e46 325i MAF

[tyu333]

Hi guys

Is there any alternative to the one from the $tealers?

 

[Die_Miek]

goldwagon or bemows, should be around R1500.

there is also somebody on bidorbuy selling them for R700.

 

[Sankekur]

Could also try diesel electric, they sell bosch stuff.

 

[Die_Miek]

www.bmwfanatics.co.za/showthread.php?tid=15428&highlight=maf

maybe this person still has the maf. check on www.realoem.com whether your car uses the same maf.

 

[tyu333]

The MAF in my car is a Siemens and after doing a lot of research I found that the Hyundai Sonata V6 uses the same MAF and it's a lot cheaper at the Hyundai dealership. I just need to confirm the Siemens part number on my one before going to Hyundai.

 

[moranor@axis]

the Siemens is way better than the bosch i thought they changed over with the face lift... i thought my maf was going but it turned out to be a vacuum leak...

as far as i could find the Siemens is about 3k let me know what you find at hyundai...

 

[Die_Miek]

the Siemens is way better than the bosch i thought they changed over with the face lift... i thought my maf was going but it turned out to be a vacuum leak...

as far as i could find the Siemens is about 3k let me know what you find at hyundai...

thats good to hear, where was the vacuum leak?

 

[tyu333]

@moranor - What symptoms did you have? Mine are on cold starts the car would idle at 1000rpm for +- 20sec and the idle will drop to 500rpm and the car would go into limp mode, and it's not drive-able. When I switch the car off and start it again and at the same time keep the revs up until it gets to operating temperature then the car will be fine.

I think before buying a new MAF i need to take the whole intake boot and inspect it, seeing that the car has done almost 300 000km.

 

[moranor@axis]

the Siemens is way better than the bosch i thought they changed over with the face lift... i thought my maf was going but it turned out to be a vacuum leak...

as far as i could find the Siemens is about 3k let me know what you find at hyundai...

thats good to hear, where was the vacuum leak?

the leak was on one of the vacuum lines for the PCV since i fixed it there has been no miss fire

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@moranor - What symptoms did you have? Mine are on cold starts the car would idle at 1000rpm for +- 20sec and the idle will drop to 500rpm and the car would go into limp mode, and it's not drive-able. When I switch the car off and start it again and at the same time keep the revs up until it gets to operating temperature then the car will be fine.

I think before buying a new MAF i need to take the whole intake boot and inspect it, seeing that the car has done almost 300 000km.

I had a misfire about once a month and it would just come and go and when it happened it would miss over all the rpm...