I pulled mine off and couldn't get the screen off to wipe it with a q-tip. Also what did you use? Alcohol or Throttle Body cleaner?
The screens had some black residue on them that i got off with a just a q-tip the filaments look pretty clean though.

Also, there was a little puddle of oil sitting in the tube just behind the maf when i pulled it off, just in a little puddle. Bad?

Thanks

 

he he but ill try and clean it thisweekend and take pics

 

Badaxxima did it. Ask him. Or, do a SEARCH adn you'll find a couple of recent threads on the topic, I'm sure of it. Good luck, and be careful. That's an expensive part you're toyin with...

 

i searched and came up with nothing
but it's all goood
i just did what i found in one thread that matt said and bought electrical contact cleaner and sprayed it down.
everything looks ok. No borken filaments

Thanks

 

I sprayed Carb Cleaner on a Q-tip and wiped it down, use either electrical contact cleaner or Alcohol (like Matt said). I pryed the screen out with a screwdriver and thought I had damaged it so I left it out. It was actually okay but I haven't had it in there in awhile. Seemed to make a miniscule difference in throttle response, but no ill side effects yet. I had the same black residue on my MAF screen, no oil though.

 

how do you tell if you have a K&N drop-in?
cause the filter smells oiled and the oil behind the maf is kinda reddish in color. and the screens on the maf if i smelled them they smelled oiled.

 

the k/n is a reddish color.

 

you need a Q tip? i cant just spray it down with the electrical contact spray?

 

It's reddish with no writing other than Made In Korea
but my Napa one in my 91 gxe is reddish too.

 

when i took my intake all apart i couldnt even get the MAF off of the black plastic tubing that connects to the intake manifold. it could be twisted around, but i couldnt pop it off. does it need to be lined up somehow to be taken off?? my screen was pretty dirty too. i just sprayed some throttle body cleaner on a towel and wiped it off. is ther any way to get that screen off without damaging it or the MAF? that sceening is pretty fragile.