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Not bashing the ebay purchase; my point was sometime's they will kit their own intakes and use the cheapest gauze filter's they can find which are usually way "over oiled". That oil gets on the tiny filament in the MAF and ruins it, (like Merlin stated). But that can happen even with a K&N.
Sometimes with a real gentle touch you can clean that filament with a foam "industrial type" q-tip and some alcohol and bring the beast back to life. I did this on a Maxima once and got lucky, tried it on a Blazer and ruined it. So not sure if I would try that right away. Merlin will probably slap my hand for suggesting that.
MAF's aren't too exspensive for OEM's.
Rich smelling? Recheck every place the intake tube has a connection up to the throttle body. If there is an air leak behind the MAF that could throw everything off as well.
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