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I am hunting down a vacuum leak, and I noticed a ton of dirt around the intake air temperature sensor (2/2003 330cic). I cleaned the area out, then removed the sensor, and the mounting hole and the sensor body were really dirty (dirt, not oil). See pictures. Should I be worried?

A lot of people over at M3Forum have been discovering the benefits of relocating the temperature sensor that is built into our MAF's that often heat soak after a short time of driving decreasing performance (timing) and not being able to give a accurate reading of what the true temperature is...