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Originally Posted by RoughRex
Un-metered intake air is known to cause this issue. Make sure you have the Air Flow Meter (AFM) installed, connected, and is sitting level (it uses a flap to measure incoming air so if it's not level the flap may be affected by gravity and the reading may be off). Also check for major vacuum leaks. The car runs because the ECU ignores the AFM during startup but as soon as it switches from the "start" sequence to "run" the car dies because the AFM reading is too far off from what's actually making it into the intake.
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Although you're right about the AFM function at startup, it doesn't seem to be the issue here.
(Correct me if I get any of this wrong)
I talked to him earlier and it runs for about a minute then shuts off. It idles at about 1500rpm roughly, and then no matter what (hitting the gas, not, etc.) it just dies after a while. Every vacuum leak I've ever had it's possible to keep the car running by hitting the gas (including when I left the BAC hose off so there was a HUGE amount of unmetered air going into the engine [granted it would only run at over 5k rpm, but it started and did run]).
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