restarting problem- MAF code

[V6camaro1988]

well my maro didnt have any problems for quite a while so i guess something new was just about to come up, so here's the problem. My car starts out fine when i start it for the first time, but if i drive around for a bit, and turn my car off, i have a problem of restarting it unless i wait untill its cooled off. what happens is that it turns and turns and turns, and when it finally starts it displays an MAF code.

now i have a spare MAF, and chaning them doesnt affect the problem.

any ideas ? :conf:

( 88 camaro 2.8 MPFI 5 spd. )

[Corey]

You might try the maf burn-off relay, but when mine died the car ran fine it just refused to idle.

:shrug:

[V6camaro1988]

the burnoff relay is the one located right by the battery right ?

[Corey]

Your battery is on the passenger side right? That is the cooling fan relay. The burn-off relay is on the firewall by the brake booster. There are 3 there. One is the burn-off relay, one is the fuel pump relay, and one is something else. I don't remember which is which though. The relays should be the same though(check the number on top of them to be sure), so you could switch relays around to see if the relay is actually the problem before buying a new one.

[l034me]

hmm...I have the same problem....in the morning it starts fine, but after driving it around it wont start back up. I have to pop the hood and wait about 10 min. I replaced the starter, rotor, and ingition module, which non of it fixed it.

I have a 305 TBI so I dont have a MAF, so could it be the same thing?