Thread: Disco II v8 Airflow meter problem

A friend of mine has just gone through the same thing. He took the airflow meter assembly out (although the clips were still there for him) and squirted WD40 in there (I, myself, would never do that. I'm not sure what's involved with this particular AFM, but plenty of Bosch ones in the past that I've worked with have an extremely delicate hot wire across the air path that is incredibly fragile) followed by a non-CFC electronic contacts cleaner. He put it all back..and... no workie!

It ended up being that a couple of the plug contacts had pushed back into their socket channels when the two sides were pushed together again. Watch out for that - it happens quite often apparently.

After it had been towed to the dealer and they had found the problem, it worked just fine again. $BigBucksForTheDiagnosis :?

Hi Cal415,
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE</div><div class='quotemain'>can i clean this out with something? WD40??? i really need to get the car running so i can atleast get it home or to alto.
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Not sure if the D2 hotwire is different to the D1 and RR hotwires but I have a 5AM hotwire that ive sprayed with contact cleaner and [b]<span style="color:darkblue">still works ok</span>You will need to take it out as this will allow the mud to come out rather then pushing it futher in the motor.
How much went past the AFM into the punmatic chamber???? Whouldnt start it if any went that far!! best to tow it home

all the best hope your on the road soon

Not alot went in, it has speckles of muddy crap around the intake pipe, not alot, and some speckles of mud in the AFM.. I have a few pics somewhere. i will post them up later

If you happy that there was not much and willing to start it, spray in reverse flow this will push the mud back out the way it came and not futher into the AFM.
Hold it up so that all the spray will drain out paying attention to spray into the small holes, as this is where the hotwire and censers are. And while your sprying the AFM, spray the wire connection as well.
better to spray more than required then not enough.


good luck