Do i have to buy the revised MAF housing with the MAF on a MY99 Turbo?
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Do i have to buy the revised MAF housing with the MAF on a MY99 Turbo?
Just phoned my not so local Subaru dealer about a new MAF sensor for my MY99 UK Turbo Impreza.
They quoted me £70 for the MAF but said i need to buy a new MAF housing at £60. Is this really necessary as the sales rep didnt seem to know what he was on about?
Can i not just put the new MAF in my existing housing?
Has anyone heard of this before?
Craig
They quoted me £70 for the MAF but said i need to buy a new MAF housing at £60. Is this really necessary as the sales rep didnt seem to know what he was on about?
Can i not just put the new MAF in my existing housing?
Has anyone heard of this before?
Craig
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Gonna be fitting it myself and i will be keeping the old bits.
I'm on 60,000 now so i am changing it for a new item as it trigered the "Check Engine" light yesterday.
So no boost for me till a new one is on
Do you think this would be a good time to change the Lambda aswell?
Craig
I'm on 60,000 now so i am changing it for a new item as it trigered the "Check Engine" light yesterday.
So no boost for me till a new one is on
Do you think this would be a good time to change the Lambda aswell?
Craig
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The MAF sensor and the Lambda senser is completly independend of each other.
The MAF sensor is a weak spot on the MY99 turbo Impreza - especially if you have changed the air filter to an open air filter like HKS.
If the MAF sensor is defect - change it! There are severel different outcomes of a broken MAF sensor - some are very severe.
In 1999 it was close to imposible to source the sensor without the housing and it was very expensive. Then the MAF sensors became a quite frequent part to replace and Subaru began to sale them independent. You will need a littel special torqe bit with a hole in it to release it, but it is a quite easy replacement.
The MAF sensor is a weak spot on the MY99 turbo Impreza - especially if you have changed the air filter to an open air filter like HKS.
If the MAF sensor is defect - change it! There are severel different outcomes of a broken MAF sensor - some are very severe.
In 1999 it was close to imposible to source the sensor without the housing and it was very expensive. Then the MAF sensors became a quite frequent part to replace and Subaru began to sale them independent. You will need a littel special torqe bit with a hole in it to release it, but it is a quite easy replacement.
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Originally Posted by Barnesy
You only need the sensor, the dealer is feeding you bull. 2 min job to change.
Thought he was talkin bull, he was umming and areing alot.
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Did my 99 Turbowagon last year, just MAF sensor, no new housing needed.
The screws have a security Torx head, forgotten exact size.
Set of bits not much from likes of Machine Mart.
The screws have a security Torx head, forgotten exact size.
Set of bits not much from likes of Machine Mart.
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When I bought my car, I changed the MAF and Lambda just as a precaution more than anything else. I had bought a spare anyway but when I went to Power Engineering for a remap they discovered the filter was an ITG jobby which could kill 99/00 MAFs. It was OK but I changed it anyway to a green spot one.
I didn't bother with a Torx head bit. I just cut a line into the head to unscrew it using a flat head and then replaced the screws with philips one of the same size. I did this working in the basis I'll change the MAF every 3 years.
I didn't bother with a Torx head bit. I just cut a line into the head to unscrew it using a flat head and then replaced the screws with philips one of the same size. I did this working in the basis I'll change the MAF every 3 years.
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The MAf of an Nissan Almera TDI is the same and a lot cheaper. we pay for the Nissan Maf €35,--, i'll see if i can come up with the article number
Article number found: 22680-7j600
Article number found: 22680-7j600
Last edited by David MY99; 11 January 2006 at 05:39 PM.
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