my car falls flat! i raise my glass to the dude that can figure this one out!

[sn95gt19]

the actual sensor goes bad sometimes, it has a heated element in it and when the air passes by it, it cools it and sends a voltage reading to the computer. if you dont know what im talking about, its the black sensor on top of your mass air, with the two elements sticking out on the bottom side. they go bad (often in my case) i think there's a way you can check it with a voltage meter but im not sure how to do that.