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Old Jun 20, 2005 | 07:50 PM
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Finally got the wierd little bits needed to pull the MAF sensor and give it a good cleaning.

Nobody ever said it might set off the SES light!!
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Old Jun 20, 2005 | 09:32 PM
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Semsor eh? lol
And yeah my old Bonny set a code 34 MAF sensor voltage to low, to bad that thing was hooped, it was a 290 dollar sensor!
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Old Jun 20, 2005 | 10:38 PM
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Did you reset the PCM?
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Old Jun 21, 2005 | 02:01 AM
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Mines settin off a code, I'm ignoring it, but how'd you go about cleanin it mos?
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Old Jun 21, 2005 | 06:11 AM
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I cleaned it with alcohol and a qtip. It were perty nasty.

And no, I didn't reset the PCM I did pull over right away, tho, and check/clear the code...
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Old Jun 21, 2005 | 08:13 AM
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The good folks at autozone told me I needed a new one, You thinik cleaning it will fix it?
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Old Jun 21, 2005 | 09:07 AM
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Cleaning it is a lot cheaper than fixing it. Couldn't hurt (as long as you don't break it)

And it turns out it may not have been the MAF Sensor. Did y'all know that when you forget to hook up the IAT sensor, the PCM thinks it'* -38* F????


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Old Jun 21, 2005 | 11:21 AM
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Cleaning it is a lot cheaper than fixing it. Couldn't hurt (as long as you don't break it)

And it turns out it may not have been the MAF Sensor. Did y'all know that when you forget to hook up the IAT sensor, the PCM thinks it'* -38* F????


Uh...yeah!
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Old Jun 22, 2005 | 09:23 AM
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lmao!!! Mos I'm gonna send you a PM soon for instructions on how do clean it
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Garb Pull the maf off you'll see that it basically consists of a fine wire going through a hole. Wet a q tip with rubbing alcohol and gently clean the wire. If the wire breaks you lose.

If the wire is very dirty and you are gentle, you win. That'* all there is to it. Probably the easiest fix possible.
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