How often/clean MAF & K&N?

[eliyarbrough]

I drive on gravel to my carport that's part of my house. It's really the alley, so trash trucks go down it. Always dusty! If I park in the carport I bought that I put on the side of my house, that mostly dirt. My uncle is going to put down what's left after a concrete job, when he can. He says it harden harder than normal concrete, I think? On top of this, I live in just a dirty ass town! Dust is always in the air. We still have some dirt roads here. The city sucks, so when they tear up a street, they just cover it with gravel. Instead of re-asphalting it! I just am surrounded by dust & dirt!!

How often should I have this stuff cleaned? Like every oil change or every 2nd? I really have no idea. Thanks!!

 

[justinschmidt1]

I drive on gravel to my carport that's part of my house. It's really the alley, so trash trucks go down it. Always dusty! If I park in the carport I bought that I put on the side of my house, that mostly dirt. My uncle is going to put down what's left after a concrete job, when he can. He says it harden harder than normal concrete, I think? On top of this, I live in just a dirty a*s town! Dust is always in the air. We still have some dirt roads here. The city sucks, so when they tear up a street, they just cover it with gravel. Instead of re-asphalting it! I just am surrounded by dust & dirt!!

How often should I have this stuff cleaned? Like every oil change or every 2nd? I really have no idea. Thanks!!

I would clean the KN when it starts looking black and dirty, maybe every 10k miles

MAF, might as well spray it when you do the KN

 

[MustangChris]

every other oil change, for me.

 

[Mustang Mark]

when it looks dirty? :dontknow:

i would probably do the MAF at the same time

 

[Paul]

I've never cleaned a MAF in my life, and never had a problem.

 

[modo]

I've never cleaned a MAF in my life, and never had a problem.

what he said

 

[Paul]

Oh, and I asked my best friend about this, who has been involved with the 5.0 Mustang thing since 1989 - he's never cleaned one either, and never had a problem.

 

[SRT Handz]

I clean mine one time just for good measure..... Then I charged all my buddies $10 to clean theirs lol

 

[Mustang Mark]

I've never cleaned a MAF in my life, and never had a problem.

what he said

Oh, and I asked my best friend about this, who has been involved with the 5.0 Mustang thing since 1989 - he's never cleaned one either, and never had a problem.

must be a 5.0 thing :dontknow:

 

[Lee12609]

if you are running an oiled filter MAF cleaning should be part of your routine maintenance, not just on a mustang, on ANY car with an oiled filter and MAF. just because EVERY person doesnt know this doesnt mean its incorrect.

most people wont notice when their maf is somewhat oily causing a 5% discrepency, its really only when the idle gets skewed that most people notice. a dirty maf is basically equal to an old o2, both send incorrect readings to the PCM causing incorrect a/f.... when the o2 is bad the PCM doesnt know the voltage its getting is wrong so it cant compensate, when the MAF reading is skewed the PCM will still change fuel trim to keep a stoich mixture EXCEPT AT WOT.....

my point is oil does get on the MAF and can skew the readings which can possibly cause slight issues, but cleaning it is not the "fix all" that most people think, and post in EVERY thread.... "my car is barely running, misfiriring horribly" response "clean the MAF"......

i have always cleaned my MAF every other oil change (6000 miles), and clean the filter, and re-oiled every 4 oil changes (12000 miles)..... just make sure you dont over oil the filter and you will likely never have a noticeable issue.

 

[95BlkCobra]

on the 95 cars will the 02 sensor mess up effect the car that badly? i know running catless on the obd1 cars doesnt throw a check engine light but how much will the 02 senso effect the gas mileage and w/e else

 

[john#21]

I clean my maf when I notice the car feels sluggish.

 

[Venom351R]

I clean my filter every spring after I take it out from being stored for the winter. I dont have one of the kind that you oil, those things suck. The non oil ones are much better