"Zathras" > wrote in message
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> On Thu, 20 Jan 2011 12:57:58 -0000, "GT" > wrote:
>
>> I had never seen a MAF before and was thoroughly
>>un-impressed!.
>
> Google for it. It's just a hot wire that's cooled by the passing mass
> of air. There'll be a control box but I'd expect all you would see is
> a tube and a bit of wire. It's been discussed here before.

Yes - I've seen lots of talk about them here, I was just complete
unimpressed with the actual part - just as you describe - a little bit of
wire poking through the side of the air intake!