MAF?

[bernardo78]

I left my car parked up last week, last night I started it and everything seemed normal. Within yards of moving the ABS and PSM lights came on so I switched the engine off. When I switched it back on again the CEL came on and stayed on. I now have a misfire on wide throttle openings from low revs. The CEL flashes when this happens. Tickover is a bit lumpy as well.

So could it be my MAF or something else?

Car runs fine otherwise, oil presure and water temp are fine. No water in the oil.

Car is my daily driver will using it with the CEL on cause some sort of fail safe? I live in the countryside my nearest dealer is 100 miles away. Obviously I won't be able to get my hands on a durametric until after Christmas.

thanks

Bernard

[bernardo78]

Forgot to say the car is a 2000MY 3.4 C4

[logray]

Hello Bernard.

It's tough to say for certain without knowing the codes. I personally wouldn't drive a car that is misfiring. Especially when the CEL is flashing. Flashing CEL = do not drive or run engine without expert advice.

I would suggest either waiting to drive the car until you pull the codes or having the car flat bedded somewhere that can read them.

Otherwise it's a guessing game where you start playing roulette with part swaps

Edited December 23, 2011 by logray