The car runs great. There's no indication that there's a problem other than the
ty fuel mileage it's suddenly getting, which I believe I know what the problem is (dirty MAF sensor due to spraying too much oil on the air filter when I cleaned it). I've used 2/3 of a tank of gas and have only went 90 miles. This has been all city driving, but I haven't been hot rodding it, just normal driving. The fuel mileage issue is why I pulled the codes. I wanted to see if there was a problem that was causing the crappy fuel mileage. So when I pulled the codes, code 96 popped up.
Other than a
BBK 70mm throttle body & cold air intake that I installed many years ago, it's a stock 5.0 & five speed. I just got done rebuilding the heads & installing a new clutch, timing chain, high volume oil pump and rear main seal. The only mod I did when I did the head rebuild was to eliminate the front two cats (car has 4 cats on it). I doubt eliminating 2 cats would make the fuel mileage go in the toilet. I would assume it would do the opposite. But who knows.
I just ordered a new BBK air filter last night to replace the one I soaked with too much oil (there was a puddle of oil sitting in the intake tube right in front of the MAF sensor). I also have some MAF sensor cleaner that I used on the MAF sensor last night. Once the air filter arrives Sunday, I'll put it on and go fill up the gas tank and drive the car for another week or two and see if that resolves the problem.
On another note, does anyone know exactly what the MAF sensor cleaner is? It smelled exactly like brake cleaner. Or is it something different?