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Originally Posted by gh0st3794 Has anyone here cleaned their MAF sensors yet? How often/how many miles is usually commonplace before the MAF sensors should be cleaned? Ahh.... they really shouldn't

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Old 06-20-2011, 11:00 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Has anyone here cleaned their MAF sensors yet? How often/how many miles is usually commonplace before the MAF sensors should be cleaned?
Ahh.... they really shouldn't be periodically "cleaned". It's not a "regular maintenance" type of thing. If you "over-oil" an air filter and you contaminate the screen on the MAF, well yes.... you can clean it (or attempt to).

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Ahh.... they really shouldn't be periodically "cleaned". It's not a "regular maintenance" type of thing. If you "over-oil" an air filter and you contaminate the screen on the MAF, well yes.... you can clean it (or attempt to).

Good luck.
Yeah I can imagine it being bad for the sensor if you spray this kind of chemical on it several times. It burned a lot like brake cleaner. Its basically the same thing but more safe for electronics.
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Yeah I can imagine it being bad for the sensor if you spray this kind of chemical on it several times. It burned a lot like brake cleaner. Its basically the same thing but more safe for electronics.
It's safe. I mean, there's no pointing in dunking them in it every night or anything, but mine have been cleaned I'd guess about 7-ish times now. It's just a quick-evaporating mix of relatively tame solvent stuff. It's meant to not destroy MAFs
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It's safe. I mean, there's no pointing in dunking them in it every night or anything, but mine have been cleaned I'd guess about 7-ish times now. It's just a quick-evaporating mix of relatively tame solvent stuff. It's meant to not destroy MAFs
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