Barometric Pressure Sensor: Description and Operation

2010 Mercury Mountaineer AWD V6-4.0LSECTION Description and Operation
ENGINE CONTROL COMPONENTS

Barometric Pressure (BARO) Sensor
The BARO sensor directly measures barometric pressure to estimate the exhaust back pressure. Exhaust back pressure influences speed density based air charge computation. The BARO sensor is mounted directly to the PCM circuit board.
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