Allof75
Pathfinder
I have a friend with a race car. His favorite saying is, "It's done when I sell it."
This is infinitely true.
I have a friend with a race car. His favorite saying is, "It's done when I sell it."
Looks good, I just noticed you took the roof rack off?
Well the pathfinder finally left me out to dry.
The Pathfinder drove to work fine, on the way home I stopped at the Eye Center. When I turned it on to go home it seemed lower rpm on ignition crank but then ran fine...
On the last turn getting into my road I had slowed down to turn and hit a low rpm (around 850) all of the sudden the engine dies! Put it in Neutral and stopped. Tried to start it back up and it turns over just fine, fully fires up and then dies right away. If I fire it up and then keep the rpms up with the accelerator it will stay on but it sounds different (hard to explain how but it does)... As soon as I hit low rpm it dies immediately.
After some searching for an answer a lot of people are saying the IACV (idle air control valve) is probably out. So a code read later and found P0100 (among a load other EVAP system stuff P1444, P1446, P0450) which was just mass airflow circuit malfunction. So I ordered a new MAF sensor and a new IACV. Maybe by circuit they mean the wire running to the MAF sensor is bad? Unplugging the MAF doesn't change anything so Im thinking that is not the cause, but I sprayed MAF cleaner through the sensor and it started up and held a really low idle. Turned it off and after re-firing it up, wouldn't idle again. So I'm replacing the MAF just in case.
Here is the interesting part, at the auto store an associate was helping me troubleshoot it, and he lifted up the canister that sites just interior of the air box (so the air intake assembly also lifted slightly) and when I fired it up with him holding it up slightly it held an idle just fine. Not sure if that means he moved a vacuum hose enough to close a seal or what. Hopefully the two parts fixes the issue and him lifting the assembly was just messing with the IACV (it sits directly underneath it) enough to make it run fine.
I sure hope it works, I really cant be without the pathfinder for too long.
Damn buddy sorry to hear the troubles!
I know what it's like having a vehicle fail like that. Hope you get it all fixed up soon.
Oh, and in other news, don't worry about making out to OX and GONE this year. Looks like I'm not going either.
Yeah I don't get it. To fault like that in the middle of driving makes me think electrical but who knows...
Oh really?? That is a bummer! Hopefully whatever cancelled your plans wasn't bad. My 4 day off ends on the 15th (12-15 off) so It would make no sense to even go out for the day. Fortunately after a year with the company, I get a big increase to
vacation time so Ill be clearing that all up.
Mine did the sort of the same thing, one day i pulled to the store and when I came out it would not idle, i would have to press the gas pedal and keep the rpm up for it not to die. I did adjust the throttle cable to make it idle but now after about one year it will still not idle by itself. Now in winter time i have to sit for around 5 min in the truck and warm it up till will idle by itself with my throttle cable adjustment and it worked fine in the summer time. What I did so far I have replaced MAF sensor and new IACV and I had no luck, after the I replaced the whole throttle body from another QX4 that I got from a guy that was parting his truck out and the MAF sensor also from him and the truck would still not idle properly. My codes wore different tho I had the P0505 for IACV (if I remember correctly) and you are getting EVAP codes so it could be leak some ware that is allowing the air in some ware between the air filter box and throttle body (just guessing here). If replacing the MAF and IACV dose not help maybe do the EVAP smoke test to see if you have any leaks, I found a video on youtube how to make home made EVAP machine out of an old coffee can and it worked awesome. If you have any questions fire up.
Your pathfinder looks great. I saw you cruising ridge road earlier today. Nicely done