Thread: What Is This???
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Old 11-20-2011, 01:49 PM   #6
blue2000s
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Two different sensors.

There's the one in the grill, which reads outside air temp and it's displayed in the gauges if you have it active (search OBC hack) and probably used by the automatic climate control system.

There is another sensor built into the MAF that tells the DME what the incoming air temperature is. This is used to control fuel metering and spark timing.
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