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  1. Aeron Fout

    Aeron Fout Karting

    Nov 21, 2019
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    This morning I went to start my 2001 360 and it was running very rough and the check engine light was on. I shut it down and immediately smelled very rich fuel in the engine bay. It was throwing misfire codes for cylinders 1 thru 4.

    The car just had its major service about 1k miles ago including all new belts, intake gaskets, and spark plugs.

    I’m thinking this could potentially be an injector problem, but I think it’s more likely the ECU that runs cylinders 1 they 4. It seems strange to me that one entire side of the engine would misfire at one time.

    Just for information, the car was last ran about a week ago for a 50 mile drive and it was perfect. I would greatly appreciate anyone’s input or experience on this issue. Thanks


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  2. KC360 FL

    KC360 FL Formula 3

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    Coil packs? common but I didn't get any CEL.
     
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  3. flash32

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    Did you start too quickly and not wait for "ok" on dash



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  4. Aeron Fout

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    No, I just started it the way I always have.


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  5. Aeron Fout

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    I don’t see how all four cool packs on one side of the engine could go bad at once.
     
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  6. flash32

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    The reason I ask if that sometimes if you turn key on and not wait for "ok" and start ..one of the ECU may not "turn on" ..

    I would say try to start again but wait for "ok" and see if that helps

    By any chance is battery old and weak ?



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  7. Aeron Fout

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    I’ll give it a try and see if waiting a little longer on starting helps out. The battery is about 4 months old and always stays on a battery tender.


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  8. S F

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    Just went through this. I had random misfires on an entire bank and a very rich running condition on half of the engine. It turned out to be the mass air flow sensor on my car. I went ahead and replaced both along with plugs and o2 sensors and it runs beautifully now.

    My Foxwell OBD2 scanner was able to show the mass air readings on both ECUs, in my case, one was reporting half of the airflow of the opposite bank which was causing all of my issues as the fueling was way off.
     
  9. KC360 FL

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    yup, sorry I read your post and thought you said 1 and 4, not 1 thru 4
    But with that said, I had 21K miles on my '03 360 and had a few going bad and replaced all eight. But again, no CEL just random misfires I could feel in the driver's seat.
     
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  10. one4torque

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    Highly likely mass air meter.

    try swapping a known good mas
     
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  11. Aeron Fout

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    Thanks for the info. I’m probably going to go ahead and replace the mass airflow sensors and o2 sensors.


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  12. flash32

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    Before we start changing parts ..

    Start with the easy stuff ..starting properly.. pulling codes , check if the oil was over filled and caused maf to fail

    A good diag tool is needed if you want to see what is going on

    I do agree it can be the maf but a diag tool would tell you either in codes or data stream ..

    Considering you had a service ..could be a overfill which caused the maf to fail

    You can always move parts from one side to the other to see if that helps and narrow down part

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  13. Aeron Fout

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    I just swapped them side to side and it seems to have reversed the issue to the opposite bank. I’m going to order 2 new MAF sensors.


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  14. flash32

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    Cool ..glad we were able to narrow it down .. was it oil that caused it ..did you see alot of oil residue ?



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  15. Aeron Fout

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    There was some oil residue on both sensors, but more on the misfire side. I’m going to pull the intake tubes off and see how much oil is inside the top of the manifold.


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  16. Skidkid

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    Overfill on the oil causes oil getting into the intake. Oil and MAF don't mix and next thing you know, they are shot. Check the oil level engine warm and idling. Set the cap on the reservoir, don't screw it down. You wouldn't want to replace the MAFs only to ruin the new ones because you didn't chase down an overfill.
     
  17. Aeron Fout

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    Good advice. Thank you


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  18. flash32

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    Exactly my thoughts ..

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  19. Need4Spd

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    Even oil fumes too close to MAFS will degrade their performance without throwing codes.


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  20. S F

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    Good deal. Did you order by the Bosch part numbers? I was able to get the pair for a little over $200 doing it that way. Substantial savings over ordering the Ferrari part numbers and the exact same units showed up.
     
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  22. Aeron Fout

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    I haven’t ordered them yet. Who did you order yours from?


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  23. S F

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    Rock auto was the best price I could find but recommend you look around as they’re probably all drop shipped from the same supplier.
     
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  24. velocegiallo

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    I had similar symptoms recently on mine. Turned out it was one bad coil pack. CEL showed misfire on several cylinders. Shop ID’d and replaced the bad coil and now perfect.



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  25. KC360 FL

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    Keep an eye on the others. The extreme heat in the engine bay cooks the insulation, that cracks, and then the misfires begin. If one went I'm betting it's not long before others bite the dust.
    I bought mine (Bosch) online at e-bay and replaced all 8 at once. It's a simple job you can do yourself. No need to pay a shop for the labor on this one or the mark up on the parts.

    All the best, Ken
     

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