[Main 95 Bulletin Board | BBFAQ | Prev by Date | Next by Date | Post Followup ] Member Login / Signup - Members see fewer ads. - Latest Member Gallery Photos Re: Life expectancy of MAF? Like This Post: - Subscribe to Daily Digest for this Bulletin Board Posted by MI-Roger [Email] (#882) [Profile/Gallery] (more from MI-Roger) on Wed, 15 Dec 2010 03:39:20 In Reply to: Re: Life expectancy of MAF?, SWEDECAR [Profile/Gallery] , Tue, 14 Dec 2010 18:39:48 Alert me when someone posts in this thread: Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup

I have no false allegiance to Magnaflow, my inclusion of their name was simply to alert readers that my car does not have a factory Cat anymore. You did answer another of my questions which was "Do aftermarket Cats have a significanlty shorter life expectancy than factory Cats?"

I'll continue to monitor the frequency of the CEL, have the local Saab Indy run a check of the MAF, replace the MAF if bad or questionable, and return to driving like a banshee when the weather warms in Spring. :^)

Both CELs came while driving very carefully in cold weather on slippery winter roads. Both times the fuel gage was reading 1/4 tank or lower. Since the WIS identifies fuel additives as a potential cause of this problem I may have some "stuff" concentrated in the bottom of the fuel tank that contributes to the alarms. Or it may be the combination you discribed of a well aged, less stout, Cat in a cautiously driven vehicle.

Maybe I should take my wife's advise and sell this car. $250 for a MAF (apparently very past due), and maybe another $300 to have a new Cat welded into the downpipe, in a car with a ~$1500 market value. Sigh.....

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• Life expectancy of MAF?, MI-Roger , Tue, 14 Dec 2010 18:01:13
  • Me too, Paul in NM, Wed, 15 Dec 2010 10:49:33
    • Or a pair of Anti-Foulers to raise the O2 sensor...., MI-Roger , Wed, 15 Dec 2010 15:17:51
      • Re: Or a pair of Anti-Foulers to raise the O2 sensor...., Paul , Wed, 15 Dec 2010 15:27:01
        • new cat, Paul in NM, Thu, 16 Dec 2010 12:24:01
          • Thunderbolt Cats, MI-Roger , Thu, 16 Dec 2010 14:35:03
            • Found It!, MI-Roger , Thu, 16 Dec 2010 14:43:26
              • Re: Found It!, Paul in NM, Thu, 16 Dec 2010 18:34:47
          • Meant "790007" not 79007 (n/m), Paul in NM, Thu, 16 Dec 2010 12:24:58
            • How for a new universal cat from Thunderbolt?, Harrison, Sat, 25 Dec 2010 13:21:37
  • Re: Life expectancy of MAF?, SWEDECAR , Tue, 14 Dec 2010 18:39:48
    • Is the correction value the same as fuel adaption?, Mark from Toronto, Wed, 15 Dec 2010 12:11:33
    • Re: Life expectancy of MAF?, dtech, Wed, 15 Dec 2010 06:47:08
      • Re: Life expectancy of MAF?, SWEDECAR , Wed, 15 Dec 2010 09:13:48
    • Re: Life expectancy of MAF?, MI-Roger , Wed, 15 Dec 2010 03:39:20 <-- Viewing This Message
    • Wow, I had no idea, Ian, Tue, 14 Dec 2010 20:27:41

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