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well.... it looks like I just don't learn. After my last experience with a landrover I'm thinking I should just keep a stick of dynamite as a tool for them. This one was sent to us by another shop (yeah, I'm a sucker for those) was skipping badly on bank b and they had diagnosed it with a clogged catalytic converter. We tested them and they were not blocked. The customer wanted us to diagnose it. The reading from our Verus showed 0 GPH on the MAF. We did a component test on it and it was sending a good signal, and had power and ground. We back probed the connection at the ECU and it was reading there as well. At this point we believe it has a bad ECU. Any thoughts or suggestions here would be appreciated.

Sounds like your on the right path to me. If the maf has a good signal sweep with the correct voltage and it sees it into the comp but not out of it then thats what you would think.

Just being nervously cautious.

And rightfully so. I would ask that you consider this: the lack of a signal may actually be a problem with the Verus. Before I put a part in that LR, I'd confirm it with a different scan tool. LR's are very finicky.

Good point

I agree and know the lr's are finiky. Unfortunatly I don't have any good contacts for someone with another brand of scanner. Plenty of snapons, no other brands... dealer is not helpful. Still hesitating to pull the trigger.

Yank a main feed from air plenum hose between sensor and intake or un clamp and pull hose away a bit. This has to be on the engine side if sensor. See how it reacts. Could also be an intake issue.

steven kiser wrote:Yank a main feed from air plenum hose between sensor and intake or un clamp and pull hose away a bit. This has to be on the engine side if sensor. See how it reacts. Could also be an intake issue.

Steve, I assume by "see how it reacts" that you mean by providing un-metered air that it will run differently if maf is reading and no difference in runnability if its not?

Well steve, I pulled the air duct loose while running and it stalled right out. Makes me think your right about a finiky landrover ecm and not wanting to give up the info. One issue still bothers me however, when unplugging maf there is no difference in runnability. ????????? puzzled and exploring other avenues. I'll keep ya posted on this pos.