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Car Forum / BMW Cars / November 2006I got a more responsive engine by.....
...cleaning my airmeter... Yep, didn't think it would make any difference, but I tried it and it is a lot livelier... All I did was take my airmeter out of my 100 000 mile E46 330ci, spray car cleaner (lots of it) trough the plastic grid at the hot wire, put it back together and took it for a test drive... The carb cleaner was bought off EBay for a few UKP. Worth doing! > ...cleaning my airmeter... > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Worth doing What's an airmeter? Tony > What's an airmeter? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_flow_meter Andrew >> What's an airmeter? > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_flow_meter Ugh! This one's better:- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_flow_sensor Andrew Much better, the first one says "An air flow meter is used in some older cars to measure the quantity of air going to the engine." I think this is testament that Wikipedia articles are written by numpties. I should have said MAF or Hot-Film Air Mass Meter - http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts.do?model=BN52&mospid=47620&btnr=13_0905&hg= 13&fg=15 The theory behind it is that accumulation of "dirt" increases the heat capacity of the sensor and therefore it takes longer to react to change in flow. Anyway, give it a try and report back... > >> What's an airmeter? > > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Andrew > Much better, the first one says "An air flow meter is used in some > older cars to measure the quantity of air going to the engine." > > I think this is testament that Wikipedia articles are written by > numpties. Or testament that you're too ignorant to know that that's exactly what many older cars have. The E28 uses an AFM (air flow meter). > I should have said MAF or Hot-Film Air Mass Meter - ... and newer BMWs tend to have MAFs. If you don't know what you're talking about, it's better to remain silent, don't you think? -- C.R. Krieger (Been there; done that) Yeah agreed, not much point in putting my thoughts down when I am up against intelligent people such as you. E28 Guy? wrote: > > Much better, the first one says "An air flow meter is used in some > > older cars to measure the quantity of air going to the engine." [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > C.R. Krieger > (Been there; done that) Much better, the first one says "An air flow meter is used in some older cars to measure the quantity of air going to the engine." I think this is testament that Wikipedia articles are written by numpties. I should have said MAF or Hot-Film Air Mass Meter - http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts.do?model=BN52&mospid=47620&btnr=13_0905&hg= 13&fg=15 The theory behind it is that accumulation of "dirt" increases the heat capacity of the sensor and therefore it takes longer to react to change in flow. Anyway, give it a try and report back... > >> What's an airmeter? > > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Andrew >> ...cleaning my airmeter... >> [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > >What's an airmeter? Its the bit that the air filter directs the air before it reaches the inlet manifold. Goes by several other name too. >Tony Sir Hugh of Bognor The difference between men and boys is the price of their toys. Intelligence is not knowing the answer but knowing where and how to find it! Hugh Gundersen hsg@h-gee.co.uk Bognor Regis, W.Sussex, England, UK >Sir Hugh of Bognor > >The difference between men and boys is the price of their toys. >Intelligence is not knowing the answer but knowing where and how to find it! An intelligent person should be able to come up with something less hackneyed and shopworn than the above two quotations. -- Larry what do you expect; this is a freakin newsgroup! doh!! > >Sir Hugh of Bognor > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > -- Larry >>Sir Hugh of Bognor >> [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > >-- Larry Does it bother you then? >>Sir Hugh of Bognor >> >>The difference between men and boys is the price of their toys. >>Intelligence is not knowing the answer but knowing where and how to find it! > >An intelligent person Don't get many of these now-a-days >should be able to come up with something less hackneyed >and shopworn than the above two quotations. > >-- Larry Sir Hugh of Bognor The difference between men and boys is the price of their toys. Intelligence is not knowing the answer but knowing where and how to find it! Hugh Gundersen hsg@h-gee.co.uk Bognor Regis, W.Sussex, England, UK > The carb cleaner was bought off EBay for a few UKP. For future reference, it costs less than that from a car parts place. Andrew |
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