ford ecu

[David Cooley]

At 10:13 AM 10/25/1999 -0500, you wrote:
>On Mon, 25 Oct 1999, David Cooley wrote:
>
>How do GM MAF sensors prevent crud from getting on the elements? Would it
>be possible to retrofit a GM MAF on a EEC-IV vehicle? Or is it just the
>shape of the passages in the housing that keeps the crud off the wires?


The GM "hot wire" MAF sensors have a "burn off" RELAY.  When you shut the 
car off, it applies ful voltage to the wire, not the low current it uses 
for measuring and heats it to the point it smokes the crud off it.  Don't 
know why ford didn't do that.

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