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Old Feb 15, 2005 | 04:55 PM
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What's the best way to clean MAF wires? I was thinking a qtip with some rubbing alcohol. Any better ideas?
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Old Feb 15, 2005 | 04:59 PM
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thats what i did and worked fine jsut be carefull
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Old Feb 15, 2005 | 05:51 PM
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Yes. Just little touch the resistors. It won't take any pressure to remove the residue, so do NOT press.
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Old Feb 15, 2005 | 08:14 PM
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Are you cleaning wires because of oiling air filter? I got an SES code and I had a can
of Electromotive CRC electrical cleaner and flushed wires and that took care of it.
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Old Feb 16, 2005 | 01:17 PM
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Thanks for the replies. I'm cleaning it because I'm switching from a K&N back to an AC filter.
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Old Feb 16, 2005 | 01:24 PM
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Yea just get some electical contact cleaner in a spray can and you won't have to touch the wire's with a Q-tip, it clean's and dries real fast.
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Old Feb 16, 2005 | 02:19 PM
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i picked up some at radio shack. sparyed on, shook the maf a few times and let it sit to dry. lots of dark grease came of my 01's. cost me $5.95 i think for the can, have plenty left, little bit goes a long way.
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Old Feb 17, 2005 | 12:52 AM
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I take normal rubbing alcohol that i have in a spray bottle and just spray the stream over the wires. Works good for me.
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Autozone sells electric parts cleaner, works really well and if you put a sheet of white paper under it you'll see all the dirt that comes off. I'd recommend that over using a qtip and making contact.
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I used carb cleaner when I did the TB, and others. I also used a qtip and be very careful those things are tiny as hell.

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I used the electrical parts cleaner from CRC. I was pretty suprised how dirty the thing was. I didn't use any qtips or anything. I just sprayed it and it sheeted the grime off and dried in seconds.

So if anyone else has this question, this stuff works.
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