ROUGH ROVER

 WILL A BAD MASS AIR FLOW SENSOR MAKE THE COMPUTER RETARD THE ENGINE,OR WHAT MAY BE THE SIMPTOMS OF A BAD AIR FLOW SENSOR- - - HERE'S MY PROBLEM - - -I HAVE A 2002 FREELANDER S WITH 101,000 MILES, AS THE WEATHER GOT COLD THE ENGINE WOULD RUN ROUGH IN THE MORNING WHEN I STARTED IT,IT WOULD START FLASHING THE SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT AND THE MOTOR WOULD LOSE ALL POWER. AFTER RESARTING THE VEHICAL SEVERAL TIMES IT WILL FINALLY CLEAR UP AND ACT LIKE NOTHING WAS EVER WRONG BUT AFTER THE MOTOR GETS COLD AGAIN IT START ALL OVER,WHILE MESSING AROUND WITH IT THE OTHER DAY, I UNPLUGED THE MASS AIR FLOW SENSOR AND IT STARTED RIGHT UP AND HASN'T DONE IT AGAIN, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THAT COULD BE THE PROBLEM,OR MAYBE IT'S JUST THE MASK OF ANOTHER PROBLEM?

Do you have a check engine light on, are you on the originial plug wires, have you changed your O2 sensors, does your exhaust smell and is the tranny having any shifting problems in 3rd or 4th?????
Get back to me.
Mike