I got hosed...[]

 

Ill quote him again, he does notice an "amazing" throttle response. Does this justify the 400$. Could you clarify "amazing." Also is there maybe a cheaper alternative than carbonio?

 

its called a k&n drop in filter or cone on the maf. The choice is yours.

 

so now the car runs good.... with the maf plugged in after i cleaned it up... but while cleaning it... one of the maf sensor strips broke off.... but its still working fine.... any one know how long i could run it like that without anyproblems?
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Thanks

 

Depends on what you broke, but if your running fine now, you should be ok for a while

 

i cant really relate to an audi CAI butI used to own a WRX and people claim the same thing about CAI's on those cars but I got one anyways and I believe it was worth every penny spent. It gave me a good sound and the throttle response was much better...

Now I dont know about $400 on the carbonio, Maybe just get an ebay one with the kn filter... a metal pipe is a metal pipe no matter how you look at it.

 

should the check engine light shut off by itselft... because it turned on while running the car with out the maf plugged in....

or do i have to clear it myself

 

Elaborate on "maf sensor strips broke off" please.

 

you know how the sensor it self is paper thin... it has line runing down on it every like maybe 1 mm or so.... well while cleaning it the one all the way on the left( or righ, depends which way you looking at it) broke off... leaving the remaining still standing.... that strip didnt completly break off... im pretty sure it still has a little tiny piece there...

 

Got it. As long as its paper thin and very small.. Because you dont want your turbo/intake sucking in any chunks of metal. The CEL should eventaully turn off by itself as long as there are no more problems. Probably a good idea to get your ecu cleared of any fault codes though anyway.