at start up but as i drive it blinks. i use 93 or higher gas.
thanks
mdzowner

 

[smoothz]

Maybe some vacuum lines are disconnected. That happened to me once after I picked it up from a Nissan shop to get some injectors and O2 sensors replaced; they 'forgot' *cough, BS!* to reconnect all of them.

 

[mdzowner]

what causes injectors and 02 sensors to go bad?
mdzowner

 

[smoothz]

Originally posted by mdzowner@Jan 9 2005, 03:07 PM
what causes injectors and 02 sensors to go bad?
mdzowner

Like everything else mechanical, they just do that. I had them replaced on my Z32 after I moved from Montreal to Minneapolis. I had heard that the gas in Canada had special additives which would ruin the rubber o-rings on the injectors of older cars, so now they're made of plastic. And O2 sensors eventually get worn out.

 

[mdzowner]

update. i found out it was a mouse that ate through the # five cylinder wire to the coil. little *******.
mdzowner

 

[studybuddy]

I don't know whether to laugh or tell you to tie that little ******* up and run over him.

Glad you figured it out.