so today I had to rush my puppy to the hospital because she was sick so being in a rush I pulled into a driveway quick bottomed out hard and threw my car into limp mode.. no code yet but deff went into limp mode.. after leaving to go home I got a cel so once I got home I scanned it and it came up as the maf sensor so I cleaned it let it dry put it back in.. yes I put it in the right way.. but then my car will start up and stall instantly so I did a little investigating and it seems I might have dented the charge pipe now my question is would the charge pipe be causing the car to stall out or could it maybe be the maf sensor anything else I should check for please let me know I use the cobalt as my dd so I need to try and get it up and running soon

 

hole in intercooler?

 

I'd definitely say that you either cracked the charge piping or the intercooler.

 

I mean I checked the bottom of the intercooler it looks fine doesn't even look like it was touched.. just ordered some injen pipes.. and a new maf sensor so ill try that first ill try looking at the intercooler a little bit better tomorrow though.. thanks

 

look at the end tanks

 

End tanks or the port for the drain bar on the intercooler might not be sealed. It's for sure not your MAF sensor. Check all charge piping connections too.

 

guess ill check it out later if so good excuse to go aftermarket thanks everyone

 

End tanks cracked no doubt. Happened to me 2 weeks ago. The hole was on the TOP of the end tank where it couldnt be seen. *****

 

Yep my end tanked cracked pretty bad just ordered a mpx intercooler front bumpers off alredy so got that.. Injen charge pipes and im in the process of respraying the bumper to plug up the license plate holes.. So at least it gave me a little motivation to do some work to the car

 

You don't need the MAF sensor.

 

Yea i know i ordered it first because the car would only start wen i unplugged the maf but after getting input on here and doing some investigating i found out the end tank cracked but it doesnt hurt to have an extra maf sensor

 

Thats the problem

 

Thats one hell of a crack you got there

 

Thank GM for making the tanks out of plastic I'm waiting to bust mine so I have an excuse to justify a Treadstone or something.

 

Haha yea lol this was deff a good excuse considering the wife doesnt like when i put money into the car