NEW MAF's

crofts · 3rd April 2007, 17:15

Thought this may be interesting as I knew there had been ongoing problems with some MAF's listed on ebay.
Don't know what present availability is from other sources but these are available from ECP (I think at £69.99)

Hello Dave,
Firstly, thanks for the referrals it really is appreciated.
The picture is taken on our counter. It is the MG Rover desk pad you can see, they are not Genuine Bosch.
For the last 12 months or so we have been selling this particular one. It is German made and the company is called ***** we have sold around 300 and had none back, fingers crossed, and we are now confident to give a 12 month warranty with them. While were on the subject we recommend that the AIR FILTERS be changed at 15,000 intervals rather than 30k. In our opinion, if you keep the air clean you will extend the life of the MAF.
We did get lured into far eastern imports a couple of years ago, the biggest and most costly mistake we've ever made they worked for an average of about 1 month, I think we had every one back of a batch of 100 back within 3 months, I know they are still being sold on ebay, I suggest you tell your members to steer clear of any far eastern made as in my experience they are inferior to say the least, sorry to waffle on but I thought I'd give you some background.
Kind Regards

JohnDotCom · 3rd April 2007, 17:25

Very Helpful. Thanks Crofts.

keith52 · 3rd April 2007, 19:41

ECP , is that Euro Car Parts ?

GreyGhost · 3rd April 2007, 19:49

Quote:

Originally Posted by keith52

ECP , is that Euro Car Parts ?

It is.

Probably.

http://stores.ebay.co.uk/E-CAR-PARTS-LTD

JohnDotCom · 3rd April 2007, 22:19

Thats what I thought GG, used them several times and are very reasonable and Helpful.

GreyGhost · 3rd April 2007, 22:26

It's definitely them I was chatting on the blower to Crofts before he posted that up.

JohnDotCom · 3rd April 2007, 22:29

Cheers for the Confirmation.
Very useful for us Diesel Members.

keith52 · 4th April 2007, 19:44

Thanks , there is another company who i used to buy my parts off for a different make car and they don't list Rover,hence the query ,Keith

Ti Rich · 7th April 2007, 08:31

Just for the record again here is a picture of a Bosch MAF and a copy MAF.

The Bosch one is one the left and you can see that is has the temperature sensor built into it on the side. The copy one doesn't have this and therefore the ECU defaults to -5C when using these copy MAF's. This will give poor perfromance amd especially MPG.

In my view either buy a genuine MAF or use a pierburg MAF from Rover Ron with wither the correct MAFAM or Synergy unit.

When you buy a copy MAF it may be slightly better than a faulty MAF but you will never know how well the car could have drove with the genuine or PB unit.

I purchased 3 MAF's from an ebay company called The Portland Group, every one was a copy and some had the temperature sensor and some didn't. All three were returned.

3rd April 2007, 17:15	#1
crofts I really should get out more....... 2003 Rover 75 Conn. SE Auto Tourer 131 ps CDTi Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Bristol Posts: 2,512 Thanks: 38 Thanked 67 Times in 55 Posts	NEW MAF's Thought this may be interesting as I knew there had been ongoing problems with some MAF's listed on ebay. Don't know what present availability is from other sources but these are available from ECP (I think at £69.99) Hello Dave, Firstly, thanks for the referrals it really is appreciated. The picture is taken on our counter. It is the MG Rover desk pad you can see, they are not Genuine Bosch. For the last 12 months or so we have been selling this particular one. It is German made and the company is called *** we have sold around 300 and had none back, fingers crossed, and we are now confident to give a 12 month warranty with them. While were on the subject we recommend that the AIR FILTERS be changed at 15,000 intervals rather than 30k. In our opinion, if you keep the air clean you will extend the life of the MAF. We did get lured into far eastern imports a couple of years ago, the biggest and most costly mistake we've ever made they worked for an average of about 1 month, I think we had every one back of a batch of 100 back within 3 months, I know they are still being sold on ebay, I suggest you tell your members to steer clear of any far eastern made as in my experience they are inferior to say the least, sorry to waffle on but I thought I'd give you some background. Kind Regards __________________ Rover 75 CDTi SE Connoisseur Tourer (2003) In desirable STARLIGHT SILVER** (now restored to it's former glory with all the chrome !)

7th April 2007, 08:31	#9
Ti Rich Gets stuck in Audi A6 TDi 175 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Dudley Posts: 572 Thanks: 0 Thanked 3 Times in 2 Posts	Just for the record again here is a picture of a Bosch MAF and a copy MAF. The Bosch one is one the left and you can see that is has the temperature sensor built into it on the side. The copy one doesn't have this and therefore the ECU defaults to -5C when using these copy MAF's. This will give poor perfromance amd especially MPG. In my view either buy a genuine MAF or use a pierburg MAF from Rover Ron with wither the correct MAFAM or Synergy unit. When you buy a copy MAF it may be slightly better than a faulty MAF but you will never know how well the car could have drove with the genuine or PB unit. I purchased 3 MAF's from an ebay company called The Portland Group, every one was a copy and some had the temperature sensor and some didn't. All three were returned. __________________ CD(Ti Rich) Audi A6 C7 TDI - zzzzzzzzzzzzzz, so boring!! BMW 330d M-Sport - Gone and missed ZT CDTi, gone but not forgotten! Last edited by Ti Rich; 7th April 2007 at 08:35..

3rd April 2007, 17:25	#2
JohnDotCom * Rover 75 FaceLift Tourer CDTi 170BHP Auto ConnSE 2005 Model Starlight Silver Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Abergele Posts: 28,735 Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 5 Posts	Very Helpful. Thanks Crofts.

3rd April 2007, 19:41	#3
keith52 Avid contributor rover 75 tourer Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Swansea Posts: 196 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	ECP , is that Euro Car Parts ?

3rd April 2007, 22:19	#5
JohnDotCom * Rover 75 FaceLift Tourer CDTi 170BHP Auto ConnSE 2005 Model Starlight Silver Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Abergele Posts: 28,735 Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 5 Posts	Thats what I thought GG, used them several times and are very reasonable and Helpful.

3rd April 2007, 22:26	#6
GreyGhost Banned 180+ Sport Auto Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Bedford Middle Level Posts: 17,787 Thanks: 0 Thanked 18 Times in 5 Posts	It's definitely them I was chatting on the blower to Crofts before he posted that up.

3rd April 2007, 22:29	#7
JohnDotCom * Rover 75 FaceLift Tourer CDTi 170BHP Auto ConnSE 2005 Model Starlight Silver Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Abergele Posts: 28,735 Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 5 Posts	Cheers for the Confirmation. Very useful for us Diesel Members.

4th April 2007, 19:44	#8
keith52 Avid contributor rover 75 tourer Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Swansea Posts: 196 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Thanks , there is another company who i used to buy my parts off for a different make car and they don't list Rover,hence the query ,Keith