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 Mass Air Flow Sensor, cleaning
 
Antinius
post Jul 22 2008, 06:45 AM
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OK..... Now a friend of mine suggested an idea of what to use to clean it out. I wanna clean it out because it idles kinda rough. I had done a reset on the computer by disconnecting the battery and it ran smooth for like a day or two. Now my friend said to use a degreaser like 409......... Now I'm not that stupid but he claims it works fine. But I wanna use somthing thats made to clean that out. What products are there to use?
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Danman
post Jul 26 2008, 10:00 PM
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I think thats a pretty stupid idea. The air going through the filter should be clean because it goes through the filter, so why would it be dirty in the first place? Also if the sensor is disconnected, it just makes your idle RPM's rise and fall instead of staying at at 800 RPM. It is most likely a different problem
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Antinius
post Jul 26 2008, 10:29 PM
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no thats axactly what it does...... and its dirty because of a hole in the air filter that went un noticed for awhile..... and no before you call me stupid..... the filter did not have a hole in it before i bought it and i dont know how the hole got in it.... i live in a pretty dusty environment


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I also did clean it..... and it works fine now..... did it anyway since i thought people were ignoring my post.
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post Jul 28 2008, 01:41 AM
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Im not calling you stupid i was just saying its not logical to use solvents on sensitive equipment
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post Jul 28 2008, 06:40 PM
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oh i know.... thats why i wanted to know if they made anything specifically for the cleaning of the MAF....... but i went to autozone and asked around and they showed me a product..... i got it.... and used it..... cleaned it fine with no residue...... can't find the can to tell you the name but it worked great....

sorry if i sounded pissy.... but i do appreciate the help of the people in this forum.
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post Jul 29 2008, 04:21 PM
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QUOTE(Danman @ Jul 27 2008, 10:41 PM)
Im not calling you stupid i was just saying its not logical to use solvents on sensitive equipment
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sry dan he wins they make cleaners for this.
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