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Ok, are the Mass air flow sensor, and Air flow meter the same?

Every search I do, I find either or.

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  • aztut
    Lv 4
    2 decades ago
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    Check out these two articles:

    Mass Air Flow Sensor:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_airflow_sensor

    Mass Air Meter:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_air_meter

  • ?
    Lv 4
    5 years ago

    The words MAF and Mass air meter are used interchangably. the photos variety broadly on the cyber web because of the fact the use a time-honored photograph. If I have been you i could via it regionally and have the previous one with you. digital areas are no longer returnable. in the event that they have been actually everyone could purchase the area see if it fastened the subject then return it. call the interior reach autoparts places and a import vehicle areas to verify what they decide for. they might have it for you in a million day. Dealerships have a severe mark up on areas because of the fact they are from the origional producer and that they might desire to hold quite a few inventory. you should attempt cleansing yours with brake fluid in a sprig can. look interior the tube and additionally you will see the sense element. supply it a stable spray to bathe off any airborne dirt and airborne dirt and dirt, oil or bugs. Don' t scrub it. Brake purifier is merely 4 dollars a can. MAF purifier in a can is the comparable stuff merely in a smaller can. Brake purifier and maf purifier is laquer thinner.

  • Anonymous
    2 decades ago

    mass air flow sensor is a heated wire that is cooled by the air going by.air flow meter is a vane deflected by the amount of air going by.

  • 2 decades ago

    Nope

  • 2 decades ago

    yes they are the same thing just worded different.

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