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General => The garage => Topic started by: VWgit on 16 September 2011, 12:33

Title: would a faulty air mass meter increase fuel consumption?
Post by: VWgit on 16 September 2011, 12:33

as above, cheers

Title: Re: would a faulty air mass meter increase fuel consumption?
Post by: molegti on 16 September 2011, 12:49

It could given that it reads the amount of air coming in and the fuel ratio is set accordingly.

Title: Re: would a faulty air mass meter increase fuel consumption?
Post by: EuroCarParts on 16 September 2011, 14:21

Yup - Very common for this as the sensor becomes faulty, the data is sends the EUC (in terms of air flow) in inaccurate so the car tries to compensate by adding more or less fuel.

Normally leads to cutting out (fuel starvation) poor fuel consumption or over fuelling causing more damage.

Title: Re: would a faulty air mass meter increase fuel consumption?
Post by: Wayne on 17 September 2011, 11:26

Yes it will

Title: Re: would a faulty air mass meter increase fuel consumption?
Post by: VWgit on 17 September 2011, 15:56

thanks all