I've done a ton of work over the last year getting my car clear of CEL's and running well again. I replaced the IMRC, MAF, and finally a new computer. The car has been running well for a few months now, but a few weeks ago I got the infamous P1518, secondaries stuck open, again. I tweaked on the cable a bit, and had AZ clear the code for me. It was good for a few weeks, but it did it again the other day. Once again I tweaked the cable a bit and had the code cleared. That lasted 4-days. I'm getting REALLY tired of this BS.

I thought I remembered reading that I could possibly clean the secondary valves. Is this what I should be looking at? Other suggestions? She's running great besides this. I may be selling her in the next few months (I've got an opportunity for a killer deal on a Maxima SE), and I would like to get this cleared up so the next owner doesn't have to pull their hair out dealing with this stupid code. Thanks!


2002 Nissan Maxima SE Former 2000 SVT Contour owner