I just bought an 07 Mazda 3i with the 2.0 motor. I saw that it had an Injen cold air intake when I bought it. Taking a closer look at it tonight, I noticed that the MAF sensor has been messed with previously. The wires to the MAF are all white, and they have been marked with numbers 1-4, indicating that the previous owner spliced these wires into the MAF. The MAF has "TOYOTA" marked on the top of it. I searched, but couldn't find anything that may explain this. Does anybody know why they did this?
Toyota MAF on 2.0 Intake Tube
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I have had no problems driving it so far. No CEL. It runs great. I was just taking a closer look at the engine bay at home after I bought it and realized that the wires leading into the MAF looked different, which is when I found that it is a Toyota MAF.
Here are a couple pictures of the MAF and wire connections.
I've read that sometimes people have problems with their MAF connectors when they install a cold air intake. The only thing I can think of is that the previous Owner must have had to replace a broken MAF connector after the CAI install, and just wired in this one since it fit. Any ideas?
Here are a couple pictures of the MAF and wire connections.
I've read that sometimes people have problems with their MAF connectors when they install a cold air intake. The only thing I can think of is that the previous Owner must have had to replace a broken MAF connector after the CAI install, and just wired in this one since it fit. Any ideas?
There is a possibility that the yoda maf allows more air flow. New maf sensors only allow the stock air flow (or atleast that's the max they read). Might have to try this to confirm it on my car, since I have been having problems with my maf after installing my cai.
Exactly what I was thinking. And if thats the case, This should fix my problem as well
I discovered a while back when I had the 1.6 protege that the MAF from a 2ZZ-GE motor(Toyota Celica GT-S) fit in place and was the same plug as the protege, but with a 2.5" CAI it ran much better than the stock MAF. I am sure that is the reasoning behind yours as well.
Yes, alot of people with CAI's have problems with the wires going into the MAF sensor, as said earlier. The wires are very small and the copper will break inside the insulator so you can't find it easily. I ended up depinning mine and running bigger wire all the way up to the ecu out of anger from this constant problem. As for the toyota maf, they are probably all made by the same company and then branded later. I bought one for my naturally aspirated hatch and it has a mitsibishu brand on it. Then, one for my sedan with no brand, just a bunch of numbers. That car is turboed and nitroused with no MAf problems. They all run the same voltage for signal so can't say one is better than the other. Replacing a dirty old sensor with any new one has to give good results, regardless of brand. At least you know it is new, and you won't be having the wiring issue like most do. As long as it works, I'd clean up the routing of the wires and use the proper size loom and call it a day.
FYI that is a remanufactured MAF. The sticker says RMFG which is short for remanufactured. The Toyota/Denso sensors are almost identical to our stock MAF. I use my maf to diagnose bad maf sensors on similar cars all the time. Celica GTS, Carolla XRS just to name a few... Not a problem, but splicing the wires might have been overkill... Either way dont worry about it. If there is a problem with the MAF the car will run like s***...
Well I just tried my theory out and it didn't turn out to well lol. The MAF is the same thing as the stock one (I returned the new one and got a full refund, so no lose). I just had to try it myself, but I guess they are the same thing, just different manufacturing.
Also for the OP... Is your car a auto? Or a stick?
Also for the OP... Is your car a auto? Or a stick?
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