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Dennis[_2_] April 20th 07 09:19 PM

MAF Sensor, I need help
 
My son drives a 1999 Escort ZX2 with the L4 2.0 liter engine. He was
complaining that the car doesn't
have as much power that it used to and that it idles rough. I connected my
scan tool to check things out ( I'm new at this and far from an expert) and
noticed that the mass air flow sensor was 2.7 volts at idle. The specs are
..6-.9 volts.
The calculated engine load was 59.2 % at idle. The long term fuel trim
showed 2.3 %. There were no trouble codes set. Is this enough evidence to
replace the MAF sensor? I hear they aren't cheap so I need a second opinion.
Thanks so much for any help.

Dennis



maxwedge[_21_] April 20th 07 09:50 PM

MAF Sensor, I need help
 

Clean the element in the maf with CRC ,maf cleaner.


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Steve Austin April 21st 07 03:03 AM

MAF Sensor, I need help
 
Dennis wrote:
> My son drives a 1999 Escort ZX2 with the L4 2.0 liter engine. He was
> complaining that the car doesn't
> have as much power that it used to and that it idles rough. I connected my
> scan tool to check things out ( I'm new at this and far from an expert) and
> noticed that the mass air flow sensor was 2.7 volts at idle. The specs are
> .6-.9 volts.
> The calculated engine load was 59.2 % at idle. The long term fuel trim
> showed 2.3 %. There were no trouble codes set. Is this enough evidence to
> replace the MAF sensor? I hear they aren't cheap so I need a second opinion.
> Thanks so much for any help.
>
> Dennis
>
>

On a Ford MAF check the baro reading. Off more than 8hz from 159hz or
so (depending on where you live) clean or replace the MAF. A bad MAF
will usually show minus trims at idle and plus trims under load.

Dennis[_2_] April 21st 07 09:22 PM

MAF Sensor, I need help
 

"Dennis" > wrote in message
. ..
> My son drives a 1999 Escort ZX2 with the L4 2.0 liter engine. He was
> complaining that the car doesn't
> have as much power that it used to and that it idles rough. I connected my
> scan tool to check things out ( I'm new at this and far from an expert)
> and noticed that the mass air flow sensor was 2.7 volts at idle. The specs
> are .6-.9 volts.
> The calculated engine load was 59.2 % at idle. The long term fuel trim
> showed 2.3 %. There were no trouble codes set. Is this enough evidence to
> replace the MAF sensor? I hear they aren't cheap so I need a second
> opinion. Thanks so much for any help.
>
> Dennis
>


Thanks, for the responses. As soon as I can pin my boy down long enough to
work on his car I'll
try cleaning the MAF sensor and go from there.

Thanks again,
Dennis







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