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MAF in backwards
what sort of problems would I experience if the Mass Air Flow sensor
is in with the arrows pointing the wrong way? I just found mine in wrong and I am experiencing intermittant poor acceleration when the engine is hot on a hot day. I haven't driven it enough (now that its in correctly) to know for sure if its better now. |
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On Jul 28, 4:49 pm, PauL > wrote:
> wrote: > > > what sort of problems would I experience if the Mass Air Flow sensor > > is in with the arrows pointing the wrong way? I just found mine in > > wrong and I am experiencing intermittant poor acceleration when the > > engine is hot on a hot day. I haven't driven it enough (now that its > > in correctly) to know for sure if its better now. > > Engine won't run because the cone shuts off the airflow. it actually runs no differently when its in backwards |
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On Jul 28, 10:35 pm, clifto > wrote:
> wrote: > > On Jul 28, 4:49 pm, PauL > wrote: > >> wrote: > > >> > what sort of problems would I experience if the Mass Air Flow sensor > >> > is in with the arrows pointing the wrong way? I just found mine in > >> > wrong and I am experiencing intermittant poor acceleration when the > >> > engine is hot on a hot day. I haven't driven it enough (now that its > >> > in correctly) to know for sure if its better now. > > >> Engine won't run because the cone shuts off the airflow. > > > it actually runs no differently when its in backwards > > Seriously, what are the arrows for? > > -- > "Liberals used to be the ones who argued that sending U.S. troops abroad > was a small price to pay to stop genocide; now they argue that genocide > is a small price to pay to bring U.S. troops home." > -- Jonah Goldberg the arrows are for direction of air flow. it makes no difference in my 1997 suburban with a 5.7 |
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On Jul 29, 2:19 am, wrote:
> On Jul 28, 10:35 pm, clifto > wrote: > > > > > > > wrote: > > > On Jul 28, 4:49 pm, PauL > wrote: > > >> wrote: > > > >> > what sort of problems would I experience if the Mass Air Flow sensor > > >> > is in with the arrows pointing the wrong way? I just found mine in > > >> > wrong and I am experiencing intermittant poor acceleration when the > > >> > engine is hot on a hot day. I haven't driven it enough (now that its > > >> > in correctly) to know for sure if its better now. > > > >> Engine won't run because the cone shuts off the airflow. > > > > it actually runs no differently when its in backwards > > > Seriously, what are the arrows for? > > > -- > > "Liberals used to be the ones who argued that sending U.S. troops abroad > > was a small price to pay to stop genocide; now they argue that genocide > > is a small price to pay to bring U.S. troops home." > > -- Jonah Goldberg > > the arrows are for direction of air flow. it makes no difference in my > 1997 suburban with a 5.7- Hide quoted text - > Now that you've mentioned a make and model we can continue. I haven't looked at that style in quite a while, but I don't think that it has any (significant) asymmetrical airflow paths inside. Also it is unusual in that it *can* be turned around. I still wouldn't use it backwards unless it was for some sort of testing. The MAFs I see on a daily basis can't be installed backward in their air boxes. Furthermore, there is a designed in 'windbreak' for lack of better terminology that would surely interupt intended airflow patterns around the two sensor elements if it were oriented wrong. Toyota MDT in MO |
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