jamiemaitland
New Member
Hello chaps, awesome forum by the way, I have always been floating around finding solid advice and never felt the need to post until now!
I own a w202 c200 automatic after catching the bug from a brief stint in a 190 a few years back and despite this car not being on the level of the 190 it has still been faultless until recently.
A few months back I discovered an issue with not revving past 4000rpm then misfiring afterwards along with codes being flagged which due to advice from this website I rooted down the MAF. After getting an extorionate price from the dealers and not being too fond of buying second hand I bought a cheap unit off ebay. The fault was cured and the car ran like a swiss watch once again. However after a few weeks I started noticing a warm start fault along with a slight but noticeable drop in power, so I read the codes and it gave me po100 which pointed toward the cheap MAF. So I bought another one believing it was a one off that just the one was faulty. I fitted it last night, took it for a small run and all seemed well. However this morning the car started stuttering, then lost all power and ended up on the hard shoulder after no more than 5 miles. I had it dragged back to my house, dug the old one out of the bin, yet all it does is start, run for a second then die with either sensor installed. There are no other faults stored on the car. All the wiring seems OK and I'm getting voltage at the connector. I can't see any splits or hear any leaks and theres no offending noises. I'm jus wondering if anyone here has any similar drama with cheap MAFs or if its just a bad coincidence and something else has reared its ugly head?
Thanks in advance,
Jamie
I own a w202 c200 automatic after catching the bug from a brief stint in a 190 a few years back and despite this car not being on the level of the 190 it has still been faultless until recently.
A few months back I discovered an issue with not revving past 4000rpm then misfiring afterwards along with codes being flagged which due to advice from this website I rooted down the MAF. After getting an extorionate price from the dealers and not being too fond of buying second hand I bought a cheap unit off ebay. The fault was cured and the car ran like a swiss watch once again. However after a few weeks I started noticing a warm start fault along with a slight but noticeable drop in power, so I read the codes and it gave me po100 which pointed toward the cheap MAF. So I bought another one believing it was a one off that just the one was faulty. I fitted it last night, took it for a small run and all seemed well. However this morning the car started stuttering, then lost all power and ended up on the hard shoulder after no more than 5 miles. I had it dragged back to my house, dug the old one out of the bin, yet all it does is start, run for a second then die with either sensor installed. There are no other faults stored on the car. All the wiring seems OK and I'm getting voltage at the connector. I can't see any splits or hear any leaks and theres no offending noises. I'm jus wondering if anyone here has any similar drama with cheap MAFs or if its just a bad coincidence and something else has reared its ugly head?
Thanks in advance,
Jamie
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