by "Ulysses" <eatmyspam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Apr 21, 2008 at 08:17 AM
"Happy Traveler" <happy_traveler@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
news:Z6WdndoJmtz7zpfVnZ2dnUVZ_oesnZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> For what it's worth, MAP stands for Manifold Absolute Pressure (sensor)
-
a
> part of the older 'speed-density' engine control system. My 23-year old
LTD
> (soon to be donated to a better cause) has one of those. Speed-density
> systems calculated mass air flow from manifold pressure, temperature and
> engine RPM, instead of measuring it directly by a manifold air flow
sensor
> (MAF). Perhaps less accurate, but they were never plagued by the
caked-on
> dust that ultimately makes MAFs read wrong and cause pinging.
>
> "Ulysses" <eatmyspam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> news:ZipOj.2006$kl6.2005@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> > I dunno cause I don't know what MAP stands for.
>
Thanks for the enlilghtenment :-D I could not find any mention of it in
my
Hayne's manual or even with a Yahoo search.
>
