Cleaning MAF

[capitalcrew]

What is the best thing to use.?

[zxtuner98]

Ive heard Josh uses rubbing alcohol on a q tip iirc. Or that MAF spray.

[capitalcrew]

Never mind, found some stuff. Answers are still appreciated for others who don't know. Later.

[zxtuner98]

PM me the answers eric lol. I havent cleaned mine in say 105k miles haha.

[vega]

Never mind, found some stuff. .

What stuff ?? !!!

[Jaybird]

I have just gone to Pepboys myself and bought MAF cleaner. Seems to have worked fine. I do recall that you do want soemthing that is non-chlorinated (reason being is that some people have used brake cleaner) if you use anything else.

[capitalcrew]

Just some electric cleaner, "crc" or something that my dad had. Non chlorinated and leaves no residue.. forgot where he got it though.

[zxtuner98]

AHH Electrical contact cleaner.

[Twiggy2cents]

yeah you can used brake clean too as long as its NONCHLORINATED!

[mechtech]

Brake cleaner can be used. Whatever you use, spray a little on a mirror first and make sure there is absolutely no residue left when it dries.
But it really is best to get the dedicated MAF cleaner, unless you have an emergncy or no other options.

[zx2vt]

I use CRC MAF sensor cleaner. I bought it from my local parts store.

[Buster]

I just used some electronic sensor cleaner (spray) from Radio Shack. Worked great. As others said, make sure it's nonchlorinated.

[mechtech]

Electronic spray cleaners are very suspect for cleaning MAFs.
They often contain lubricant. They have always left residue on the mirror test, anyway.
Don't use them.

[capitalcrew]

The stuff I used said no residue, so I am just going to go ahead and believe that. lol

[Buster]

Mine was fine too. No residue.

It helped the car run better so I'd recommend it.

[Buster]

http://www.fordf150.net/howto/images/clean-maf1.jpg

[capitalcrew]

Thats the stuff I used. Says it leaves no residue.

[mechtech]

Read the label on the can.^^
It says "cleans and protects" on the can. That means it leaves a residue - it HAS to.
Don't use electrical contact cleaner on a MAF.
You are not saving money - you still have to buy a can of something, so why not use what works and is safe??
Just because the car still runs afterwards does not constitute a good product.

[capitalcrew]

It says leaves no residue right on the can mech. Read four lines down.

[mechtech]

It can not leave a protectant, and leave no residue, at the same time.
This is common sense.

What color is the sky in your world?

[Canuck]

I just did the mirror test with the CRC qd electronic cleaner and with CRC non-chlorinated brake cleaner. They both left residue. The brake cleaner noticeably more. You have to look at an angle to see what's left of the electronic cleaner.

Any other products to try?? What about something like rubbing alcohol??

[capitalcrew]

It can not leave a protectant, and leave no residue, at the same time.
This is common sense.

What color is the sky in your world?

Don't be a douche mech. They are both written on the can and one has to be false. There is no reason you had more chance of being right than me, at that point it was 50/50 since you didn't know for sure it left anything to protect.

Thank you canuck, for actually proving something and not being a cocksucker.

Rubbing alcohol is no good. You don't want to touch any of those sensors and it is only like 70 something percent pure alcohol. It has a lot of other crap in it.

[scort2498]

so the best bet it looks like is to get maf cleaner and there willbe no worries...

noww how to go about cleaning the maf...???
just spray the inside connectors or what?

[zxtuner98]

Yep. I also did the surrounding area with a rag[gotta be careful not to hit it,idk how fragile it is]

[mechtech]

Years of experience and common sense does not make me a 'douche'.
They would not advertise that it leaves a protectant if it did not.
Like the food industry, anything under 3% does not have to be categorized on the label.

[5spdzx2]

Mech and Canuck both made valid points. I dont know how you can say Mechs point was wrong and say Canucks was correct when you werent there to see the residue for yourself. The just seems like blatant disrespect. Mech was speaking very logically and only trying to help you down the road.

[capitalcrew]

I am saying because mech is saying it wouldn't be on the can if it wasn't true but it says NO RESIDUE RIGHT ON THE CAN.

He may have been right but his reasoning is pathetic and the only way to know for sure, is the mirror test which canuck did. Mech read the can, so did I. We came to two different conclusions based on what the can said.

[mechtech]

My reasoning has never been called 'pathetic' in my whole life.
I am a sharp, clear , thinker.

[capitalcrew]

No you're not. You're too full of yourself to understand that both with fully possible, and that only one could be right. You're too conceited to realize that there was a 50% chance of both since both were on the can, and one had to be wrong.

[5spdzx2]

...wow...

[mechtech]

A protectant is a residue. There is NO other possibility.

But what they mean by NOT leaving a residue is that it may not be an oil or other substance commonly referred to as residue, or is under a legal limit for the definition.

Plus, it leaves a residue.

[capitalcrew]

No shit, BUT, with BOTH being written on the can ONE had to be wrong and there is NO reason YOU had more of a chance at being right than me. Other than your inflated ego.

[mechtech]

They can both be right.
Depending on their meaning of "no residue". Obviously they infer no gloopy mess left behind, not that there is no substance left to protect.

[mechtech]

And the fact that it leaves a visible residue confirms this.

[capitalcrew]

No, they can't both be right. It leaves a residue, which we've confirmed. The issue is how positive you seemed to be before anyone confirmed it, flat out telling me I was wrong basing that solely one what the can said, when I was basing what I was saying on what the can said.

[ZX2guy19]

Soaking your valve cover gasket in WD-40 helps it expand a bit.

[capitalcrew]

Wrong thread, Brad.

I'm done with this thread anyways.