As I say and you alluded to, if it's not putting out a signal at all the engine should still run, it should only stall if it's putting out something but wildly different to 383ohms as that would either flood or starve the engine of fuel.
Could be a snag with it resulting in a fluctuating signal or could be an ECU snag meaning that the MAF is putting out 383 ohms but the ECU is incorrectly using that number. Could also try a full ECU reset to see if that clears it?