1988 Buick Century Repeated MAF sensor destruction

Hmm. And maybe a few dozen more trying to fix whatever's wrong. I'm not a real mechanic, let alone "master of car repairing, " U.S. Or otherwise. But.

I believe this is the type of MAF that monitors air flow by its cooling effect on what amounts to a tiny heater. Decreased temperature increases voltage through a thermisor. Now it would seem to me most likely that it's pulling too much amperage somehow and burning out, maybe because of a short in the voltage supply wiring. I would think attrition could be limited to an autopsy of just one to find this out. Tracking down a short in the circuit could be the real quest.