MAP Sensor

[Bruce Plecan]

-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Parker <tparker at nznet.gen.nz>
To: Bruce Plecan <diy_efi at efi332.eng.ohio-state.edu>
Date: Thursday, November 19, 1998 3:16 AM
Subject: Re: MAP Sensor


>Bruce Plecan <nacelp at bright.net> wrote:
>
><TPS sensor>
>
>>They don't read as you would expect with an ohm meter.  However,
>>I use a Pot as a voltage divider on the bench ecms no problem
>>(yet?)...
>
>Sounds good. If I make my own TPS sensor from a pot in this configuration,
>then I won't have any trouble getting ths signal into the computer, but
what
>about the map sensor.
>
>What does the output from a MAP sesnor look like? I understand it >is a
voltage between 0 and 5v, but how do you wire it up?

Find out what it's off of, and get a wiring diagram (not meaning to sound
smart-a--),  they too have transistors in them, hooking one up backwards
might ruin it.
Bruce

 Assuming I have a MAP sensor of
>unknown origin, how do I go about indentifying the wires?
>
>With three wires, and the probable fact that it is a voltage divider much
like
>a pot, I suppose I could work it out with an ohm meter.
>
>--
>Tom Parker - tparker at nznet.gen.nz
>           - http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Track/8381/
>