Michael ( Moss Vale NSW) replied:

Changing the air flow meter yourself, may be a warranty issue in itself.

Member - David 0 replied:

It well may be. But my hunch is they will never know.

Truckster (Vic) replied:

I thought someone on the patrol list had figured out how to clean them air flow meters?

Member - Michael replied:

Hey Muzz it was probably my post that you read regarding loss of power, I was cleaning the wire with contact cleaner on a cotton bud and it sort of worked in that doing this didn't fully cure the power loss. I replaced the air flow monitor myself, its only a matter of unplugging cable and removing two screws, a five minute job and power loss has vanished .

When I bought mine I had a good chat with the spare parts guy who instigated it, by asking if I was using one of 'wet' aircleaners or the normal 'dry' cartridge. He was saying that because the 3L realy gulp in the air and any moisture in the aircleaner cartridge will sucked in, and it doesn't take much to coat the wire in the sensor, apparantly the unit is selfcleaning on start-up the wire heats upto about 600deg. and any condensation is evaporated off, unfortunately the oil does not and eventually corrodes this wire, also this oil mist, that will contain minute dirt particles, will be drawn ito the engine and cause major problems down the 'track'.
Cheers
Mike