[Biturbos4] Re: MAF sensor

Quincy Chiang b5quattro at shaw.ca
Fri May 20 14:37:54 EDT 2005


Make sure you check all the plastic hoses at the top and back of the engine.  Apparently there was a TSB on the plastic crankcase breather system, mine had a few cracks in it and my dealer replaced them with updated parts, along with a reman MAF that's reading low.

Quincy

----- Original Message -----
From: Derek Cheuk <dcheuk1 at hotmail.com>
Date: Friday, May 20, 2005 12:01 pm
Subject: Re: [Biturbos4] Re: MAF sensor

> Thanks to all for the responses.  I actually haven't looked but my 
> S4 is a 
> 01.5 so I assume it has the Hitachi.  My car has lots of 
> hesitation at WOT, 
> I almost have to coax it to go full throttle, and I've changed 
> over to 
> hyperboost diverters with no change so I believe it's the MAF.  
> I'll let you 
> know.
> 
> Derek
> 
> 01' Black S4
> 115k miles
> 
> >From: Quincy Chiang <b5quattro at shaw.ca>
> >To: Bill Coleman <billc928 at sbcglobal.net>
> >CC: biturbos4 at www.audifans.com
> >Subject: Re: [Biturbos4] Re: MAF sensor
> >Date: Fri, 20 May 2005 08:04:26 -0600
> >
> >Bill, I think that only covers Bosch MAFs used in early pre-'01.5 
> cars.  
> >Later cars have Hitachi MAFs that are supposedly to be much more 
> reliable, 
> >but mine has failed at 44,xxx km (3 years 5 months)
> >
> >Quincy
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: Bill Coleman <billc928 at sbcglobal.net>
> >Date: Friday, May 20, 2005 5:46 am
> >Subject: [Biturbos4] Re: MAF sensor
> >
> > > Didn't Audi extend the warrenty on MAFs to 100k miles with no time
> > > limit?  I
> > > know I replaced mine at my own expense but was subsequently
> > > reimbursed by
> > > Audi when the announced the extension.  You should definately
> > > check with
> > > your dealership to see if you can get it done for free!
> > >
> > > Bill
> > > '00 S4 6sp
> > > '01 A4 Avant 1.8tq sport 5sp
> > > '87 928 S4 5sp (the 'other' S4)
> > >
> > >
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