thach

Sorry to beat a dead horse like this... but I have a can of CRC MAF cleaner waiting to be used, and have no idea where it's located. I have seen a pictorial for an older C230 coupe, but it doesn't look like my car's engine bay.

Could someone please point out where it is and how I can remove it? Here are some pictures of the engine bay. Is it that plastic grate looking thing I see when I remove the air filter? I was staring at it for a while but have no idea how to remove it. I'm obviously very mechanically inept. Thanks in advance for the help.

-Thach

Buellwinkle

Your kidding right, you have 4 pictures of it and you don't know where it is?

OK, look at the back part of the filter box, the picture on the right, picture #4, that's it, that's the front of it. Picture #3 shows the top view of it with the electrical connector on top. Picture #2 shows the side view of it.

As for removing it, you'll just have to look all around and see how it's attached. I replaced a MAF on our SLK and an E320 but never on the M271 so I can't be specific.

thach

Thanks Carl. Looks like it is not the issue.

Possible vacuum leak. I am still looking for it...

PRE-H20

can someone circle the MAF?..... or point an arrow to it?

buellwinkle: nope... im not kidding either.

phister

its the thing with the mesh on it thats the MAF... the filter connects directly to it

mt8667

Check the two small 90 degree hoses coming off the purge valve. I got a CEL with a P0455 major evap leak and found a slit hose on the hose forward of the purge valve, right under those stupid hose clamps!

mt8667

Cleared the code 200 miles ago and all good