does rtv affect mass meter readings?

[rookie_98]

reason being is i used some of it while fogging my airbox and now the car is acting very very weird. Stalled on me while shifting....

[xxxJohnBoyxxx]

It should not. Did you plug in the air temp sender that is located in the air box?

[rookie_98]

i think mine is on the front side of it cuz there is nothing under it...right? it's a 98

[xxxJohnBoyxxx]

I'm not sure since I own a "is" but I think there is a air temp sender in the air box that tells the DME how warm the intake air is. If that is disconnected it will run real rich and cause stalling, check your connections. I don't have the stock airbox anymore so I can't remember if it's front, back or side. Maybe someone else can chime in for the ti model but they should be the same

[rookie_98]

hmmm maybe, anyone?

my car is just full of little wrong things on it...its real fun to drive when it's working...about 10% of the time

[cooljess76]

The temp sensor should be on the front of the airbox.

[rookie_98]

cool it is, $.02 on the rtv jess? no offense johnyboy just like all sorts of input to make final decisions

[cooljess76]

I used RTV to seal my old intake boot that was dry and cracked. Just a temporary fix, sealed it up nicely and the misfire codes never came back. Of course, that's downstream of the MAF sensor, but as long as you didn't get any RTV on the film strip inside of the sensor and you gave it adequate time to cure before driving, it shouldn't affect anything.

[rookie_98]

ok ok, sounds like a plan. be back in a while gonna go work on it....now it's doing other stupid stuff....keep an eye out for another post ha ha