stage 2+ cone filters and maf

[Toms306]

Is that all the maf is. Which makes it lifed! Can they be fixed then with a bigger gauge wire?

What your saying is tom with bad filters is erosion of the wire from the weather/shite

Will try and find out how much a new sensor is from pug today

You cant just replace the wire....and due to the way electricity works, that wouldn't fuction correctly anyway - bigger wire means more voltage (or is it current) can get through so the ECU wouldn't get the right reading.

Hope you're sitting down when you ask the price of an OEM MAF...I'm guessing £80ish lol....

OR the filtration oil coats the element and unnecessarily cools it, causing false readings?

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Clicky

The above is a good read and actually a pretty bold statement by K&N. It doesn't rule out insufficient filtration as a cause of MAF failure but it categorically states that K&N filter oil does NOT contribute to failed MAF sensors. Not to say other brands or types of oil are different but they'd have to be 100% on their findings to make statements like this.

Ah, thats pretty interesting then.....theres only one way to test this though, get a good MAF from the scrap yard, coat it with KN oil and see what happens....

Ever thought it might be a coincidence and nothing to do with that air filter, just that they're 10 years old + now, if people replace them i would imagine most would try a 2nd hand unit first.. Again another already 10+ year old part, much higher chance of it breaking again...

I'm sure I said this above.