[V8] theoretical surgical question: The Green Horney

[Dave Saad]

I have heard a lot of VW complaints of MAF sensors going bad.  Maybe  
it is the same part?
It is probably easy to change, but I doubt the part is cheap.

Dave

On Jan 23, 2008, at 4:13 AM, Roger Woodbury wrote:

> The 100CS has been running worse and worse since it returned from  
> its epic
> 120,000 uber maintenance.  The check engine light has been coming  
> on, and
> after a while, going off. When the engine was restarted while warm,  
> the
> check engine would come on again.
>
> The car would have a definite hesitation especially while climbing  
> hills
> under acceleration.  Lately my wife tells me that the old dear was  
> losing
> power almost entirely.  Sometimes it felt as though it needed a  
> plug or
> wires, but those were new last fall...I did them.
>
> Yesterday, the car got to stand still long enough to visit the  
> wrench.  The
> computer says, (I guess), Air Mass Sensor, although my wife's  
> explanation
> (since she took it), was "Air Something".
>
> I had originally thought it was an O2 sensor, and I didn't think  
> the system
> even had an air mass sensor of the sort that was in the Porsche 928.
>
> Any diagnostic thoughts?  The car is going back for its surgery  
> tomorrow,
> and hopefully will be fine from thence forward.  How bad will this  
> one be,
> doctors?
>
> Roger
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