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Just a quick update,
I have had a reply back from World Car Parts (WCP) this morning. They have confirmed that the part they send is the 2032 sensor and not the 2029. This is much as I thought. I have replied to them that IMO the advert is misleading. However they have given an assurance that the parts are completely compatable. This compatability seems to be confirmed with evidence from at least one member here (Rammie) who bought one in the spring from them and was happy with the performance. On the internet, I found other evidence that BMW owners were also using this cheaper alternative with good results. But our mapping is different to theirs. I will try to contact Bosch for confirmation as to the specification differences. However, my initial conclusion is that the parts they are supplying are not fake, but genuine Bosch, but the part numbers are not exactly as described IMO. Matt |
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I've tried many different ones in my 75, including BMW and VAG (055, 062, Pierburgh 090 etc) and though the car was driveable, it either smoked, ran out steam well before the red line or was flat until the Synergy2's maf compensator was switched on. WCP are incorrect to say the 029 and 032 are intechangeable. If any old maf worked, why do Bosch make so many? Because they are all calibrated differently... Ron
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I still suspect that the ones on ebay are warranty returns that have been removed from the housing. (Customer gets new housing and his old maf cleaned up and fitted to the new housing, employee keeps new maf and flogs on ebay, old housing goes in bin ... is one possible scenario: another is, customers old maf is cleaned up and flogged on ebay..) In the end, fit whatever maf you want and if you are happy with the results (& warranty procedure if it goes wrong) that's fine. (Turn off or remove any tuning product so make sure there's no low rev flatness, flat spots, smoke or poor mpg). But you know my recommendations... I wish I had a £ for every time I've thought to myself "told you so"! Cynical old Ron
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I removed my WCP MAF today and it is definatly a 032.
Yesterday I received a new MAF from http://www.airmassmeters.com/ It came in a sealed Bosch box and the part was the housing and the sensor which is marked 029. I paid £140.00 including VAT and 24 hour Postage. Just to make sure that there is a reduced chance of contamination of the new MAF im going to give the air filter unit a good clean out. If it wasn't for this dammed rain it would be fitted by now! Justin |
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I agree with Ron, that it would appear that at present the 029 sensor is not available on its own and only in a housing.
However I will let the forum know if I get a reply from Bosch as to the actual specification differences between the two. Initially, there seems to be a very slight moulding difference where the connector goes in. It would appear from my research that the only reason for the 032 sensor being singly available and much cheaper than the 029 is because of a VW lawsuit. I wonder why bmw have not gone down the same route with the 029, which seems to suffer the same failure rate. Matt |
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Just an update, Bosch would not release any specifications for the sensor, as they would not wish this to be copied.
They were quite helpful with regard to the problem with longtivity of our sensor, and they seemed to think that part of the highish failure rate was to do with dirt on the sensor which effected the voltage readings. He said that in his opinion the higher failure vehicles were those with PCV's before the sensor, as a film will more likely be formed on the sensor. Seems a reasonable explanation to me. So he would not comment as to whether the 032 would be an adequate replacement for the 029, and advised getting the correct unit with housing. So looks like £140 rather than £80. I am still waiting for WCP to reply to my accusation of misleading advertising. Matt |
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Hi Ron,
Where do you source yours from? Clearly not from ebay? |
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