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where exactly can I find it? is it placed inside the intake manifold on the left?? I need to get it out to give it a clean as part of the ongoing engine parts cleansing hehe

they dont have a maf, they have a map.

ahh wow didn't know that tks mate ... dose it still need a clean or not?

you cant clean a map mate, its a programm programed into the ecu.

I have just found on the internet that you can still give it (the actual sensor) a clean once in a while to remove the dirt that might accumulate on it...

what is this? and what would cleaning the sensor doo?

A MAP sensor is a pressure sensor inside the intake manifold that measures the amount of air inside the manifold therefore controls the amount of fuel.

I thought about cleaning it so to give better readings an therefore better response maybe hehe

OK MAP sensor cleaned ... pheww what a relief, it was insane to remove it!! now just for the sake of asking is the lambda sensor something you can give a clean (you know it's in the exhaust so it will surely be dirty) or it's just remove and replace?

yeh you can give the lambda sensor a clean but be carefull. dont touch the cermaic end, i cant remember what you can use, thinks its petrol but dont hold me to that

Bepe wrote:yeh you can give the lambda sensor a clean but be carefull. dont touch the cermaic end, i cant remember what you can use, thinks its petrol but dont hold me to that

would the common electronics contact cleaner work for it? or the vapour that it initially forms could damage it?