Ferrari Mailing List: Re: K&N and MAP Sensor Question

[Jeff Greenfield (coyote]

I don't know if an over oiled filter will cause a MAP (manifold  
absiolute pressure) sensor to fail, but it will cause a MAF (mass air  
flow, of the hot-wire type) to fail prematurely.

Hth,

Jeff

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On Jan 30, 2008, at 3:46 PM, "rich" <richF355 [at] comcast.net> wrote:

> Some time ago i believe someone made a post regarding  MAP Sensor  
> failures as a result of the oil residue from K&N filters on their  
> Ferrari.
> Am i remembering correctly and was that determined positively to be  
> the cause of the MAP sensor failure. I had a MAP failure  not too  
> long after instaling a K&N filter in another car of mine and wanted  
> to  find out if this is a known cause .
> Thanks , Rich
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