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Good luck.

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The Bosch 044 that I had installed was over-running the stock fpr and causing it to flood out. Not sure why that was more of an issue at an angle than when level. I had a lot of fuel and a surge tank so it wasn't a pickup issue.

Your symptoms do remind me of when DoughtCom was running without an fpr.

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I poured in a gallon of old gas I had for the lawn mower (bp93 of course!) and it fired up!! I was pumped! I started to put things back together and i noticed the MAF was unplugged. Surely I had checked that before? Hrmmm. Got it all back together, fired up, died. WTF! Go and unplug the Maf, fires up and purrs like a kitten!

Murlo, can I borrow your Maf sensor? :)

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lol out of gas. Glad you are getting it figured out. wootski!!!!!!!!!

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Glad it's running!

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Congrats Scheides! Im glad you got it started up!

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That's weird that the MAF sensor would just crap out like that. Did it get jarred just right when it was removed or something? Glad to hear its running!

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That's great news Scheides! Glad it's up and running!

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NIIIIIIICE

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God what a joke, I SWEAR I tried to start the car w/o the maf but I'm guessing I tried unplugging the cam sensors instead. I'll try and get murlo's maf tomorrow and swap it in for mine. Hopeufully that is it, maybe I can spray mine down with some maf cleaner or something. I don't know how it would have gotten damaged sitting on my workbench, in the middle of the the intake tube it hardly could have gotten dirty! It reads like 1.2V in evoscan when idling and 1.8v when I rev it so it *is* reading something. Just weird.

Spent the rest of the night bolting the hood back on, oil change, torquing crank pulley, and getting the snow tires down from the attic. I wanna drive the thing so bad but work again just owns me. Fingers crossed on this job I interviewed for yesterday!

Wheels are sitting next to the car, I'll bolt them on and take it out for a spin tomorrow as soon as I get home from work, hopefully before the snow comes!

Thanks again for all the help everyone, couldn't have done it w/o you!

I have a vid of the startup, I'll post it soon.

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Actually, they're the exact opposite. His car ran fine until you touched the throttle, and then it would try to die.

Anyway, great to see that (almost) everything's working.

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Nice work! Glad you got it up and running! The itch for you to leave work today is going to be hard to resist i bet!

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It was fueling. Exact opposite would be air or something. Nice try, though.

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I pulled my MAF out last night so I can stop by tonight if you want. I will probably get home around 6pm or so and can stop by quick and drop it off. Just text me later or something.

Would've stopped by last night but a friend stopped over after work for a few and then I had to play some black ops :)

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Badass man! Yea anytime you can swing over would be awesome. I'm going to try and duck out of work around by 4pm and get home to finish things up before the snow flies!

Left to do:
Top off oil
check coolant
mount stock rims w/ snow tires
mount strut-tower bar
Swap in Murlo's MAF (also I bought some maf cleaner for mine)
check exhaust hangers in back (tips look low or something?)
figure out last exhaust manifold/turbo bolt (couldn't get one in, gave up)
boost leak test

Later:
Change oil in GLI, been putting that off :)
Order new MAF?
OEM spark plugs
Return borrowed parts to murlo, lomker, MAP.

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If you need OEM spark plugs too, I might be able to bring mine over as well...I can ask my buddy who is coming over tonight (mechanic) to bring tools to pull the plugs, let me know.

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Woooo! Getter done!

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Busy night ya got there! Good luck.

What are your plans for engine break-in?

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I'm glad to hear you're getting it figured out! Hopefully the Maf fixes your problem.

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Thats ok, once I figure out if I need a new maf sensor I'll order it along with new plugs from the dealership.

Drive the fukin thing! Carefully, check for leaks, do vacuum pulls, etc. The car is prolly 90% tuned b/c I haven't changed much with the fueling or intake system; only real differences tune-wise are the ported head, bigger valves, and bigger cams. The existing tune should be fine for break-in, but I'll prolly pull timing a bit and add a tish of fuel to be safe.

500 miles on o'reily 10w30 mixed with walmart supertech 10w30 conventional. Oil change at 500, prolly stick with the leftover supertech or maybe rotella triple protection, maybe a 5w40 if I can find it. Then at 1500 miles I'll change to a synthetic and get tuned.