[V8] Free K&N Air Filter, now MAF

[d saad]

I don't know that it actually ruins the sensor Scott - but it does make it
oily and with the extra chicken feathers and such flying past, they get
coated with gunk that reduces the sensitivity and accuracy of the sensor.
I have always been able to clean them off and restore performance. The V8
sensor - and all similar Bosch types have a burn off feature that will
help reduce this effect, but Fords (that I have owned anyway) do not have
this feature and are susceptible to gunkification. (verb - meaning
expensive visit to auto mechanic is imminent :-)

Out of habit
now, if I have an idle problem I pull the MAF and inspect the sense
wires.


Dave


> I've always heard about
K&N oil ruining MAFs.  I advise all my customers
> to be easy
on the oil (in my own words, "This isn't 1980's
>
hairspray...").  But I've never heard of anyone actually having
trouble
> with it.  It's always been an old mechanic's tale. 
K&N's website
> refutes any idea and goes on to describe tests
they've done (dipping it
> in oil, e.g.) and how it didn't hurt
the sensor at all.  But one has to
> remember the source and its
bias.
> 
> So has anyone actually ever had a K&N ruin
their MAF?  If so, how did
> you know it was the oil?
>

> ~Scott S.
> 
> d saad wrote:
> 
>>I couldn't agree more!
>>I used one on my Explorer
for a while. The air
>>box (past the filter) was always dusty
and the throttle valve was always
>>caked with gunk - which
affected idle quality.
>>If you over oil them,
>>you
mess up the MAF sensitivity and kill performance.
>>With good
paper
>>filters it is always clean in there, as is the V8 which
also gets factory
>>Mann filters.
>>I don't buy the
performance claims either.
>>Maybe
>>if you are a
racer it makes a difference but for a daily driver they seem
>>to be a poor choice.
>>
>>
>>Dave
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>I used
>>>
>>>
>>the
K&N filter for a while on my V8 but I'm convinced that it lets
>>
>>
>>>too many little crusties
through. That being said I know there are
>>>
>>>
>>still
>>
>>
>>>some folks out there who like them. The first person to
>>>
>>>
>>email me privately
>>
>>
>>>can have it for the postage.
Probably figure
>>>
>>>
>>$10.00
for priority mail.
>>
>>
>>>Please be
patient I sometimes don't
>>>
>>>
>>get to my mail for a while. William
>>
>>
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