MAF Problem

[93DriftMachine]

Yesterday I decided to clean my MAF and Intake. After I cleaned the MAF with some brake cleaner I set it out to dry and later installed it. Now Im having idle problems and the car is running rich. It bogs down and runs crapy. Has any one encountered this problem?

[tonynalli]

you might have broken the filament that inside of the sensor

[Dmnitsadean]

okay a stupid questioni that i've been trying to figure out plz help....well is the maf the thing that holds the air filter....that metal sensor in a regular stock intake system....or is it that one part before the intake tubeing the one were the throttle body is at? help me understand thanx....DeAn

[tonynalli]

the mass air flow is the silver round part that connects the air filter to your intake piping. there is a plug on the top of the assembly that has about 3 or 4 wires on it. if you sprayed the filament with brake cleaner you more then likely broke it, due to the fact that brake cleaner is under pressure and it shoots out of the can rather hard. i have another mass air flow sensor if you want to buy it. [email protected]

[tonynalli]

or is it that one part before the intake tubeing the one were the throttle body is at? help me understand thanx....DeAn

the only sensor that is there would be your tps(throttle position sensor)

if for some reason he cleaned that part off which i dont think that he did due to the fact that i think you have to remove your throttle body to get it off he might have not put it back where it need to be set at. but i think that he broke the filament.

sorry for double posting but what exactly does your car do. when you say it runs bad there are about 10000 reasons why. but if it doenst go past 3000 rpm's or it runs bad at a certain rpm's then there is a better chance that i might be able to help you out.

[Dmnitsadean]

okay question...which one are you selling the silver part or that harness that connects to that...cause thats the only problem that I have iwth mine is the harness it doesn't hold on......and I dunno if its sensoring right...cause when ima gunning the car in 5th gear trying to rpm it after 3500 and it sounds lyke its not breathing right does that have to do anything with maf...DeAn

[Dmnitsadean]

well thanx i really do need more to understan about my car...okay heres how it goes...okay I juss installed my new clutch....first gear is okay going bout 4500 rpm but its winds really loud...well another ima going on everygear and it only winds about 4000 rpm and i can't jump it anymore but my only thing is wen ima on 5th I can only go about 70mph and wen I go past that i seem to bog down my rpm...if you understand that well yeah dats all but i dunno if that has anything to do wif my maf situation....Wat recentenly happen to the car is that the head blew...and wen they replaced the head gasket they said they might have bent the valves...I dunno wat to do now.....so i hope you understand an can help me thanx...DeAn

[tonynalli]

sounds kinda like your mafs not working. you said that its not holding on, i would venture to asssume that you dont have the little clip that held it into place, what you need to do is either find one or tape it down of find some thin wire and wrap it around the plug and tie it off so it wont fall off.

[ddgsxr504]

Well all I can say is you live and you learn. If you sprayed your MAF with brake cleaner then it's FUBAR! Your maf contains a sensor and circuit card/w electronics. You wouldn't spray brake cleaner to clean your laptop or PS2 would you?? Always, always....you still with me? Always use electronics cleaner for your MAF. Luckily you can usually find a new one on ebay or from fellow 240 enthusiast for a decent price. New ones are only available at the dealer and they run anywhere from $350-$450!