Hello All,

I'm grateful for all the advice I have received on this forum so far. I wonder if I could pester you lot for more advice.

I was just doing some checks under the bonnet and decided to look at the MAF sensor to see if it needed a clean.

I bought my car as a used car and wanted to check the condition. I pulled the MAF sensor out and it was caked in oil.

I could even see oil in the hole there the sensor slots in, so I guess oil has contaminated the air flow system.

I gave it a quick clean with MAF Cleaner and the engine idle seems stable and clean and the revs seem more reactive.

 

Has anyone had experience in this? and where is the oil coming from?

I'm just worried that the long term affects could damage the car.

 

Thnks

 

 

It'll be coming from the Crank case breather I'd have though

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Thanks gingerflame. Do you know if there is any way of removing this oil?

 

Thanks

On 5/24/2016 at 11:40 AM, PandaDog15 said:

Thanks gingerflame. Do you know if there is any way of removing this oil?

 

Thanks

Hi man, old post but  i own a 1.25 mk7 im having this exact issue couldnt pull the intake manifold off to clean it since the last bolt was right behind the alternator etc etc...