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MASS AIR FLOW (MAF) SENSOR CONSTRUCTION/OPERATION

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• Installed on the air hose.

1 | MAF/IAT sensor
2 | Illustration shows 13B-MSP (High power)

• Built into the IAT sensor.

1 | Intake air
2 | Air thermometer
3 | Hot wire

• Converts the mass intake airflow amount into a voltage.

• When the heating element is placed in the air, the heat is dissipated by the air cooling the heating element. If there is a large volume of air circulating around the heating element, the amount of heat that is dissipated increases. This heat transfer utilizes the voltage which is changed by the heat transfer phenomenon.

1 | B+
2 | Air thermometer
3 | Control circuit
4 | Voltage
5 | MAF sensor
6 | Current
7 | Hot wire
8 | PCM
9 | CPU
10 | MAF sensor output voltage characteristic
11 | High
12 | Voltage
13 | Low
14 | Low
15 | Intake air amount
16 | High