Can i use the 1997 maf sensor on my 2001 v6 catera?

I have recent found my car running very bad sounded like a vacuum leak but after going through it very well and taking the plenum off and all i just cant see that being the problem.

However I did find that by removing the plug to the Maf sensor it runs better, I dont know if this proves that it is defective or not but i do have another one off a 1997, just want to make sure that it wont harm anything, the plugs look the same, and the sensor looks awefully similar too, just not exact.

Any thoughts?

Well i found out that if you buy a maf sensor its like 175 bucks for a new one, however if you goto autozone and buy a maf for a 2005 l300 saturn its the exact same thing with same part numbers and from same manufacturer for 75$. Im just going to buy one of those and try it out instead of testing the other one out.

hollywood wrote on 08. Dec 2009 at 02:08:


The key is to search against the Bosch part number