How to clean MAF - NEED HELP!! - Page 2

328insane · 04-02-2008, 11:18 PM

+1. yeah the mesh is there for a reason...I would leave it alone. almost all cars that run a MAF have some sort of a screen to protect the sensor.

bradley01 · 04-03-2008, 07:15 AM

I thought that is what the air filter is for... Is there empiracle evidence to prove that it will hurt the MAF and hurt your performance. I am not saying that you guys are wrong. I just thought that the mesh is like an air-flow inhibitor and it just makes sense to remove anything that inhibits the free flow of air to the engine. Dunno...

mski349 · 10-22-2009, 02:28 PM

In my uneducated opinion, the mesh helps minimize the turbulence coming in from the filter. Like anything else, the BMW engineers didn't put it there for the fun of it.

umermariner · 07-14-2011, 12:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cimbali

http://www.louv.tv/cars/m5/MAF/

Bump... this thread above does not work any more

... and I am looking but couldnt find any other DIY.
Anyone has any DIY on MAF cleaning out there?
Just hit 100K miles ,and thinking of taking care of it along with the rest

Thanks.

socalsil80 · 07-19-2011, 09:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by umermariner

Bump... this thread above does not work any more

... and I am looking but couldnt find any other DIY.
Anyone has any DIY on MAF cleaning out there?
Just hit 100K miles ,and thinking of taking care of it along with the rest

Thanks.

^^^
Here is my advice. I have first hand used the MAF cleaning spray from cnc and it works wonders. The car is fast and really responsive. I used it on my Nissan 240sx which had a MAF sensor gunk'd up with burnt off oil particles from my leaking charcoal canister. I actually got stranded on the road cause the MAF failed to work(scary). Later on I took my MAF off sprayed it down cleaned everywhere and put it back in. It was a Night and Day difference. You can't go wrong with it.

umermariner · 07-19-2011, 10:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by socalsil80

^^^
Here is my advice. I have first hand used the MAF cleaning spray from cnc and it works wonders. The car is fast and really responsive. I used it on my Nissan 240sx which had a MAF sensor gunk'd up with burnt off oil particles from my leaking charcoal canister. I actually got stranded on the road cause the MAF failed to work(scary). Later on I took my MAF off sprayed it down cleaned everywhere and put it back in. It was a Night and Day difference. You can't go wrong with it.

Will try

.. I guess I should be able to get it from retail stores.. right?

socalsil80 · 07-25-2011, 01:11 PM

yup retailers should carry it! GL!

04-03-2008, 07:15 AM	#22
bradley01 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Springfield, IL Posts: 135 My Ride: '02 330xi View My Garage	I thought that is what the air filter is for... Is there empiracle evidence to prove that it will hurt the MAF and hurt your performance. I am not saying that you guys are wrong. I just thought that the mesh is like an air-flow inhibitor and it just makes sense to remove anything that inhibits the free flow of air to the engine. Dunno... __________________ '02 330xi Springfield, IL

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04-02-2008, 11:18 PM	#21
328insane Registered User Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Eugene,Oregon Posts: 54 My Ride: 2000 328i View My Garage	+1. yeah the mesh is there for a reason...I would leave it alone. almost all cars that run a MAF have some sort of a screen to protect the sensor.

10-22-2009, 02:28 PM	#23
mski349 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Graham Posts: 17 My Ride: '03 330Ci View My Garage	In my uneducated opinion, the mesh helps minimize the turbulence coming in from the filter. Like anything else, the BMW engineers didn't put it there for the fun of it.

07-25-2011, 01:11 PM	#27
socalsil80 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: SoCal Posts: 5 My Ride: E46 M3 View My Garage	yup retailers should carry it! GL!