Where can I get IPA?

[Dr H]

Want to clean my MAF but can't find anywhere that sells IPA. Except for my local chemist who wants over £5 per 500ml bottle :mad:

How much will I need and is there anywhere that does it cheap?

[s2avant]

You can get it in litre cans from maplin but it's £9.99.

I managed to get some from my light fingered mother-in-law (to be, maybe, one day ) She's a nurse.

Ben

[spink]

Chemist's sell it as well, its a bit cheaper but i would give someplace like Chemex a try you would get a 20 litre drum for not so much more i would have thought.

[Beetie]

Hopefully not in the LRI where i seem to end up whenever i injure myself?
A slightly concerned Beetie

[Dr H]

10 quid a litre, ****** 'ell. Will a litre be enough?

[s2avant]

Originally posted by Beetie
Hopefully not in the LRI where i seem to end up whenever i injure myself?
A slightly concerned Beetie

Don't worry she works in warwickshire.

Ben

[Beetie]

Thank god for that (no offence!) Did jason say youre welcome to the ramp? Mines off it it just needs a turbo now?!:wacked: Its one thing after another!

[Stick Insect]

Leigh, May is suggest an easier to find alternative.

Use carb cleaner which is available in a spray can from good car accesory shops and motor factors such as Brown rothers. It's aout £4 a tin.

HTH

David

[Beetie]

And it doesnt hurt any patients! Eco friendly or what!

[Beetie]

Apart from the can it comes in (i forgot about that!)

[s2avant]

If you get a spray can remember to spray it into a container and then soak the MAF in it. The wire inside is very fragile and you don't want to be breaking it. MAF's are silly money.

Ben

[Stick Insect]

Ben, would a spray can have enough power to damage the sensor wires?

I resisted the temptation to dry mine with the compresser!

David

[s2avant]

I couldn't say for sure. Just erring on the side of caution.

Considering that the new PD diesel engines (and the 1.8T engines) can break the wires in standard trim let alone when they are running more boost :eek2: I think it's better to be safe than sorry.

A new ABY MAF is £318 + VAT (Bizarrely the RS2 ADU MAF is only £273+VAT)

Perhaps I'm getting sensible in my old age

Ben

[Stick Insect]

Originally posted by s2avant
Perhaps I'm getting sensible in my old age

Ben

Naaaaah, if you were sensible you'd have a diesel Mondeo and 2.3 kids!

David

[Doug_RS2]

I would have suggested only cleaning iit in a pool of IPA and gently sloshing the liquid back and forward.

BUT at 4 am on a monday morning in Gregs mum's kitchen, Mihnea used my spray can of IPA directly onto the maf and the wire - it wasn't my car so I let him do it and Lees car seems to be running ok with that. If you do this I would keep the straw well away from the wire though. And I would not recommend doing this in a house.

I got a litre of IPA from Maplin - I think I might have got the can of spray as well. If you are buying anything from Maplin - buy it online, after you register you get a few quid off in vouchers. It just means you have to re-register everytime you order something to get the vouchers.