Thanks, but I've already cleaned up the MAF sensor a couple times very recently. At this point I think it's doing it's job correctly. After all, when it's hooked up, the car runs wayyyy better than it does with it unhooked, so it seems like if anything, it's helping to detect the surging and the computer is able to smooth the idle out some. Maybe that's way off but it seems possible to me.
You know, something that I've noticed recently is a steady increase in vacuum actuator noises inside the car (the motors that control the HVAC options). I just figured it was because everything is getting older and noisier and what not. I wonder if a good sized vacuum leak somewhere in the engine bay could be causing the vacuum motors to move as they receive a varying vacuum signal?
I don't think there's a vacuum leak inside the car because after you shut it down you can still go out there and move the a/c selector switch and you can tell it's still holding vacuum.
hmmmm...
