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Maf
Would I be daft to go for a Bosch MAF - http://www.eurocarparts.com/ecp/c/Au...e554a68&000009 rather than the £315.00 or so OEM part?
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It's what I bought a while back. Same unit exactly IIRC.
I was lucky and found one that was being sold on eBay as a stock clearance so got it for a lot less than ECP. Turns out the MAF wasn't the problem, so I now have a spare. (It was the brake pedal switch set to hyper-sensitive that "only" needed adjusting) Why do you think you need a new MAF?
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2003 D2 FL S8. Irish Green Pearl/Beige. Solar sunroof, auto-dim mirrors, electric rear seat functions, ski hatch retrofit; extended leather. Aftermarket DVB-T, reversing camera and full XCarlink (Bluetooth etc.). 2016 Volvo V40 T5 Cross Country (4WD) with ALL the toys including adaptive cruise etc. etc. Osmium Grey with Blonde/Charcoal leather interior. Polestar performance "optimisation". (A much rarer model than a D2 S8 by the way!) Oh, and a brand new engine at just under 30,000 miles on the factory one! Finally: gone, but not forgotten..... 1998 D2 PF S8. AgateGrey/Platinum. Every option (I think) except electric rear seats, tiptronic steering wheel, ski hatch, towbar & dimming door mirrors. e.g. Cruise control, NavPlus/TV, Bose, GSM, Xenons, Solar roof, Parking sensors, Alcantara/leather everywhere of course. (internal dimming mirror added later) 1998 (very early) Ford Focus 1.8 Zetec; ABS/TCS, Heated screen/mirrors, Aircon, Auto-dim mirror, Leather, Trip computer, Cruise control, OEM Ford SatNav with CD changer. And before that a lot of Rover 800s, a few oddities, a lovely Triumph Dolomite 1850HL with Overdrive and way back in my schooldays an Austin Seven aka Mini 850! Last edited by HPsauce; 31st May 2017 at 05:35 PM. |
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Hi HPsauce - spent far too long reading through the forum, and others, today and a suggestion seemed to be that the MAF could potentially cause the issues I have been describing - I thought it might be worth a try before I move on to transmission and astronomical bills.
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Exactly the same one I have too. Do you have VCDS yet? There are a few things you can do with that to check out whether the MAF is functioning correctly.
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I've just dug my spare MAF out and it's the one I bought, part 077133471K. It has Bosch Exchange stickers on it.
After a bit of messing about I eventually put my original one back and it has been trouble-free though it's now about 15 years old! Most of the ones for sale are exchange units, so there's a surcharge on the advertised price which is refunded when they get your old one. For testing I'd think about buying a cheaper one with no exchange, examples here: https://www.buycarparts.co.uk/oen/077133471k But first, as MJ suggests, get VCDS and run some tests on what you have. I think you can log some MAF-related data and see if there are any clues in that which coincide with your problems.
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2003 D2 FL S8. Irish Green Pearl/Beige. Solar sunroof, auto-dim mirrors, electric rear seat functions, ski hatch retrofit; extended leather. Aftermarket DVB-T, reversing camera and full XCarlink (Bluetooth etc.). 2016 Volvo V40 T5 Cross Country (4WD) with ALL the toys including adaptive cruise etc. etc. Osmium Grey with Blonde/Charcoal leather interior. Polestar performance "optimisation". (A much rarer model than a D2 S8 by the way!) Oh, and a brand new engine at just under 30,000 miles on the factory one! Finally: gone, but not forgotten..... 1998 D2 PF S8. AgateGrey/Platinum. Every option (I think) except electric rear seats, tiptronic steering wheel, ski hatch, towbar & dimming door mirrors. e.g. Cruise control, NavPlus/TV, Bose, GSM, Xenons, Solar roof, Parking sensors, Alcantara/leather everywhere of course. (internal dimming mirror added later) 1998 (very early) Ford Focus 1.8 Zetec; ABS/TCS, Heated screen/mirrors, Aircon, Auto-dim mirror, Leather, Trip computer, Cruise control, OEM Ford SatNav with CD changer. And before that a lot of Rover 800s, a few oddities, a lovely Triumph Dolomite 1850HL with Overdrive and way back in my schooldays an Austin Seven aka Mini 850! |
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Thanks HPsauce - what would your advice be on the best place to buy VCDS and the cable? Thanks - Neil
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I'd buy from Ross-Tech, or more precisely one of their UK official distributors.
See:http://www.ross-tech.com/distributors.php Licensing changed recently and the going rate for the 3-VIN home user version seems to be £225. You may find some older/unlimited versions (which is probably all you need for your car) on the secondhand market, so keep scouring eBay and relevant forums. You actually only need the older (superceded) VAG-COM for a D2, but I think that needs XP to run. And there are a lot of fakes out there that appear genuine. There's a fair bit you can do with the free trial version, so assuming you have a suitable laptop why not start with a cheap eBay lead (£10 or so) and download the latest VCDS-Lite and have a play in trial mode. It's the lead that controls the license.
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2003 D2 FL S8. Irish Green Pearl/Beige. Solar sunroof, auto-dim mirrors, electric rear seat functions, ski hatch retrofit; extended leather. Aftermarket DVB-T, reversing camera and full XCarlink (Bluetooth etc.). 2016 Volvo V40 T5 Cross Country (4WD) with ALL the toys including adaptive cruise etc. etc. Osmium Grey with Blonde/Charcoal leather interior. Polestar performance "optimisation". (A much rarer model than a D2 S8 by the way!) Oh, and a brand new engine at just under 30,000 miles on the factory one! Finally: gone, but not forgotten..... 1998 D2 PF S8. AgateGrey/Platinum. Every option (I think) except electric rear seats, tiptronic steering wheel, ski hatch, towbar & dimming door mirrors. e.g. Cruise control, NavPlus/TV, Bose, GSM, Xenons, Solar roof, Parking sensors, Alcantara/leather everywhere of course. (internal dimming mirror added later) 1998 (very early) Ford Focus 1.8 Zetec; ABS/TCS, Heated screen/mirrors, Aircon, Auto-dim mirror, Leather, Trip computer, Cruise control, OEM Ford SatNav with CD changer. And before that a lot of Rover 800s, a few oddities, a lovely Triumph Dolomite 1850HL with Overdrive and way back in my schooldays an Austin Seven aka Mini 850! Last edited by HPsauce; 1st June 2017 at 07:14 AM. |
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