I had to tow home the wife's Forester Saturday. 99 5 speed manual

Would not stay running. Cough, choke, gasp.

No codes shown on code reader.

Unplugged MAF and ran mostly ok.

Called Subaru. Apparently there was an "open recall"

on this problem but mine was repaired by a previous owner.

Local Sube dealer has a license to steal and wants $384 for a new one.

If I can find a used one great. If not has anyone torn into a failed unit and figured out what went kaputt?

Ive been working on electronic stuff for 40+ years and would love to thumb my nose at these guys.

Help?

Thanks Rick

w mi

If you don't have a u-pull it yard near by to search, http://www.car-part.com is a junkyard search engine. You can find them on there (search for air flow meter) for less than $50 if you're in the right area, and if not most places will ship.

 

Keith

You should be able to find one at a junk yard. Not sure if you will be able to use one off of a 98 since it was DOHC that year and 00-01 were MAP based so those years are ruled out.

99 is a one year only MAF for forester and impreza. But you can find one on car-part.com for $30-$50 easy enough. I got one for a 99 RS last year for $45 shipped.

Thanks all.

Scored one for $25 from local yard.

Seems to be ok. That is based on plugging it in and the motor kept running.

The real test will be tomorrow morning starting in the cold.

If it idles without keeping my foot in the throttle I will check the ok box.

I was quite surprised to find it would run at all without the sensor.

Seems like my older (and better) Legacies would not.

Any how, thanks.

r

I ripped into one that was giving me trouble when I first bought my car. Turned out to be nothing more than a broken solder joint. I could probably fix it and keep it as a spare but I haven't felt like screwing with it. Not sure if yours would have the same trouble. The square top is just siliconed in place. You can cut away the silicone and pry the top off to see the guts and see where the tabs from the connector are soldered to the pins that come from the board.

 

If the car has trouble running in the morning when it is cold it might need a Coolant temp sender.