I've been trying to change my MAF for the last 3 hours, yes it is hilarious. I finally got the thing on and now as I was tightening the bolt it snapped on me. This is the bottom bolt closest to the front end. Now it snapped in half, so half is in the spot where the bolt is supposed to go and the other half (the top) is in my hand.

Is it ok to leave it like this? I dont think the piece in there is gonna come out, but I dont know as you can tell by now. For something so easy I really suck at it. PLease let me know if you have any ideas, I need to drive to work in 5 hours. Thanks

 

if u stripped the bolt on the lower box, no worries.

 

didnt really strip it, I got it threaded in 3/4 of the way and then it snapped off. So 3/4 of the screw is holding it in place, and the other 3 screws are in 100%. So I should be ok?

 

Sounds like you should be ok, couldn't you take it back off and use pliers to unscrew it and then get a new one though? if it's on the bottom half of the MAF it should be fine. The weight of the MAF will help hold it together anyway

 

3hrs to do a MAF? lol

 

3.5 almost 4 hours lol. 10pm, in NY and it was freezing. 10pm-2 30am, to do a 20 minute job. Im slow, but man what a feeling it was to start my car up and not have it blow up

 

when u say blow off, what do you mean? and where did you get the MAF... new or used?

 

I said blow up but I was joking, I was implying that I was just glad I didnt mess anything up.

I bought it new from someone in the classifieds