Another way to get a Get Out Of Jail Free card!

biggest box i got or can get from work is a bumper box for shipping like the rear bumper to a Saturn Vue even includes a clear bo....err.... comes with oversized clear bag to supposedly protect the bumper, uh yeah that what i meant to say about the bag...

anyways what the year of vic and do you know the code other then its lean code like example p1401 (we kept getting this one on ours).could be a number of things im sure you already covered. like: replace the O2, check injectors, or fuel rail just to name a few.

I know on the old Saturn S-series that if you have to crank it over twice to start it the pump is goin out or on the more recent L-series when the pump goes out it usually wont restart it just quits completely and set a lean code and runs the cooling fans at full bore (thats if the car is already on the go when it dies)

I know i mentioned a GM product versus a Ford product relation. In some cases shit quality gas and/or clogged fuel system (because of such poor quality gas maybe) will make for a pain. then, again it could be something minute or easily over looked like chapped wire (the fix to above example with us)...... dunno how i would get a big arsed box over to you guys on the west coast but i can try help with at least half the problem you asked.

I'll work on a fridge box.. a friend of mine owns the local Sears

http://www.obd-codes.com/p0171

"In the vast majority of cases, simply cleaning the MAF sensor does the trick. Consult your service manual for it's location if you need help. I find it's best to take it off and spray it with electronics cleaner or brake cleaner. Make sure you are careful not to damage the MAF sensor, and make sure it's dry before reinstalling"

Tim

lol

totally forgot about the MAF sensor thing myself.....
buddy of mine had his mustang all built up and what have you when they got it all back together they over looked the arrow thats embedded on the side of the MAF.
thus it was pointing the wrong way causing a lean peg because it couldn't sample right while driving. then again it never really ran right from the day he got it stock.... his abuse obviously didnt make it much better.

last i heard of him he took it to the strip snapped the lugs off the rear wheel on one side and put it to the wall.....anyways.....

cheers

Do you more than one If so Griswald will try to bring one up ,Grandmas a little cold on the roof !

1997 Police Interceptor.

It looks like nine times out of ten cleaning the MAF does the trick.
Clean it with a Q tip and denatured alchohol, then disconnect the battery
before driving to relearn fuel curve and BARO reading. someone reccomended several 0to60
runs. Also someone said

The reading for the BARO is set in the computer because computers with MAF's do not have BARO's. I keep looking at the readings I was getting from the PED's about the BARO. The computer was saying that the car was at around 5000 feet level. I didn't know that was changeable.

The right thing I needed to do was remove the SHORTING BAR from the left fender for the computer and drive the car awhile. The computer relearned the new BARO settings. I put the SHORTING BAR back and the car was great. The settings in the PED's change to SEA LEVEL.

Before I learned this I had cleared the codes and did a relearn on the computer but that didn't help. I had use the SHORTING BAR.

Hope this helps

No no no no no!
Don't go anywhere near a Ford MAF with a q-tip. I've seen far too many people break them. Just get a can of MAF (or brake or electrical contact) cleaner, put the straw on, and soak the hot wire.