A mass air flow sensor is one of the numerous tiny widgets and gewgaws that make up a modern automobile's electronic fuel injection system. In the MAF's case, it tells the car's computer how much air ...

Q:I have a 1996 Corvette that gave me a recurring fault code (P0171 - "System Too Lean, Bank One") for more than a year. The code reader on my scanner indicated that the fuel pump was defective, so I ...

A device in the throttle body, the mass airflow, or MAF, sensor helps the engine computer determine the proper air-fuel mixture by measuring the mass of the air flowing past it. Because a precise ...