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[quote=rjirvine]I just took off my air ducting to get a good look at the rag.
Man, did my engine run like shiite afterwords, lots of surging etc, but no service engine soon light. I thought I may have loosened up stuff that made it's way to the chambers, and was freaking out. I put the air intake back on and it ran fine. I can't believe the intake makes that much difference. QUOTE]
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I cleaned my '01 and then tried to test it without the intake tube. It also ran like shIIt. As soon as the intake tube was put on it has run perfect. As soon as everything was back together it has ran perfect since. There are different aftermarket MAF sensors and different intake tubes meant to gain MPG. You do have other choices.
Lesson learned::: The MAF sensor will give bad signal with no air flow across it if it is not hooked up.