Do I need to pull the battery cable after changing air filter?

[ranger7ltr]

I have been driving my 99 Sport the last week or so and needed to change the air filter... Bought an Air Hog and popped it into the holder yesterday...

Now when the engine is warm I seem to get a surge in rpm like a rev limiter between 4-5k if I accelerate hard but I can steady state cruise or increase speed up to 90 mph without a problem...

It's like I am losing fuel pressure but only when I am accelerating real hard and the engine is warmed up... I wonder if the adaptive nature of the PCM reads the new air filters free flowing ability vs the clogged old paper filter...

This one got a major tune 2 weeks ago including wires, plugs, fuel filter, fuel pump, synthetic engine and tranny oils...The only change since that time is the air filter...

 

[ornithology]

Did you replace the whole air filter? Did you take off the MAF with the battery still on?

 

[ranger7ltr]

No just replaced the air filter element... Left the MAF attached to the filter housing top and replaced same after changing filter...

 

[The_Hammer]

What was the end result of this problem? Just curious.