I have an 04 with 5AT
will check with consult II
before and after
using grams per second @ diferent rpm
if i can find this around here.

 

You mean the two torx bit screws? I unscrewed those and unplugged the connector. But I couldn't pry the sensor out. I can do this w/ our RX300 easy. Anyone remove the maf sensor this way? I don't want to break this thing. If I can expose the sensor itself, I can just use a Q-tip and rubbing achohol.

 

oh no no no i didn't remove the sensor, didn't unplug the harness. i only freed the whole housing itself - z-tube from one side, jwt pop-charger from the other side.

do not remove the sensor itself, and keep q-tips away from it, unless you want to buy yourself a new sensor.

 

I used the Q-tip on the RX300 a few times w/ no problems. It actually cleared a code. Is there something with the G MAF sensors that make them that fragile?

 

if you have to ask, you don't know. if you don't know - DON'T MESS WITH IT.

 

Actually I know too much. Older maxima MAFs were bulletproof. Newer 2k+ maximas = eh

I assume the G mafs are fragile.

 

Crap! I removed the tube containing the MAF sensor and sprayed the sensor real good with the cleaner. When I put it all back togeather and started the car, the SES light came on. I cleared it with the pedal method, but it comes on immediatly after computer reset. I'm screwed!!!!! Looks like I need a new MAF sensor.

 

I removed the MAF sensor by unscrewing it from the housing. I then sprayed the sh*t out of it using the CRC MAF cleaner. I then drove from the Bronx to Queens and then from Queens to Yonkers.

Verdict: I can't really tell any difference.

 

You were able to pull it out of the MAF tube?

 

Be very careful when messing with the MAF sesnor. I just got a quote from the Stealership for $553.61 to replace it. Dang! I sure hope I can get mine operational again.

 

DAAAANNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGG we needa write uP!

 

Hmm odd. If you reset the cel, it shouldn't read a maf code until you drive it and the ecu see's a problem. Is the connector "connected" right?

Do you have an OBDII scanner to read the actual code?

 

what'd ya DO to it!??

 

I'm hoping it is something really simple, like the connector being not tight. I reset the computer several times last night, and every time I restarted the engine, the CEL came on immediatley. The first time I started the car, the MAF was unpluged. My BAD. So I wasn't surprised to see the CEL, but then I plugged it up and it stays on. Oh GOD, why me?

 

I can't remember when, or whom, but a few months back a guy was selling oem MAF's here on driver for pretty cheap. Cheap in comparison to $500. Someting on the order of $200 IIRC.