MAF Cleaning

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I am going to attempt for the first time to clean my MAF. I have a general idea of how to do that, but I just wanted to make sure with you guys that I have everything covered. What I want to know is what special tools I need to do this and where can I get them?

 

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You need a Torx bit, size 20 I belive. Use something such as Q-tips to clean the wires RUB GENTLY!!!!! if you break them your screwed. Use a cleaner such as carb cleaner or something like that, I heard not to use WD 40. I used carb cleaner and it worked fine. Spray the wires and rub them gently w/ the Q-tips, you should be able to see a little build up on the wires if there diry,kinda like carbon build up.

 

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What exactly do I use the carb cleaner for?

 

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DONT poke it with a Q-Tip!!!!

Go out and buy some PCV/Carb Cleaner (2+2 stuff)

From a DISTANCE spray the 2 little wires until there clean,
Then if you have access to it you can give it a blast VERY CAREFULLY with compressed air to completly dry it,

Or you can just let it air dry,
But it HAS to be perfectly dry before putting it back and starting the car,

We use this method at work everyday and never have problems,

 

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What exactly do I use the carb cleaner for?

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too lossen up any build up on it and to clean the wires. Dont Poke the wires as Starscream said.....just gently rub them

 

hillie16

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The method Starscream suggests does not include any rubbing at all and seems the safest way, I've never done mine, although I should I'm about to turn 60K on the clock.

 

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I have some carb/choke and throttle body cleaner, would that work okay?

 

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You dont need to completely take it apart with the Torx, I usualy rub the wires GENTLY with a q-tip and rubbing alocohol and then spray them down with some eletrical contact cleaner. Dont forget to unplug the battery while doing it so that the computer can reset & relearn with the clean maf.

 

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Alright I think now I have a pretty good idea, thanks a lot guys for your help!

 

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you can just use Isopropyl Alcohol... works perfectly... and you need a security torx bit... it has a little hole in the middle... other than those two corrections, you have a good basic idea on what you're doing now...

 

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Yeah I saw that the torx bit has a little hole in the middle. Is there a difference between a torx bit and a security torx bit. When I went to checkers there torx bits itself did not have anything for the whole in the middle. Are these two different torx bits?

 

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yes, SECURITY TORX is what you need! (what I said ealier ) it has a little hole for a pin in the middle... they can't take nearly as much abuse as the standard torx bits, but not really a big issue...

-they also happend to be really expensive in comparison...

 

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just drill the center pin out of the torx