MAF stuffed!

[dpetersen]

So my wagon had been running abit shitty of late so I decided to clean the maf. I'd read a lot about it on the forrum and it seemed pretty basic to do.
Cleaned it out yesterday, left the sencor to dry for a few hours before putting it back in and disconnected the battery as well.
Started her up and all good!
Today the engine light had come on and won't turn off. Got it scanned and its the air flow sencor.
Just going to be done with it and replace it and never touch it again. How much am I up for $$?
2003 3lt

[threedogs]

Give Mudski a PM mate,
BTW what did you clean it with

[Maxhead]

Yep PM Mudski or jump to his eBay store : http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Nissan-Patrol-ZD30-Subaru-Forester-MAF-Mass-Air-Flow-Meter-22680-AD210-/231066308349?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_15&hash=item35cca00efd

[dpetersen]

Cleaned it with maf cleaner from repco.
I'm in darwin and heading back to alice mid day tomorrow so il have to buy it from a nissan dealer.

[4bye4]

Wold only suggest that as it was running shitty as you put it, it was on its last legs anyway. Just a try, but have you tried taking it out and cleaning again. i feel for you but I have done mine couple of times no drama's. Maybe it's not plugged in fully or something.

[4bye4]

Wold only suggest that as it was running shitty as you put it, it was on its last legs anyway. Just a try, but have you tried taking it out and cleaning again. i feel for you but I have done mine couple of times no drama's. Maybe it's not plugged in fully or something.
What did you clean it with?

[mudski]

Thanks guys...
I have OEM Nissan mafs or aftermarket mafs. Big price difference between the two. Actual difference? The packaging... Both come with warranty, both can also fail from new. Sold both OEM and aftermarket and it happens to both. ITs an electrical item, these things just happen... So your covered either way. But with the maf, this is not something you replace and forget. These should be cleaned maybe every second or third service, or depending on the conditions. Using a proper MAF cleaner which CRC make and can be had from most auto shops. Being alcohol based it will dry within minutes. So its ready to go before you ECU has been reset.

[threedogs]

Keep us updated please

[dpetersen]

Il try cleaning it again but I think il just put a new one in. It had 300000ks on it so might as well replace it

[threedogs]

Put some white paper towel down and spray the begeeesus out of the wire without touching it.
Dry it off and re fit it

[dpetersen]

Changed it over yesterday, going well now! Only bummer was I bought it from nissan, $260.

[Rock Trol]

Great to hear its running well. You should not have a problem now. You can clean it every 10 000km or yearly as I do and it should be good for a long time. If you are worried about getting stuck then maybe get a non Nissan (cheaper) one for a spare. Make sure you run it in the car for a while to verify it is a good one.

When I bought my car it had around 100 000km on it so I bought a new MAF and installed it even though the old one was running well. I cleaned the old one and kept it as a spare in case I have problems, especially in remote areas.

[dpetersen]

Yeah deffinatly, will do rock troll!
The car went great, averaged 12.2L per 100 from Darwin to Alice, a/c on, window down, sitting on 95kph and towing a small tradies trailer weighing about 800kg.
Just one more question guys, Iv owned the wagon for about four months now and every now and then I get a pretty violent shaking and knocking when I start it up. It's been getting more frequent latley. Has anyone else had this? Any ideas? Doesn't matter if the car is hot or cold, still does it.