fillitupagain34 Posted August 18, 2004 Share Posted August 18, 2004 hey, i have a 1996 subaru impreza wagon L and i just got a after market air filter, the one were you have to take off your stock airfilter box and put a coned shap one on, but when i did this i relized there was a sensor that i guess checks how much air is flowing into your engine and if i take this peice off my check enigine light stays on. can anyone help me? paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Setright Posted August 19, 2004 Share Posted August 19, 2004 You need a "MAF adapter". Don't run the car without the MAF sensor - Mass Air Flow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LosDiosDeVerde86 Posted August 20, 2004 Share Posted August 20, 2004 hey, i have a 1996 subaru impreza wagon L and i just got a after market air filter, the one were you have to take off your stock airfilter box and put a coned shap one on, but when i did this i relized there was a sensor that i guess checks how much air is flowing into your engine and if i take this peice off my check enigine light stays on. can anyone help me?paul you should be able to take the stock box off and put the filter on, perhaps in some kind of rigged way, and still have the sensor on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattocs Posted August 20, 2004 Share Posted August 20, 2004 Here are pictures of mine rigged to the box: http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/showpost.php?p=128521&postcount=4 I got such poor gas mileage, and ruined a MAF sensor I just put the box back on. To connect the filter to the box I cut off the 'wing' part that sticks out you screw to the box and used PVC cement to keep it on there. Also, I had to strap on a rubber thing to insert into the MAF sensor unit so I it would be more stabe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subie Gal Posted August 20, 2004 Share Posted August 20, 2004 check with www.imprezars.com see if he has a MAF adaptor for you dont mess with your MAF. it breaks, the car will go into limp mode and fail to run correctly also, they're $300 each to replace i wouldnt install any intake that was not meant to adapt to the MAF sensor good luck jamie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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