MAF Sensor, I need help

Apr 20, 2007 3 Replies

My son drives a 1999 Escort ZX2 with the L4 2.0 liter engine. He was complaining that the car doesn't have as much power that it used to and that it idles rough. I connected my scan tool to check things out ( I'm new at this and far from an expert) and noticed that the mass air flow sensor was 2.7 volts at idle. The specs are .6-.9 volts. The calculated engine load was 59.2 % at idle. The long term fuel trim showed 2.3 %. There were no trouble codes set. Is this enough evidence to replace the MAF sensor? I hear they aren't cheap so I need a second opinion. Thanks so much for any help.



Dennis


Clean the element in the maf with CRC ,maf cleaner.

On a Ford MAF check the baro reading. Off more than 8hz from 159hz or so (depending on where you live) clean or replace the MAF. A bad MAF will usually show minus trims at idle and plus trims under load.

Thanks, for the responses. As soon as I can pin my boy down long enough to work on his car I'll try cleaning the MAF sensor and go from there.

Thanks again, Dennis

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