mass-airflow sensor

  • 1Mass flow sensor — A mass airflow sensor. A mass air flow sensor is used to find out the mass flowrate of air entering a fuel injected internal combustion engine. The air mass information is necessary for the engine control unit (ECU) to balance and deliver the… …

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  • 2mass airflow meter — (MAF) device for measuring the mass flow of air into an engine. Also see airflow sensor hot wire airflow meter …

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  • 3MAP sensor — The examples and descriptions in this article apply strictly to four stroke cycle gasoline engines. Other engine types such as diesel, or two stroke cycle can differ in the exact implementation, but the general theme still applies. The manifold… …

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  • 4air mass sensor — an airflow meter that uses the changing resistance of a heated wire in the intake airstream to measure the mass of the air being drawn into the engine. Also referred to as a hot wire sensor …

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  • 5Fuel injection — Fuel rail connected to the injectors that are mounted just above the intake manifold on a four cylinder engine. Fuel injection …

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  • 6Flow measurement — is the quantification of bulk fluid movement. Flow can be measured in a variety of ways. Positive displacement flow meters acumulate a fixed volume of fluid and then count the number of times the volume is filled to measure flow. Other flow… …

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  • 7Throttle body — In a fuel injection engine, the throttle body is the part of the air intake system that controls the amount of air flowing into the engine, in response to driver input. While the accelerator is often called a gas pedal , it would be more accurate …

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  • 8Blowoff valve — A blowoff valve (BOV) or dump valve is a pressure release system present in most turbocharged engines. Its purpose is to prevent compressor surge, and reduce wear on the turbocharger and engine. Blowoff valves relieve the damaging effects of… …

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  • 9Short ram air intake — The short ram air intake is a form of aftermarket air intake for automobiles with internal combustion engines.It basically replaces the OEM air intake with a short metal pipe and air filter inside the engine bay. This can slightly boost… …

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  • 10Pontiac Firebird — Infobox Automobile name = Pontiac Firebird/Trans Am manufacturer = General Motors class = Pony car, Muscle car platform = F body layout = FR layout production = 1967 2002 (1969 2002 Trans Am) successor = Pontiac GTO (2004 2006) related =… …

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