i have had a look in the search and cant really find any definitive answer to this question...

From what i can see there are a lot of 1.8t in the Uk that are running a POD filter straight onto the end of the MAF - just about all of them do.

Just about all the cold air intakes that i can find use a POD filter which are also oiled, perhaps just slightly further away from the MAF.

So why is it that a POD filter ruins the MAF..? A CAI still uses an oiled filter anyway doesnt it...? Reason i ask is that i have a POD that i want to adapt to the Gti (having come from an XR6T i NEEEED more power or i will go nuts). Hoping to put in some sort of CAI but not a bought version - will rig up something this weekend with any luck.