MAF Problems and Cleaning
06-04-2005, 01:38 PM
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Originally Posted by StapleGun
Hey Hangup, Glad to be of help..he shipped fast. I'm almost tempted to buy a spare and store away. I just ordered new factory air filter filters, I'm yanking the K&N's off. After inspecting the old MAF, I can see how oil would fly into it and damage.
06-04-2005, 05:03 PM
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Originally Posted by coolcarlskiC43
Jeez I hope I won't have to take out my Green Filters.I was told that it's a good thing to let the filters sit for a day or so b4 putting them back in for drying purposes.My friend used a blow dryer to dry the oil on his K&N's.Then he let it sit in warm and cold air for a couple of days he told me and used the blow dryer again.I'm still leary about the oil though.It's amazing how much the MAF can rob the car of HP and make it run lean.
so i didn't want to drive it at all until i got the MAF replaced.
some folks on the forum mentioned leaving K&Ns on the shelf for 6 months before putting them in to let the oil dry . . .
but i don't get one thing . . . oil is there for a reason, right? it's not just to clean the filter is it? i think you first have to clean it with something else and then oil them. so if you dry the oil does the filter work properly without it?
why put it there in the firstplace then?
please educate me folks, i want to satisfy my curiousity
i'm thinking about posing pictures of the old opened up MAF, anybody interested?
06-04-2005, 05:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Teck
True 
I had to change mine again after 15k miles! Yesterday I missed some power so I conected my babdy to the Star Diagnosis this afternoon and it said that the MAF is broken again!
I had to change mine again after 15k miles! Yesterday I missed some power so I conected my babdy to the Star Diagnosis this afternoon and it said that the MAF is broken again!
just curious, what do you use for filters?
06-04-2005, 06:28 PM
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Well the oil is supposed to help the cotton in the filter catch the particles.I could go back to using the stck filters.
06-05-2005, 07:23 PM
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You guys are all very welcome for the info...feel free to share the knowledge with others.
06-05-2005, 10:41 PM
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MAF and OEM filters
Ordered OEM air filters from the guys below. More than likely will buy another MAF from the aforementioned source on the bay. Thanks for all the input guys!
http://www.overnightautoparts.com/
http://www.overnightautoparts.com/
06-06-2005, 01:42 AM
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Originally Posted by hangup
sorry to hear that
just curious, what do you use for filters?
just curious, what do you use for filters?
