[Diy_efi] Newbie with a simplified Motronic project

Mike erazmus at iinet.net.au
Tue Nov 5 15:18:21 GMT 2002


>From what I have read in Bosch tech reports, its usually platinum
or a platinum/palladium allow with a pinch of nickel or ruthenium
or is it rutetium ?

If I recall, titanium is not that strong and not as ductile as
platinum,

Mike


At 09:05 PM 3/11/2002 -0800, you wrote:
>--- Bevan Weiss <kaizen__ at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I'm not sure of where you can obtain a stable metal.
>
>I am under the impression that some alloys of titanuim
>are extremely stable of a great range of temperatures
>and time.
>
>If I am not mistaken, the hot wire used in a number of
>MAF sensors is a titanium alloy element.
>
>Looks like a lot of them use a zirconia element, which
>I think is even more stable.  I'm not even sure what
>it really is, structurally; I've seen references to
>ceramic, but that's not very descriptive.  Still, it
>would seem that MAF sensors are incredibly stable over
>time and age, and a wide heat range.
>
>I'd be far more worried about the air intake temp
>sensor, or a dirty TPS, myself.
>
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