Celica Forums General Discussion General what's the hell can be that...

I have a KN filter (likes stock one not an intake)and all other parts are stock ones.. when i'm driving i pass the second gear and when i accelerate i have a big hole before car accelerate ... (sorry it's hard to explain in another langauge than mine )

what do you mean "big hole" like it stays the same speed before it goes faster? or takes forever to accelerate in second gear?

i have one and car runs great, better than stock did

big hole ... i think when i press the accelerator it's like the car choked itself and after few second the rpm raise ..

Yeah, it hesitates. I'd say, clean the MAF sensor. The filter might have affected it.

your native lang french? if so try to explain... i took a few years.

right it's that it hesitates then how to clean the maf sensor ?

Here's the procedure posted in the "installs" forum:

https://celicahobby.com/ubbthreads/thread.f_1862388016_0_collapsed_2__1.html

Most competant shops will be able to do this too. If you have a shop do it, just make sure they have experience with Toyotas though.

I'm 100% sure your K&N filter wasn't brand new when you put it in right? You got it off someone else? If so, you or the previous owner over oiled it to death. So now the oil has messed up your MAF. So do the cleaning procedure and it should solve the problem.

i cleaned my maf sensor this afternoon and the problem is solved .. thank's guy for your advise !!

Remember, the problem could happen again if the filter has too much oil on it. Good to hear its working well again.