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From: Ralph Mowery on 16 Nov 2009 20:27 "Ray O" <rokigawa(a)NOSPAMtristarassociates.com> wrote in message news:hdqtm1$epq$2(a)news.eternal-september.org... > Oops, my bad. When I responded to Ralph Mowery's post that mentioned a > MAF sensor, I assumed the car had one without thinking about the model > year. > > To Ralph, Toyota referred to the potentiometer type sensor on that vintage > Camry as an "air flow meter." Air flow meters were pretty reliable so I > could see why it was low on the list of suspects but they are easy to > check with a meter. > -- > > Ray O > (correct punctuation to reply) > It was a 1991 Camry 4 cylinder. I may have said MAF. It could have been anything that had to do with the air flow. It was over 5 years ago and all I remember about it was it was high up on the list of things to replace for the problems I though the car was having. That was from a web site like Autozone. I took it to a dealer because the sensor was around $ 500 to $ 600. As I mentioned I later found the dealership was not too well thought of for repair work. Looks like if it was simple to check , the mechanic should have done that in the nearly 3 weeks he was looking at it. Also he should have done some other things you mentioned, but must not have done those either. I think he was just a parts changer and did not do any real tests.
From: Ray O on 17 Nov 2009 00:50
"Ralph Mowery" <rmowery28146(a)earthlink.net> wrote in message news:htadnfGtOfORYZzWnZ2dnUVZ_qCdnZ2d(a)earthlink.com... > > "Ray O" <rokigawa(a)NOSPAMtristarassociates.com> wrote in message > news:hdqtm1$epq$2(a)news.eternal-september.org... >> Oops, my bad. When I responded to Ralph Mowery's post that mentioned a >> MAF sensor, I assumed the car had one without thinking about the model >> year. >> >> To Ralph, Toyota referred to the potentiometer type sensor on that >> vintage Camry as an "air flow meter." Air flow meters were pretty >> reliable so I could see why it was low on the list of suspects but they >> are easy to check with a meter. >> -- >> >> Ray O >> (correct punctuation to reply) >> > > It was a 1991 Camry 4 cylinder. I may have said MAF. It could have been > anything that had to do with the air flow. It was over 5 years ago and > all I remember about it was it was high up on the list of things to > replace for the problems I though the car was having. That was from a web > site like Autozone. I took it to a dealer because the sensor was around $ > 500 to $ 600. > > As I mentioned I later found the dealership was not too well thought of > for repair work. Looks like if it was simple to check , the mechanic > should have done that in the nearly 3 weeks he was looking at it. Also he > should have done some other things you mentioned, but must not have done > those either. I think he was just a parts changer and did not do any real > tests. > It is possible to check the output signal of just about every sensor in a car. and the proper, professional approach is to check the signal before replacing a sensor. -- Ray O (correct punctuation to reply) |