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View Poll Results: How often do you clean your MAF sensor? | |||
Once a month or more | 23 | 3.50% | |
When i change my oil | 91 | 13.83% | |
When it needs it, I can tell by my EM or my butt dyno | 159 | 24.16% | |
NevAR | 388 | 58.97% | |
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 658. You may not vote on this poll |
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06-06-2006, 01:14 AM | #1 |
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How often do you clean your MAF sensor?
I would like to know how often you clean your maf sensor. I usually do mine about once a month or so.
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06-06-2006, 01:16 AM | #2 |
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I've never cleaned mine
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06-06-2006, 01:21 AM | #3 |
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If you have a dry type air filter you wont need to clean it near as much.
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06-06-2006, 01:57 AM | #4 | |
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06-07-2006, 12:53 AM | #5 | |
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06-06-2006, 01:56 AM | #6 |
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I try to do it somewhat regularly which I would say is about once quarterly.
FYI, CRC's "MAF Sensor Cleaner" product, at $5.99 a can, is 100% identical to their "QD Electronics Cleaner" at $3.99 a can. |
06-06-2006, 02:17 PM | #7 | |
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you should clean your maf before you get any kind of tune, and before / after doing mods to the car, and generally speaking once per oil change is enough to keep it clean and reading properly. (typically 3-4 mo) |
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06-06-2006, 03:39 AM | #8 |
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once a year
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06-06-2006, 07:52 AM | #9 |
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I usually do mine about a week after cleaning the filter.
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06-06-2006, 02:22 PM | #10 |
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check the ingredients on brakleen. It is definitely NOT the same and not very safe for the plastic and rubber on the maf sensor.
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06-06-2006, 06:34 PM | #11 | |
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07-03-2006, 09:05 AM | #12 | |
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07-03-2006, 09:56 AM | #13 |
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i have never cleaned mine
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06-06-2006, 06:35 PM | #14 |
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just fyi - if you do mess up that little o-ring, replacements are hard to find. i had to resort to using a completely different o-ring and "making it fit"
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08-01-2009, 02:13 AM | #15 |
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What other o-rings can be used? I have one that is nicked and needs to be replaced. Don't want to buy a new MAF if I don't have to.
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08-22-2010, 02:43 AM | #16 |
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[QUO...TE=nhluhr;14049719]just fyi - if you do mess up that little o-ring, replacements are hard to find. i had to resort to using a completely different o-ring and "making it fit"[/quote]
If anything happeneds to that o ring it can get messed up...but I found the exact one at Lowe's ....supprisingly it works good as hell...2 for 55 cent.. |
01-03-2011, 10:53 PM | #17 |
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Ahem....120k miles. Never cleaned. But I'm REALLY PISSED that I paid $450 to YIMI SPORT in Santa Clarita for a "dyno-tune" and they did NOT check/clean this first!!! ARRGGHHHHH!!! (I told them the air filter was okay...OEM). I will call and ask them if a re-tune is the proper thing to do. (Yeah, they'll probably say nope!) They only got me +6 hp, but I think +10 ft.lbs. of torque on a stock set up.
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06-06-2006, 06:53 PM | #18 |
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Every 3000 miles or less. Something so simple shouldn't be overlooked.
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06-06-2006, 06:55 PM | #19 |
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does cleaning it so often damage the MAF?
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06-06-2006, 07:01 PM | #20 |
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not if you do it correctly.
which means: -carefully remove it from the intake -spray cleaner onto the IAT probe (the part you can see that looks like a tiny kernel of red corn) -spray cleaner indirectly up into the hollow of the tube to clean the heater wires. You should avoid blasting the heater wires directly, as it could damage them somehow. -let air dry -carefully replace MAF, beign sure to get it pointed the correct direction (plug in front, not in back) -reset ECU to clear out the AF Learned trims |
06-06-2006, 07:13 PM | #21 | |
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and im really surprised that 'most' people that have polled do not clean their MAF. I guess as a Ford tech, and seeing how many engines have been DESTROYED by faulty MAF sensors...I am over cautious. BTW, by DESTROYED, it has ALWAYS been from an engine running lean. 'usually' from dirty air filters (lack of maintenance by the customer) and/or oil bath filters. |
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07-16-2008, 12:45 AM | #22 |
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On my '05 (and probably most/all of the others) it's impossible to put the MAF sensor in backwards. The body of the MAF is closer to one screw than it is the other.
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07-22-2008, 01:34 PM | #23 |
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I just cleaned it yesterday and there is a noticeable difference. It was pretty dirty, and now it seems to push me back harder than before. Also I can hear alot more of the bpv
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04-09-2009, 07:31 AM | #24 | |
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02-08-2010, 01:24 AM | #25 | |
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noob question: what are the heater wire and the hallow? |
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