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engine just died
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Driving to my apt and noticed a slight shudder in the engine the chech engine light comes on not the [color="#FF0000"]I light [/color] so gave it more gas it goes away

pulled up to my parking spot waiting for the gate to open. (car is in drive my foot on the brakes)

the engine gaves a slight shudder and dies. I put it in park and it starts right up check engine light is off pull in my parking spot put it in park with the engine running withing a minute a hestation in the engine. Check engine light comes on and the car shuts down. That was saturday night have not started it back up since then.







mechanic said it is the air flow sensor
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#2

Could be a sign of clogged fuel injectors. have you ever run fuel injector cleaner through your system?
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Start by checking fault codes, the steps are listed here somewhere.
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[quote name='rhudeboye' post='41649' date='Sep 24 2007, 12:47 PM']Could be a sign of clogged fuel injectors. have you ever run fuel injector cleaner through your system?[/quote]





yes



took it to porsche it was air flow sensor

called paragon
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That should have set a code (maybe a soft code = no light). Heres a link to the proceedure for checking the codes yourself.

http://www.968forums.com/index.php?s=&...ost&p=25828



and one to a list of common codes.

http://www.968forums.com/index.php?showtop...;hl=fault+codes



could save yourself some $$$ checking them first.

Hope this helps.
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