| Protect your MAF sensor, $ 56 part. I finally found the picture..
the shop forman at MB ASC in Va, mentioned that the failure of this part is one of the primary causes of the MAF failures on early SLKs, and it is NOT in the maintenance schedule anywhere. He recommended replacing it, every 50,000 or so miles. I was wrong on the price, it listed at $56.35 (US). MB part number 002-140-68-60. He also said that if the hoses that were conected to it, seemed wet with oil, you might want to clean or replace them. In the photo, I layed the part on the engine, the red line from it points to where it is installed. I disconnected the air hose going into the air box, and moved it, to get a better picture of the part installed.
btw..please no grief about the dusty engine. This was taken after a few trips down my local road (only way to get my house) after they just did a fresh tar and chip coating, a lot of gravel dust.
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