Has anyone heard of or experienced damage to their mass airflow sensor due to oil deposits from an air filter (K&amp;N, Accel, etc.)? The parts manager at our local Ford dealership told me he destroyed the one on his brand new Ranger after putting in a K&amp;N. Said the oil got on the sensor element and blew it (like touching a halogen bulb with your fingers).</P>


I thought he might have cleaned it and put too much oil on it, but he said it was right out of the box.</P>


The thing is, I've sold parts for years and never heard of this. Maybe nobody's realized the sensor went out because of that...</P>


Holler back.</P>


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i have head this plenty , but if you oil it correctly , it works fine also .

 

I wonder if maybe the folks with damage were using the spray pump oil instead of the aerosol type. You can deposit a lot more fluid with the pump than with the aerosol. Something to think about...</P>


Tin Kicker</P>

 

yes usually some brake clean will clean it or some fast drying tb cleaner worked for me , just need to be sure its all dry .

 

Cool beans. Thanks for the info.</P>


Tin Kicker</P>

 

that could happen but if you watch how much you apply then you should be ok.</P>

 

just heard about it this weekend,just clean it off with brake cleaner and you are good to go,they don't go bad very often.The oil on them just makes them read wrong.

 

nostang, that's a one hundred and some-odd dollar relief.</P>


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