Ok so im sure a lot know im taking the aem out of my car and fitting a different unit as i just couldnt get on with the aem and get it to function correctly in my car. Anyway the car is na-t in essence except for the having a mapped ecu part. The car has been running fine and obviously has been kept off boost for times when i need to use the car or i have moved it to various places to do work on it. Its been running absolutely fine then the day before attempting to map the aem the car started to be a bit lumpy and hesitant, mainly under load. A quick error check and this brought back a map sensor error. Anyway checked all the wiring and put the bridge back in as the car has been running on this not the ecu, so stock wiring. Started the car and the error had gone and the car ran fine.
So finished up my cuppa started the car and took a leisurely drive home. About 3 miles into my journey the lumpyness returned and gradually got worse. So i windered whether the cable had perhaps loostened itself or a dodgy connection. Today i removed the section of wiring to the map sensor that had been fitted as part of the aem loom, so the map wiring is back to stock with a little bit of extra wiring there to make up for what was removed. Again started the car and the car was much better at idle. Took it for a nip round the block to get tax and the lumpiness is still there. It is not as bad as before and if you 'push' through it with gentle acceleration staying off boost, you can get through the lumpiness. But again this is exactly the same feeling the car had when the map sensor was throwing a code.
So my real question is am i likely to have knackered the map sensor, or is this likely to just be the fueling jibbing out a bit with the alterations. The new ecu and mapping is occurring at the end of the month but it just seems an odd fault to develop when off boost the car is exactly as it was before the turbo was fitted. Granted it isnt ideal using the car, not to mention how slowly i have to go to stay off boost, but ireally just want some useful information on the fault rather than just stop using it and wait to map. Because if the fault is something that will hinder mapping i want to fix it first obviously. Thanks in advance, and probably thanks to David who will answer this first