People with Revolution (Real) Carbon airboxes...

[Youngben]

yes mine is direct though Pipercross but i would say if you have purchased through Revolution then i would get in contact with Glen and they will supply you with a replacement and not to flood Pipercross with calls as Glen will be more up to date on the subject.

cant see it being a problem getting a replacement filter as the item is proving defective now its happened to a few cars but lets be glad its only a few cars! if you have one and have no problems if you need to use the car i would suggest re fitting your standard air box for the time being or not using the car unless you can stomach the £100 bill for a new MAF until you have the replacement filter fitted! i understand its not ideal but it saves messing about.

[scaghead]

yes mine is direct though Pipercross but i would say if you have purchased through Revolution then i would get in contact with Glen and they will supply you with a replacement and not to flood Pipercross with calls as Glen will be more up to date on the subject.

cant see it being a problem getting a replacement filter as the item is proving defective now its happened to a few cars but lets be glad its only a few cars! if you have one and have no problems if you need to use the car i would suggest re fitting your standard air box for the time being or not using the car unless you can stomach the £100 bill for a new MAF until you have the replacement filter fitted! i understand its not ideal but it saves messing about.

Plus 1...
For ref...revolution have been in touch with me to say I should have a new one this week..they must be contacting people who have bought them...

[Rick_RS4]

whos paying for the broken MAFs?

[RIV]

whos paying for the broken MAFs?

+1

[Firestarter]

Thanks Ben & Jay for the updates. I'll give Glen a buzz today to see what the Bobby Moore is with the new filter

Silas that's a fair point actually. I have yet to replace my MAF as waiting for the filter before doing so. However @ £130 a pop and being that the cause of the issue to the MAF sensor was the original Oiled filter I personally would say that we should be reimbursed as well as getting the new dry filter. I'll have a chat with Glen and maybe Pipercross as well?

[Revolution]

Evening chaps...

I'm not 100% up to speed on this one but not sure its a faulty filter as theyre all oiled in the same way...for aftermarket or OE manufacturers such as Brabus as other famous marks etc.

We ran it on our demo car for over two years without any problems whatsoever, well over 100 units sold worldwide, so lets not panic chaps but (little) Glen will be resolving issues as theyre getting raised.

Weve just finalised our RS3 kit and its done in the same way with the oil preperation...its a very important part of the filtration process to keep out the fine dust particles and protect the engine.

Glen is back on Monday but feel free to email him and he will respond as soon as he gets back, if anything cant wait please give us a call and speak to Keith.

Regards

Glenn

Revolution

[Youngben]

I would agree but seeing as i need to buy a new MAF 3 months and a few thousand miles after replacing with a New and Genuine item due to thinking it was ware and tare i don't think that this was the case any more? especially as there is a pattern appearing with other cars fitted with the same filter!

I didn't mind replacing it the first time for what ever reason but my £130 is looking more like £260 now due to the oil and the parts warranty are void because its not fitted to a standard air box and filter luckily i am confident enough to diagnose and fit it myself or i am sure it would be getting on for more than double again. I am yet to replace my MAF and to be honest the MAF issues is one of my decisions to advertise the car for sale even though i feel there's more fun to be had with the car.

[Rick_RS4]

get them sold quick chaps or the forsale section will be flooded with them ha ha

[scaghead]

Must say you make a fair point Ben..when amd done mine the other week they said it may be a coincidence..my car was on the original maf,so may have just been wear and tear..which I think like most is the only way you can look at it..I think your situation is different Ben as you have had two go in a short space of time.and I would be feeling more aggrieved if I was in your boat..

[scaghead]

get them sold quick chaps or the forsale section will be flooded with them ha ha

Wonder if anyone will fall for it fella..

[MikeFish]

I wonder if many are not just damaged when the kit is being fitted rather a problem with the filter.
Incidentally, the day after I fitted mine, the car was remapped, cold air feed fitted, exhaust fitted etc. On the way home from mrc I noticed that sometimes when I pull up and drop the clutch the engine gives a blip. I assumed this was a feature of the remap, but doing some reading and it seems this might be caused by a faulty maf.

[scaghead]

I wonder if many are not just damaged when the kit is being fitted rather a problem with the filter.
Incidentally, the day after I fitted mine, the car was remapped, cold air feed fitted, exhaust fitted etc. On the way home from mrc I noticed that sometimes when I pull up and drop the clutch the engine gives a blip. I assumed this was a feature of the remap, but doing some reading and it seems this might be caused by a faulty maf.

Now you have said that mike, I am sure mine was doing that on occasions..when I am next out in it,I will see if it has stopped...

[MikeFish]

I think it might have been Tony that mentioned it on thread on here when he had some MAF trouble. Hard for me to know as I had so much work done at the same time but if someca ncan verify that the engine shouldn't blip as you pull up to give ways / roundabouts etc as part of the MRC map then I think I can safely say the MAF was damaged most likely when I was fitting the kit or the next day when MRC was working on it (it didn't do it once on the way to MRC) or possibly the oil got into the MAF. Not sure how long you'd expect for the oil to cause any damage if it was that. I don't think I have seen any other issues. Oh, the only other thing and not sure if it is related or not, but when my car is cold it is quite jerky for the first 5 seconds or so which it never used to do. I know some other people have this issue and they say to let the car warm up for a mintue (mine doesn't need that long) but it definately didn't do that forthe first 2 years or so. Like I say, might be completely unrelated. Think it's worth trying one of these new fitlers then changing the MAF to see if it changes anything.

[Rick_RS4]

get them sold quick chaps or the forsale section will be flooded with them ha ha

Wonder if anyone will fall for it fella..

ha ha its worth a try, they are bloody lovely to look at, and not heard one but read they sound good. What Mike says could be very feasable, MAFs are very fragile and the slightest knock or bit of crap in them gets in between fitting can screw them up, also they need to be placed between 10 and 12 so ive read in the past.

[Youngben]

Well here we go again!! New MAF arrived today so fitted it along with my new Pipercross Dry filter. All went well with changing it over i should be a pro now as i have done it a few times.

My orginal MAF and 2 replacements...



And clearing the codes after fitting. Before the new MAF was fitted these lights would pop up as soon as the codes were cleared so deffo the MAF.