MAF replacement.....no more rough idle....for now

Once you have bought yourself a new MAF because you decided that it would be a good idle to spray it with electric contact cleaner to try to fix a rough idle like me, here is how to install that bitch.

For this install, you will need;
-standard screwdriver
-philips screw driver
-new MAF (duh)
-30 minutes of your time


Let's begin;

The main intake box cover, you just pull up and its off. For the second part (the one with that accordion lookin thing), pull up on the left side and remove.



The red square boxes indicate what to remove/loosen. There are 3 clips holding the airbox cover to the airbox. The 3rd clip is below the top red box that physically holds the cover on, you can reach around the heat shield and unclip it (reach around...heh). Done. Ok maybe not so easy, that rubber thing with a wire going to it in the middle of the box connects to the MAF and is a bitch to remove/reinstall. So, I took the flathead screwdriver and jammed it in there to wedge it off. But isn't the MAF in thurrr? Don't worry young grass hopper, that shit is a down further, you are fine.



Disconnecting the MAF cable was a bitch for me, but probably could have been much easier. I fubar'd my MAF cable like I am sure many many people have done. It is super easy to remove once the rubber thing is off the airbox. Looking down on it while still installed in the airbox, there is a tab, pull that tab towards you, and it will unclip and bam! I was stupid and put the flathead in there to release it...yea that didn't work out too well.



Now remove the airbox cover, which will be annoying because there is a fuckload of wires and shit around it, once that is done, you get this. There are 2 screws holding the MAF assembly down.



New MAF. Take those covers off before install otherwise bad shit will happen. Although, you have my props for installing it if you still have both covers on and its installed. Hahaha. Seriously....bad shit.



Remove the MAF assembly by just pulling it apart, and place new MAF in. Do not forget to remove the rubber gasket on the old MAF. You have to put that rubber gasket on the new MAF. This gives the MAF to airbox a tight seal. Don't do what I did and notice it after everything was back together.



Reinstall everything in reverse order.


Now I have a smooth idle....that is...for now lol. I also checked inside my intake tube that connected to the airbox....oil! Probably from the valve cover gasket leakage. I am actually not too worried about it because it is after the MAF and there is no oil in the airbox itself.