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mark6821

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Registered: 3rd Dec 02
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9th Mar 04 at 13:37

Can someone please help me on how i clean the air flow meter on my 1.6 sport.

Kerry

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9th Mar 04 at 14:37

wots the reasons for wantin to clean it?

and dont say kus its dirty

edited kus i forgot to say just use an airline

[Edited on 09-03-2004 by Kerry]

Gambit

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9th Mar 04 at 14:41

well the oil from aftermarket air filters can cause probs with air flow meters so there's one reason for cleaning it

Kerry

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9th Mar 04 at 14:51

wot i meant was is he havin some sort of problems which have led him to think he needs to clean it GAMBIT

Gambit

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9th Mar 04 at 14:55

speak clearly KERRY

Kerry

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9th Mar 04 at 14:57

i did i asked him why he wanted to clean it

Gambit

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9th Mar 04 at 15:00

maybe he's shy though and only wanted to know how and not say why

mark6821

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9th Mar 04 at 16:44

Ive been havin problems starting it takes a few times to fire up once its started its a bit grogy for a minute or so Ive been told to do this thats all

[Edited on 09-03-2004 by mark6821]

[Edited on 09-03-2004 by mark6821]

miles

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9th Mar 04 at 17:06

More to the point why has your Sport got an AFM?

Kerry

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9th Mar 04 at 17:12

think he means iav to be honest

miles

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9th Mar 04 at 17:15

iav?

ICV?

Kerry

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9th Mar 04 at 17:17

yeh that one too

corsafreak

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9th Mar 04 at 20:15

buy a tin of carb cleaner spray from halford and give it a good spraying ,the crap will just run off.

Dav

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1st Apr 04 at 15:25

Sorry to bring back an old thread (found it by search rather than ask again) but I want to clean my AFM to see if it cures a slight idle problem.

I was told in another thread that spraying injection/carb cleaner, like mentioned above, into your engine will damage my AFM?
Also, sounding dumb here, what do u mean by "airline" and how would I apply it to clean the AFM?

Thanks.

Adam_B

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1st Apr 04 at 15:27

quote:
Originally posted by Dav
I was told in another thread that spraying injection/carb cleaner, like mentioned above, into your engine will damage my AFM?
Thanks.

Yes

corsafreak

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1st Apr 04 at 20:43

quote:
Originally posted by Dav
Sorry to bring back an old thread (found it by search rather than ask again) but I want to clean my AFM to see if it cures a slight idle problem.

I was told in another thread that spraying injection/carb cleaner, like mentioned above, into your engine will damage my AFM?
Also, sounding dumb here, what do u mean by "airline" and how would I apply it to clean the AFM?

Thanks.

i've done this on 2 cars now, my primera 2.0gtse and the c20xe lump i have in my corsa. take the afm off the car spray it clean and allow to dry in the air. refit and away you go. both cars ran fine,no harm done.

corsafreak

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1st Apr 04 at 20:45

btw carb cleaner is just an aerosol based solvent,cleans any oil/carbon off and evaporates very quickly. dinna use it in a confined space though or you will be flying

Dav

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2nd Apr 04 at 19:01

2 conflicting opinions. Don't want to fuck up my car by doing it myself and making a mess of it

corsafreak

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3rd Apr 04 at 09:28

please tell me how a mild solvent which evaporates in less than a minute will damage a thermister which quite often is coated with oil/carbon that comes from the breather pipe connected to the air intake

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btw you are welcome to come for a run in my 2.0l to see just how damaged my afm is

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[Edited on 03-04-2004 by corsafreak]

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