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Old Jul 9, 2008 | 07:30 PM
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The other shuff might work but I never heard of it. I would just get the maf cleaner from Advance Auto here is what I get. You might want to get 2 cans I used a crap load to clean out the TB.
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Old Aug 31, 2008 | 08:39 PM
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Well I took the descreened MAF out and put my screened one back in after running it a few months. Running the descreened one did not hurt my MPG for say after I got through playing with it. My truck did not seem to be more responsive for say, but the gas pedal felt lighter? That is the only way I can describe it. And after reinstalling the screened MAFthe pedal felt more heavy... like the truck felt more ballsie... Anyhow I am back to running this one till I decide to switch it again. Has anyone else felt any thing like I am describing? Or has anyone reinstalled a screened MAF and running their trucks with a descreened MAF?
 
Old Aug 31, 2008 | 10:43 PM
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Not being a jerk here but this has been discussed a LOT and the one thing that seems to keep getting overlooked is that it can throw your A/F off. You could be running lean without knowing it and cause serious damage. It doesn't happen a lot but it has happened.
 
Old Sep 1, 2008 | 12:00 AM
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Know you are not being a jerk Damn Yankee. Like I said I reinstalled my screened MAF. I took everyones advice and experimented. Now I am done and I went back to the screened 1 like I said. The only other thing I noticed besides the light pedal was that before I reinstalled the screened MAF my idle seemed to be idling a bit lower likethe idlewas too low.
 
Old Sep 1, 2008 | 06:34 AM
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Thanks for the cleaning information. You can also go online for more assistance and guidance.
 
Old Sep 2, 2008 | 08:12 AM
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Yeah I noticed without a tune that my truck would knock a little under a load with the MAF screen removed. But with the tune it allows me to increase the fuel trims at lower rpms which gives it a good bit of low end torque.
 
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