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What Does a Mass Air flow Sensor Do? Your mass air flow sensor or âMAFâ detects the volume of air as it enters your engine by heating up a thin wire or resistor. The computer in your car then measures electrical resistance through the MAF as the air flowing through the sensor cools its components down. With a firm understanding of how much air is flowing into your engine, the computer can then direct fuel injectors to add more or less gasoline to the air/fuel mixture.
And, on engines that do not have a Mass Air Flow (MAF) sensor, the MAP sensor signal is also used by the PCM to calculate engine load -- how hard the engine is working. This is called the speed-density method of calculating engine load for engines without MAF sensors. It is because of this engine load calculation for speed-density engines that the accuracy of the MAP sensor signal is so critical. On OBD-II engines, the MAP sensor signal is also used for EGR diagnosis.