yea this isnt new....ive heard cases on the altima boards about this too

 

This is a very common problem we have at lexus. The Toyota MAFs seem to be a little more sensitive to the oil than most others because just about every car that comes in with a K&N runs into this problem eventually. We always warranty them even though the filter caused the problem because they are too worried about customer satisfaction being hurt by not fixing the problem.

If you oil your filter correctly you should never run into this problem

 

is there a way that you could clean your Maf with out hurting it? what are you supose to do it it happens to you?

 

I've heard that break cleaner works well.

 

Carb Cleaner is good too! Just be careful not to break the wires in the MAF.

 

some q tips and very gentle strokes...

 

You would probably be better off with electronics cleaner or something less harsh than brake cleaner. They are very sensitive

 

We use carb cleaner all day long on those. In fact FURD says to clean theirs with Carb Cleaner!

 

I couldnt help but notice the repetition of the word "Excessively" sure if you spray a whole can of oil on your filter, then your gonna have problems.
I think that if its done properly(read the directions first) then there should be no problems...

http://www.knfilters.com/filtercharger.htm This says that it WILL NOT void your warrantee...

http://www.knfilters.com/faq.htm#6

 

A lot of people I have seen over oil their filters and if you go looking at their MAF you can easily see the built up grime coating the sensors. I can see why GM would cause a stink. Like stated above this alters the signal sent to the PCM which then changes the line pressure to a different value and can cause slippage etc.

I tell all my customers that buy filters or cold-air type kits from us to periodically check their MAFs for buildup. Now I really have a reason...

Thx for the warning.