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Follow up: After a one day douche, a water spritz & 2 days of drying, I re-installed that bad boy. Results: Car idles like two cylinders disconnected, with blue smoke wafting from the exhaust. Not pretty. I had also regenerated the K & N filter in the interim. Oh well, it's back to the trusty imitation SVX Impreza MAF. I still wonder though if any stealthy long term ill effects will come along to bite me in the arse. Ron.
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Ron,
The blue smoke is probably from a bit too much oil on the K&N, which may have also fouled the MAF element...try a little spray of throttle body cleaner on the element before you go back to the Impreza MAF -Bill
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Ron,
What Bill said, but before you replace the MAF with the Impreza one, just remove the filter (run the car without it) and see if it makes a difference. I agree with Bill that it sounds like too much oil on the filter fouling the MAF. Then again, it may just be a BAD MAF ...... Harry
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Sounds logical, Bill, but I ran the Impreza MAF in the car for a day AFTER I'd re-oiled the K & N with no ill effects. T'was only after I re-installed the vinegarette SVX MAF that the smoke n' mirrors appeared. Thanks anyway. Ron.
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Don't know if they have changed it,
But when they first used the MAF units, they had a burn off peroid, when a larger current was flowed through the sensor wire, to burn off any deposits. I forget if it was on start-up or switch off.
It was to keep the wire clean, to ensure true readings. Harvey.
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