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Can I Bypass My MAF Sensor? by Nobody: 6:44pm On Jun 16, 2018
Hello people. Please my MAF sensor is giving me a heck and I'm in a remote village in Edo State. I read on the web one can bypass the MAF sensor by switching car off and removing key. Remove the negative battery head before removing the sensor connector. After this, start up your car and the check engine light will go off.

My question is,
1. Is this possible without damaging the engine?
2. For how long can I bypass this MAF sensor?
3. Will there be a default fuel intake rule to stabilize engine idle?

Please I need honest answers from professional mechanics or engineers.
Thanks.
Re: Can I Bypass My MAF Sensor? by weyreypey: 6:59pm On Jun 16, 2018
Hmmm I believe it is possible. But I don't know how.



Air Intake Sensor


by Joshua Bailey
A car's engine uses an air intake in order to retrieve air from outside of the vehicle. The air is then mixed with the fuel, and combustion is the result. This is what propels the car. There is a sensor on the air intake called the mass air flow sensor. This sensor calculates how much air to mix with the fuel. If you are using a cold air intake, the MAF sensor might not be calculating properly. This means you are not getting the added gas mileage that most cold air intakes advertise. You can bypass the MAF sensor, and allow the O2 sensor to calculate how much air is needed.

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How to Bypass the Cold Air Intake Sensor


by Joshua Bailey
A car's engine uses an air intake in order to retrieve air from outside of the vehicle. The air is then mixed with the fuel, and combustion is the result. This is what propels the car. There is a sensor on the air intake called the mass air flow sensor. This sensor calculates how much air to mix with the fuel. If you are using a cold air intake, the MAF sensor might not be calculating properly. This means you are not getting the added gas mileage that most cold air intakes advertise. You can bypass the MAF sensor, and allow the O2 sensor to calculate how much air is needed.


Turn off the ignition of your vehicle and open its hood.

Disconnect the negative battery cable (red). Locate the mass air flow (MAF) sensor on the air intake.

Grasp the wire harness that connects the MAF sensor to the power unit in the engine compartment and gently pull it out of the MAF sensor. This will disconnect it.

Reconnect the negative battery cable to the battery and close the vehicle's hood. When you start up your vehicle now, the vehicle's computer will not look to the MAF sensor to check air to fuel ratio, but will bypass it and go to the O2 sensor to calculate the amount of fuel to mix with the air.
https://itstillruns.com/bypass-cold-air-intake-sensor-7891393.html

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Re: Can I Bypass My MAF Sensor? by Nobody: 7:17pm On Jun 16, 2018
weyreypey:
Hmmm I believe it is possible. But I don't know how.


Thanks. I'll appreciate more contributors, especially those who have had to do it before.
Re: Can I Bypass My MAF Sensor? by GAZZUZZ(m): 8:10pm On Jun 16, 2018
what vehicle?
Re: Can I Bypass My MAF Sensor? by kingreign(m): 8:26pm On Jun 16, 2018
If Na Benz or BMW OYO GOBE you dey
Re: Can I Bypass My MAF Sensor? by weyreypey: 8:36pm On Jun 16, 2018
kingreign:
If Na Benz or BMW OYO GOBE you dey
Why can't Benz or BMW be bypassed?

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Re: Can I Bypass My MAF Sensor? by weyreypey: 10:04pm On Aug 13, 2019
did you?

micadeolu:


Thanks. I'll appreciate more contributors, especially those who have had to do it before.
Re: Can I Bypass My MAF Sensor? by princecemo(m): 11:03am On Jan 09, 2020
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Re: Can I Bypass My MAF Sensor? by 9icetoo(m): 12:30pm On Jan 09, 2020

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