New Bosch OEM MAF officially fixed the problem. Couple days now, some long drives and it's running better than ever. No CEL. thank you abscate and erikv11 . Pretty excited I got through all that on my car. Couldn't have done it without this site! erikv11: thanks for the offer (!) but I've already go...

If anyone's keeping tabs: Just got finished replacing the pcv system, which was badly clogged, and put the new MAF in -- so far so good. Idles smooth and no stalling w/ full A/C. Didn't have time for a thorough test drive. One question, if anyone's still checking this. The intake manifold was missin...

Got the MAF, pulled the intake hose while the car was still warm and there was white smoke coming up from the intake -- pcv? Thinking I should leave the old MAF in the car until I can replace the pcv system, as maybe that's what caused my CEL in the first place and the oil smoke can't be good for th...

ok, good to know, I sort of had a feeling, came across tons of threads recommending only using bosch oem.
Also, my wife just reminded me that the car wasn't dying before they put the cardone MAF in, so...

I'm just gonna order the Bosch oem MAF, I'll report back when I get it installed.

Thanks!!

My 97 850 threw a p0103 code, and started stalling at idle: A mechanic in the town I live in replaced the MAF with a cardone remanufactured bosch MAF, when I picked it up the car ran much worse. When I got it home, I tested for vacuum leaks (something the mechanic didn't do), fixed/replaced a bunch ...