86 glx owner here (i own 2 of em)



the good:











and the bad and ugly:









both cars dont run, silver one has a stuck side seal (i believe) and 4 lug hubs... grey one has a bad maf (i think) and 5 lug hubs...

 

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Why can't you just swap the MAFs and find out?

 

i think the maf in the other car is also shot... no matter what i do, i cant get her to hold idle... i can get her to run, but i have to hold down the gas or shell die....

 

Sounds like a vacuum leak. If the MAF wasn't working, I don't think the car would stay running at all, foot on the gas or not.



If you haven't already, feel free to post a thread in the 2nd Gen forum about your problems.

 

Welcome to the forum brother!



Same exact thing happened to me...



You need to get another MAFS.



There's a way to test it but I can't remember it was so long ago.



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