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Old 08-21-2014, 04:00 PM
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Mystery solved by HotZ28 over on the buick forum!

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Originally Posted by HotZ28 View Post
That is the Evaporative Emission Canister PURGE SOLENOID WITH 2 PORT VAC-2 blade terminal. IIRC, the 3.1L has a MAF sensor to measure intake air flow and does not have a MAP sensor. A typical MPFI engine will use one, or the other, but seldom both. The S/C 3.8L engine does use both MAP & MAF due to the fact that manifold pressure goes from vacuum to boost during acceleration.
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