[FastActionJax]

Hey guys, I have a N20 thats been dying on start up occasionally and idling a bit rough so I pulled my MAF about 2 weeks ago for a cleaning and re-installed. ran good for about a week and started back so I decided to bite the bullet and go ahead and get a new MAF on the way.

My question is, is anyone running the Bosch MAF or know any nifty tricks to solve this issue? The Bosch is much cheaper than the OEM MAF and I figured it'd do the trick just fine but I wanted to see if anyone on here has a reason to buy the OEM MAF over it, Longevity and quality are important to me but if I'm not going to notice the difference between the 2 then there's no reason to spend an extra 150 bucks on the OEM one.

[Billfitz]

I wouldn't pay the BMW tax on something that they source anyway, quite likely from Bosch.

[FastActionJax]

Originally Posted by Billfitz

I wouldn't pay the BMW tax on something that they source anyway, quite likely from Bosch.

Exactly! Just always second guessing myself lol.

[Troy27]

Originally Posted by FastActionJax

Hey guys, I have a N20 thats been dying on start up occasionally and idling a bit rough so I pulled my MAF about 2 weeks ago for a cleaning and re-installed. ran good for about a week and started back so I decided to bite the bullet and go ahead and get a new MAF on the way.

My question is, is anyone running the Bosch MAF or know any nifty tricks to solve this issue? The Bosch is much cheaper than the OEM MAF and I figured it'd do the trick just fine but I wanted to see if anyone on here has a reason to buy the OEM MAF over it, Longevity and quality are important to me but if I'm not going to notice the difference between the 2 then there's no reason to spend an extra 150 bucks on the OEM one.

Just cleaned my MAF the other day and it said Bosch on it. Works fine. Never changed it. Have 66k miles on the car

[FastActionJax]

Originally Posted by Troy27

Just cleaned my MAF the other day and it said Bosch on it. Works fine. Never changed it. Have 66k miles on the car

Yeah I went ahead and ordered the Bosch, figured it never hurts to learn off others experience. Definitely not paying 350 bucks for a maf sensor lol. the Bosch was much much cheaper!

[Troy27]

Originally Posted by FastActionJax

Yeah I went ahead and ordered the Bosch, figured it never hurts to learn off others experience. Definitely not paying 350 bucks for a maf sensor lol. the Bosch was much much cheaper!

$350 is ridiculous. The OEM is probably Bosch and BMW branded.

[Z K]

I see you are running an K&N oiled filter. Have you tried putting back a stock paper filter and seeing if it lasts longer with a clean MAF sensor?

K&N oil will coat and damage MAF sensors over time.

[FastActionJax]

Originally Posted by Z K

I see you are running an K&N oiled filter. Have you tried putting back a stock paper filter and seeing if it lasts longer with a clean MAF sensor?

K&N oil will coat and damage MAF sensors over time.

I've actually put the stock filter back in, I get rich condition codes with the K&N filter but not with OEM filter, it's strange, even had halim over at PTF torn. I think they're false readings from the DME but having to clear the CEL all the time is enough for me to not run it lol.