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Old 16-12-2014, 06:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Huddo View Post
Hey guys,

My 1999 Forester GT is having an issue where I start the car normally, a second later the check engine light will come on, over the next couple seconds the engine will rev up to around 1.5k (a few hundred higher than when first turning the car on), then will fall off over the next few seconds until the car stalls.

I had been having some issues with the car sputtering while driving, and I decided to pull out the MAF and gave it a clean with some contact cleaner and put it back in. After doing that the car seemed to stop sputtering and run fine as I took it around the block for 5-10 minutes, but coming back to it this morning the car has been giving me the issue described above.

Anyone have any ideas on what could possibly be causing the issue? Let me know if more details are required.
If and engine light has come on take it into a shop or find someone to check the CEL code.

go from there, there's a multitude of causes for what you have described. but considering you messed with the MAF and it drove ok. I'd say yours may be faulty.
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