alright, so now that you saved a couple hundred dollars by cleaning it, i will accept donations to paypal for my expert advice on this situation, my paypal address is...
see, arent ya happy you didnt waste 300 for no reason? keep the contact cleaner though as with a K&N the oil will resonate your hot wires, but ive run k&N for every single mile i put on the truck and i have only cleaned my maf one time, about a month or two ago