MAF sensor pole

[bcredliner]

There are two schools of thought about what to do when the MAF sensor fails.
Which camp are you in?

Did you replace it ?

Did you clean it? If you cleaned it how approximately how many miles before you had to replace it?

[BigBlack48is]

Originally Posted by bcredliner

There are two schools of thought about what to do when the MAF sensor fails.
Which camp are you in?

Did you replace it ?

Did you clean it? If you cleaned it how approximately how many miles before you had to replace it?

Replace it when it won't start and clean it when you start getting crazy readings from it...

I cleaned mine about a year ago with the MAF cleaner... no ill effects to date.

[pap smear]

If it fails it fails, but I would try to clean it first because its cheaper

[bcredliner]

I have always replaced it but this last time I cleaned it for the same reason you mentioned. I have the larger Dinan aluminum casing. I have never found a source that I thought would provide an OE meter so I could just replace that part. It seems to run fine but I can't get it out of my mind that it would run even better if I had gone the new route instead of cleaning it. That's the reason for the pole.