How To Clean Afm

[WhatBrake]

Hey guys just wondering if there is anything you reccomend for cleaning the nissan AFM's, mines in need of a decent clean i'm thinking. Any help is appreciated

Cheers

Edited October 25, 2005 by WhatBrake

[babyskyline]

use an electronic clener (i think thats what its called). about $10 from memory in an aerosole can to get all the crap cleaned out from inside the afm. then just wait to dry and put it back in....

[Tosh]

Dick Smith Electronics sell Contact Cleaner

[Duncan]

Or just use brake cleaner. Don't use carby cleaner though it leaves crap on the wire when it dries.

Just spray directly on the wire in the middle of the unit...easy

[Patto-]

Just wondering if you could help. Its slightly off topic but will help the topic starter. A mate of mine had an rb20det in which he used contact cleaner to clean his AFM as was advised to do this by his mechanic when it was running a bit rough.

Anyway afterwards it was running much worse. The mechanic tried fixing all different things but in the end they fixed the problem by replacing the AFM.

He used the right stuff in the exact way the mechanic said to use it. Although I wasn't there i'm taking his word.

So do you think the cleaning stuffed his AFM in some way and how? Anyone else had this happen? Or was it possibly the way he cleaned it or something he did wrong?

I've never cleaned one before so this is to help me, my mate and whatbrake for when he embarks on cleaning his AFM.

[jonn]

Some Contact Cleaners will attack the plastic that the AFM is made out of.

I'd use brake cleaner like Duncan said.

[WhatBrake]

Thanks for the replies, so far it looks like brake cleaner. Would anyone be able to tell me a good one, or doesn't it really matter?

Cheers

[mammaryman]

Remember when cleaning airflow meters with contact cleaner to hold the can an arms length (at least) away from the afm and spray (use a fine jet spray rather than atomiser), they are VERY easily damaged even by a liquid spray and can indeed run badly after too heavy handed cleaning. To dry use a compressor again at least arms length away. A friend of mine cleaned his too vigorously and had to replace one soon afterwards

[midnight]

I used carby cleaner. make sure u dont touch the wire, just hold it up and give it a squirt untill all the black crap is gone.

[Kinks]

I've used Jaycar's electronic cleaning solvent with no ill-effects. Cold start seems to be noticeably better after cleaning.