We have/use a lot of MAF or mass air flow meters for Nissan Skyline GT-R. |
Old cars. You will probably see me write that 100, 1000 times on here and to people. Obviously nothing is forever. In the terms of vehicle electronic components that live under hood, and are subjected to years of vibration, and heat, they can and will break. The Nissan RB mass airflow sensor is a great device, and is given a bad rep by people that don't understand how it works, and why it is a superior system to measure an engines requirements in many cases(not all).
Bad connections, bad solder joints, blow off valves to atmosphere, and leaks can all cause issues. What seems like a 2500 rpm limiter, is often a bad/failing sensor. Stalling when you let off the throttle is normally a BOV to atmosphere. The R35, or later Nissan blade style sensor is superior to this era of Nissan MAF, but its not a simple plug and play. It requires a housing, wiring, ECU tune to support the later MAF.
Since we have a lot of MAF, I had to see if I could sort a good RB26 MAF from a bad one |
Testing a MAF |
I made a little rig with a Milwaukee 12v battery, some Anderson plugs, and a Fluke multimeter. It seems that when the output voltage settles above about 0.16 v with no movement, then the MAF runs good on a car. When it drops lower than that, the MAF does not work in most cars we have tested.
This MAF seems to test OK. I do hate when someone uses the orange OEM Nissan silicone to seal a MAF. |
OEM MAF metering ranges
R35/Nissan 76.5-----350 --------700
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