looks like a honeycomb style grid device in the air tube.
You don't.
It is important to know the location of all the car parts when owning a car. The mass airflow sensor in a 2001 Olds Alero is towards the back of the engin, near the air intake, under most of the tubes and wiring.Ê
A symptom that the mass airflow sensor is going is that the car has idle, or rpm problems. If your is starting to get inaccurate reads from the airflow sensor, I'll will make improper adjustments to the air/fuel mixture. One way to troubleshoot this is to disconnect the airflow sensor and see if the rpm / idle improves, as this causes the computer to use a default reading because there is no communication with the sensor.
yes it may not run at all
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Sounds like mass airflow sensor
Check the Mass Airflow Sensor (MAF Sensor). Either it is dirty or damaged.
Your mass airflow sensor could be bad or your exaust gas recirculation valve.
Your car does not have a mass airflow sensor. It does sound like you are getting moisture in some electrical component. The first step would be to check the car for check engine light codes.
Chances are its a bad throttle position sensor or mass airflow sensor.To check the mass airflow sensor simply unplug it & run the car if it acts the same then probably the tps.
i had the same problem ; first my air filter was torn , when i replaced it my car ran better but still not right then i bought CRC mass airflow cleaner and cleaned the mass airflow sensor and now it runs perfect
while driving the car it warms up and becomes dependant on the maf sensor to run the car properly. when you first start the car it runs on a pre programmed set of parameters independent of sensor data until it gets to operational temperatures on various sensors (drive cycle) restarting your car resets the drive cycle temporarily