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Originally Posted by EYE ESS
Good afternoon ladies and gents,
I am requesting the help of the 370z Guru's. I received a service engine soon light 300 miles ago. I called Nissan and they said it was most likely the gas cap not tightened. They said problem should go away in a hundred miles. Due to this I ignored the situation. I just had the genius idea of looking under the hood and one of the intake tubes from my stillen Gen 3 came loose from the hose right next to the motor. Therefore my engine has been sucking in air without the filter for the past 300 miles.
How much have I damaged my engine?
What should I do to fix this problem? I already tightened all of the tubes.
Should I reset the ECU to see if the error goes away?
Thanks so much,
Justin
If you need any additional details please let me know.
*The car did vibrate rough in idle a few times. It felt like my RSX when I had motor mounts installed.
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Honestly, the code was probably thrown as the MAF sensor was giving a false reading, due to the tube not being connected. If this sensor reads incorrect the computer will feed the wrong amount of fuel for the air that is incoming, causing a rough running engine. It is very unlikely that anything harmful happened to anything. The engine bays on these cars are sealed quite well. So unless you went "four wheeling", I highly doubt anything significant got in there. Just reconnect the tube and reset the ECU and all should be fine. Shouldn't be any damage.