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YOUR RESEARCHHow Dirty was your MAF?
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I used two clean lint free rags that I saturated with Throttle body cleaner and wrapped/taped the rag on a long screw driver to reach down in there.
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I removed my Plenum this weekend to clean the intakes, it is a real pain in the *** to put back on, as this is only supposed to be removed after removing the intakes...
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I used two clean lint free rags that I saturated with Throttle body cleaner and wrapped/taped the rag on a long screw driver to reach down in there.
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I removed my Plenum this weekend to clean the intakes, it is a real pain in the *** to put back on, as this is only supposed to be removed after removing the intakes...
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Had some time on my hands so I thought I would knock another project off the list. What else would you expect from the MAF 100k later.
Before had very slight rough idiling.
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after the wipe down she idles smoother now "could be psychological" but I feel better knowing the MAF and sensor are clean. Thirty minute job at most.
holy crap.... delete those pics before Orient Express stops by... you might kill him !!
so you cleaned that tiny spot... dont stop there cowboy
keep cleaning!
Did not take pics but the thin wires did have build up in them, I did hose it down with electronics cleaner from Radio Shack and it did the job getting the gunk of the wire's.
The filter was in great shape since I recently had serviced the car. I did wipe the filter housing down while it was out and yes, I did wipe away more dust than I thought was visible since the dust/dirt blends with the black housing.
I used two clean lint free rags that I saturated with Throttle body cleaner and wrapped/taped the rag on a long screw driver to reach down in there. I should have taken pics of what lies behind the flap, there was just as much on the outside as there was behind the flap.
I removed my Plenum this weekend to clean the intakes, it is a real pain in the *** to put back on, as this is only supposed to be removed after removing the intakes... It is possible but man I struggled.
There was oil moist all over, I assume because of my engine oil overfill. I had 1 quart of overfill from the previous owner
It is good to know that you can put your hand in the intakes and clean them all the way, as the plenum diameter is pretty big.
I think Macster also meant the air connection hose / clamps connections.
Perhaps one of those air hose connections was not seated correctly allowing an unfiltered stream of air into your MAF & throttle body. If that was the case, then by reinstalling you would refit correctly & resolve.
