Mass airflow sensor for sentra

Maintenance/Repairs
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Hi everybody, I have a question concerning the mass airflow sensor. This is more of a curiosity thing for me at this point. So the original MAF for my car (2002 sentra gxe 1.8l) malfunctioned and from what I can tell, the J shaped silver wire in the middle of the inner component is gone (see the sample picture below-it is the thing that looks kinda like a paper clip)

I guess that is the hotwire of the MAF? I am wondering if I can get a hold of one of these things and solder it on,will the MAF work again (assuming that is the only thing that is wrong with it). I mean I already got a replacement MAF so this is more like a “what if” for me. Many thanks!

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Nope!

Tester

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I think soldering the wire on will probably change the resistance. And I think that’ll screw with the data the computer gets from the MAF, if you can even get it to function at all. That’s my theory, anyway.

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The hot wire is made of platinum.

In order to solder platinum requires a jewelers torch.

A soldering gun/iron doesn’t get hot enough.

If you can solder that wire without melting the plastic of the sensor, you’re a better metal joiner than me!

And it also changes the resistance of the wire.

Tester

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Wasn’t aware it was made of platinum. No wonder those sensors are generally a little pricey.

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ok. Many thanks for your reply!