questions on cleaning MAF

[NissanTy]

tomorrow i am going to clean my MAF sensor but do i need to take body off the intake or can i just unscrew the 2 screws and pull the sensor itself out? thanks for the help.

[Inyourface1650]

Pull the sensor out by unscrewing the two screws and just spray the hell out of it

[NissanTy]

ahhh ok thanks! i didn't want to take the whole body off, thanks for the input.

[adorsey]

Yup... I didn't really see a difference after I cleaned mine but never hurts to clean something. Do not touch the sensor, only the black piece on top of the sensor.

[Mountaineer]

yeah you wont see any difference, maybe if your MAF is horribly dirty you would. Are you cleanin it cuzz your truck is throwing the CEL?

[NissanTy]

Originally Posted by Mountaineer

yeah you wont see any difference, maybe if your MAF is horribly dirty you would. Are you cleanin it cuzz your truck is throwing the CEL?

ant to clean it becuase its never been done in its 46k mile life lol, plus i have a K&N intake and don't know if oil got onto it plus i just want to clean it so i don't have any future problems with CEL's or any failure. on the CRC can it says 4-10 hp at the wheels i call BS and im not doing it for power im doing it so my truck will run better lol.

[jaf06se]

If you've got an intake or any filter with oil you should actually do it a little more often due to the fact that the oil from the filter is always going into the engine and passing by the MAF Sensor, even if you think the filter is dry, there is always extra oil on them. I do mine every now and again as I feel like it. I've probably done it 4-5 times since I've owned the truck. I'm sure you know how to do it and what to use, right? MAF Sensor Cleaner or Electrical Contact Cleaner. The MAF Cleaner is basically the same stuff as the contact cleaner but just costs twice as much. I always do the contacts on the plug too cause it wont hurt anything to do it.

[Mountaineer]

Originally Posted by NissanTy

ant to clean it becuase its never been done in its 46k mile life lol, plus i have a K&N intake and don't know if oil got onto it plus i just want to clean it so i don't have any future problems with CEL's or any failure. on the CRC can it says 4-10 hp at the wheels i call BS and im not doing it for power im doing it so my truck will run better lol.

if you got 4-10 hp out of cleaning your maf, you'd see every ricer with a bottle of MAF cleaner where they put their fire extinguisher.

[roastbeef]

the first time i cleaned mine it was pretty dirty. i noticed a smoother idle.

i used a q-tip and rubbing alcohol. worked very well.

[NissanTy]

just got done cleaning it, took me all but 3 minutes lol, it didn't seem to dirty but with 46k miles and a K&N filter i know something had to of been on there, i sparyed the hell out of it with the CRC stuff, im about to go out for a drive and get some gas i'll see if it idles any smoother, haha yeah the 4-10 hp more at the wheels is just a sales pitch but like i said i bought it to clean my MAF up so it won't cause any problems in the near future plus a clean MAF is a good MAF.