Checked for Vac leak with brake clean and no idle jumping occured. Prior to that I looked at all the rubber and seals and did not find any dry rot or cracks at all. Took off TB checked and cleaned that as well as MAF and put back together. Stalling still there.
Tried the bent 85 tab trick and still stalling.
Removed MAF and stalling stopped but idles a little rough. Replaced MAF unit but left unplugged and idle improved to normal with no tach bounce. Threw a new code P0102 which I know is Mass or Volume Air Flow Circuit Low Input and assume kicked on since MAF was inactive at the time.
Sorry to ask what sounds to me even as an obvious question but should I just leave the MAF sensor (since it seems to be bad anyway) in place screwed in to plug that hole without plugging the sensor in or is there another option that is better? Thanks for all the help already!
I re-read my posting and thought I should clarify... I'm not talking about leaving the MAF forever just to try and be sure that was the only issue at the present time. I've read alot of times where people will replace this or that in trying to eliminate this P0171 and quite often it's like dominoes. What do you all think or better yet, what would you do based on the info I have provided so far? Thanks.
