Don't use brake clean on either your MAF sensor or EGR valve. Electrical parts cleaner or MAF specific cleaner here. I wouldn't recommend using brake clean on the EGR either. For the EGR valve, the same stuff can be used as what is used on the MAF or some sensor safe carbon cleaner.

As far as the EGR gasket goes, if the screen plugs up, it would end up tripping an insufficient EGR flow code which wouldn't cause any real driveability problems. If a chunk of carbon gets stuck in the valve itself, it can cause some bad things to happen.

 

The link to the MAF cleaning doesn't work anymore

 

Could someone plz give a link to the MAF cleaner site that works?

 

I don't have a site link but should be stuff on you tube. To be honest if you just follow the directions on the can of MAF cleaner you should be fine.

 

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