I've Just Killed my Seventh MAF!!!!!!

[DPJ]

So I was just a few car lengths ahead of light and pulling away when the car gave a huge jolt and my dash lights up like a Christmas tree. Sudden MAF failure on a smooth road. Best MAF yet - it lasted 13 months, 21k miles.

I wonder if the failure was connected to my recent fitting of a new RamAir?

(Wife's car had sudden complete brake master cylinder failure yesterday in heavy traffic.)

 

[ibizacupra]

and yet MrsB lupo on same induction remains perfectly functional.

how the hell have you mounted yours to do this so damned often is beyond me!

 

[DPJ]

and yet MrsB lupo on same induction remains perfectly functional.

how the hell have you mounted yours to do this so damned often is beyond me!

Mounted with quite a bit more thought than a lot of peoples', Bill. I don't like splashing out on the bloody things!

 

[RickC]

are they dealer ones or gsf etc,

dont u get a year warranty with a MAF?

u must have something deffo wrong for that many failures

 

[DPJ]

are they dealer ones or gsf etc,

dont u get a year warranty with a MAF?

u must have something deffo wrong for that many failures

Hi Rick, all the earlier ones were Dealer supplied, they honoured the warranty on all but the last two. This one that's just gone lasted the longest was from Euro Car Parts. Still a Bosch exchange, but better packaged and protected when supplied than those from the dealers.

I ran this last one with the standard airbox (smoothed) for all but the last few weeks (and 21k miles.) I'll be going back to ECP for another.

 

[Nathanio]

LOL how have you managed to kill so many! Thats gotta be a record!

 

[DPJ]

LOL how have you managed to kill so many! Thats gotta be a record!

I think I'm ahead of CustardCupra now. Jools?

 

[Saul]

v odd dave, must be something odd going on, vibration seems the only cause???

 

[RickC]

for 1000 quid you can get a piggyback ecu that will let u launch the MAF to the moon,

lol

 

[DPJ]

v odd dave, must be something odd going on, vibration seems the only cause???

Seems that way Saul. I can't really think what to do next.

 

[dan__smith]

...And the winner is

 

[Bogwoppit]

That's a record, are your shock absorbers seized solid or something.

 

[k4ith]

still no idea whats causing it then Allen?

 

[cordobabrendy]

not happened to mine at all with the ramair, im with mrs jan.

 

[DPJ]

That's a record, are your shock absorbers seized solid or something.

HaHa! No seriously, my car is a 20k per year daily driver, looked after and driven hard. I'm heavy on brakes but smooth on clutches.

Brendy, what's your mileage and average mpg?

 

[cordobabrendy]

51k (living in Northern Ireland, motorway journeys are never long) Im averaging around 30mpg normally but with a lot of stop starting through work i see around 27mpg. never get above and stay above 30 as I end up finding a nice backroad somewhere in the sticks and cant help myself.
Got my timing belt and broken waterpump replaced on tuesday and after retightening my squashed pipe fittings im now seeing 21psi where before I was 19psi. seems a bit quicker now. It took me three days to make myself floor it though as i was worried it'd come back off. It did on thesday night and scared the living shat out of me.

edit: I did manage 43mpg once the waterpump started failing, I had to drive it around 70 miles before I got it home and decided to leave it until it was fixed. babied it the whole way sub 2500 rpm.

 

[ibizacupra]

Mounted with quite a bit more thought than a lot of peoples', Bill. I don't like splashing out on the bloody things!

there's something about it tho dave... i know you aint enjoying the experience on the things, but its just too frequent to be true.
nothing vibrating?
no shocks getting to the thing?

is it dead no sensor signal dead? bump in the road at the time? shock during accelleration or anything?

 

[Bogwoppit]

That's not good news, just wondered if your car had bone breaker suspension, obviously not. It must be annoying not knowing what causes this premature MAF failure.

 

[cordobabrendy]

dielectic (spelling!) grease helps give a more solid contact, if youre having voltage spikes or owt that may help?

 

[DamoR]

I need a new one too but not because of my ramair because I twisted a pipe and broke the maf bracket!!! Any ideas where I could get another one..?