[s-cars] MAF foul up

[serge]

Greetings all,

Recently, after fighting boredom with beer reached diminishing returns at
the in-laws, I managed to slip out to the garage. Got all the Samco hoses
installed, spark plugs checked, oil changed, then I got really bold and
decided to clean the K&N. I have done this many times on the trusty old GTI,
so I had my procedure all planned out‹ soak with cleaner, bang the dirt out,
rinse, repeat, let dry for several hours, oil let soak for 12 hours,
replace. Except this time I rushed through the "let oil soak in" part, as I
was eager to drive the car with the purdy blue hoses. To make an already
long story short, I am pretty sure I got some oil on the MAF wires.

Anybody BTDT? What were your symptoms?

Instead of getting that "instant turbo spool-up" I was looking for, I got
the "who threw the boat anchor out the tailgate?" The car became less
responsive in other words. Doh! A couple of long highway trips later, the
problem is much more subtle, but I have noticed a high-boost WOT
miss/stumble, and would like to isolate the problem. I realize that the said
miss/stumble could be ignition related, but would like to know if the MAF is
a contributing party, or another problem altogether.

So, if any of you lucky bastards... ahem, generous folks who have upgraded
to RS2 gear have a known good MAF lying around, taking up space, gathering
dust... would be willing to part w/ it in exchange for:

a) my sincere thanks
b) promise I'll send it back
c) beer
d) all of the above

Please let me know.

TIA

Serge Filanovsky

95 S6 Avant