Hey dudes,

I just cleaned the AEM air filters on my 08 Z. I followed the directions and made sure not to over-spray the oil after I cleaned them.

When I fired it up, I revved it a little, and twice while at idle it got pretty "murky," and threatened to stall, but recovered and kept running. I got it out on the road on the way to the grocery store (neighborhood roads, nothing over 25mph) and again, twice when I pushed the gas, it threatened to stall out, but recovered. I got to the grocery store and back with no further problems, about a 20 minute drive all told, never put it over 5k rpm.

Now, I cleaned them a little later than would have been best I think (they've been on for about a year and a half or 25k miles), they were pretty dirty, and I'm assuming that the trouble I experienced is simply the air flow sensor readjusting to the increased air flow, but I wanted to check in with you guys and hear what you think and make sure this isn't symptomatic of a greater issue.

Next, almost ten years ago I installed in intake on an Impreza and the guy I bought it from told me to install the intake, and disconnect the battery overnight to reset the sensors. The guy who installed the intakes on my Z never did this I'm pretty sure, and I was curious if its necessary.

Thanks in advance for you help.

 

Could have got some of the oil on your MAF, clean it if the problem doesnt get any better. Thats my guess at least, its better than nothing.

 

I took it out for about an hour or so last night and didn't experience any problems, so I'm guessing it "fixed itself."

 

Sure it wasn't a dry filter?