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Air Flow Meter/Sensor: Description and Operation

AFS, IATS:




The air flow sensor adopts the feature of maintaining a certain temperature of the heater for sensor to make the hot film element detect the air flow and send related signal to the ECM.

The ECM then determines the fuel amount and ignition timing and check the information to apply the fuel and A/C load correction.

The IAT is used to detect the temperature of intake air to support the correction of fuel flow and ignition timing, and the compensation of air temperature for idle control.