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• Re: 91 Carat has the highway hick ups
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 11 May 2010 13:12:45 -0700
  ...as for air flow causing 02 sensors to get too cool while driving ... well, first, speaking of heated or non-heated 02 sensors ? and...
• Re: cold run problems
  Historical mailing list - Joe Romas
  Wed, 22 Nov 2000 14:09:00 -0500
  ...within specs tests / adjustment (per Bentley) on throttle valve switch, idle speed control valve, air flow meter, temp 2 sensor (my testing on all...
• Re: Subject: 86 Vanagon intermittently shuts off at speed
  Historical mailing list - Steve
  Wed, 17 Mar 1999 22:51:25 -0800
  I reccomend (1) use either the wire harness or capicitor fix on the cable to the air flow meter, (2) new O2 sensor, (3...
• Pulsing idle UPDATE
  Historical mailing list - Marcus Schaper
  Wed, 14 Apr 1999 01:14:11 EDT
  ...prices from www.fastgermanauto.com - check the coolant sensor - check the air flow meter - go through the idle setting scenario in Bentley - check all...
• My 84 Surges,like a short in injection
  Historical mailing list - Kirk Persing
  Tue, 1 Feb 2000 17:10:02 -0800
  ...I have done my homework and replaced the air flow sesnor,ox sensor,temp sensor2,checked all grounds and cleaned them.I even intsalled...
• Strange stumbling issue only when warm out.. any ideas?
  Historical mailing list - jesse johnson
  Sun, 29 Aug 2004 10:28:16 -0400
  ...Any thoughts on this one? I also checked the air flow sensor hoping to find a dead spot but it checks out ok. I...
• Re: 79-83 CA exhaust system
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Sun, 14 Mar 1999 08:10:33 -0600
  ...No more fiddling with the afm (air flow meter) spring tension to get a proper mixture. It is a 78 national and came new...
• Re: Question about Mass Air Flow Sensor
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 25 Jan 2005 12:34:57 -0800
  ...Anyway the wiring harness has a four wire plug on the mass >air sensor. One of the wires is red with a blue stripe...
• Re: Whining Fuel Pump - HELP!
  Historical mailing list - Nicholas Wilson
  Mon, 6 Jul 1998 12:49:49 -0700
  ...opening the flap in the air flow sensor or bridging terminals 36 and 39 on the air flow sensor connector plug. If the fuel...
• Re: MAF Sensors and the Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Tue, 7 Dec 2010 07:41:16 -0500
  ...pump in a > carburetor. �When you open the throttle quickly, the air flow increases very > rapidly and the inertia of the vane, which is...
• Help in Mexico?
  Historical mailing list - Mister Tom
  Sat, 5 Nov 2011 15:42:51 -0700
  ...we had the air mass flow sensor cleaned out, the fuel injectors cleaned out and the coolant and all that checked, as eventually the...
• Re: Vanagon Stalls Out While Driving
  Historical mailing list - Markus Benne
  Wed, 23 Apr 2025 17:55:22 +0000
  ...Things it is not:Fuel flow appears fine (new pump, tank screen is clean)   fuel flows well from the pressure test screw.Temp2 sensor...
• Re: 1.9 engine HELP!!!
  Historical mailing list - Danny C.
  Fri, 8 Jan 2010 19:21:25 -0800
  ...I changed the throttle body to one I know is good, I changed the air flow meter again, I changed the throttle position switch...
• Re: Van Died @ 70 MPH. Why? (Jetta conversion)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 25 Aug 2011 19:44:26 -0700
  ...much. > many engines draw their air from the engine compartment. > is there a temp sensor in the air flow meter ? .. > ( vanagon digijet and digifant...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - \(�`�.�\(�`�.�Pancho de la Luna�.���\) �.���\)
  Fri, 13 Jul 2001 11:44:13 -0700
  ...Would I be correct to assume that this is most likely an air flow sensor problem right off the bat? the Vanagon has a...
• Re: Engine Starting Problem
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 23 Feb 2014 20:32:51 -0500
  The airflow meter is not your problem. Check temp 2 sensor or you have a leaking injector causing the engine to be over rich...
• Re: 85 Odd Cooling problems
  Historical mailing list - Brian Isherwood
  Wed, 13 Dec 1995 13:29:42 +0000
  ...The engine stays someowhat cool at high speeds due to air flow. You'll also find it cools when going downhill. The fill tank...
• Re: Weak..... so weak
  Historical mailing list - mdrillock
  Sun, 14 Sep 2008 18:05:53 -0700
  ...OK > Air flow meter: OK > Cat: OK > > Driving up and down the street clearly shows when the problem shows > up. When the idle switch...
• Re: Cold start 3 cylinder stalling and bucking idle insanity!!!
  Historical mailing list - Adam H. Behle
  Thu, 3 Feb 2005 00:54:04 -0500
  ...My air flow sensor had the >"capacitor fix" when I was hunting down Vanagon syndrome a few years back. Turned out to >be the...
• Re: one last effort to get the temp control gauge under control
  Historical mailing list - Adrian Bertarelli
  Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:06:18 -0700
  ...Maybe a big air bubble in the radiator, that would cause it not to circulate either. You need to determine if the sensor is...
• Re: Ground for O2 Sensor?
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Thu, 14 Sep 2000 18:11:48 -0400
  ...In very dry climates where dusty air flow builds up quite a static charge, I didn't think this was a good idea so...
• Re: Do I need a HEATED O2 sensor?
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Wed, 8 Sep 2004 16:08:01 -0700
  ...Since the water-cooled > converter has the O2 sensor bung I figured I could install an O2 sensor here > to adjust air/fuel mix...
• Re: fan switch or sensor, a busdepot question
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 1 Oct 2003 07:57:40 -0700
  ...By this air flow, overboiling is > prevented. It's the old pv equals nrt equation. If > T temperature goes up than pressure and or...
• Restart And Drivability Problems
  Historical mailing list - Frank & Susan Malinowski
  Fri, 5 Oct 2001 19:22:23 -0700
  ...Is this a classic case of needing the cable/capacitor fix or is it the mass air flow sensor or maybe something else with...
• Re: Pigtail needed
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Sun, 13 Dec 2015 09:28:49 -0500
  ...Pigtail needed > > I am looking for a Vanagon air flow meter harness...it's the "pigtail" to > address vanagon bucking syndrome. If you have...
• Re: heater
  Historical mailing list - James V
  Thu, 3 Nov 2005 13:13:43 -0800
  ...What happens is the molecular structure of the air at higher altitudes may cause the air-flow in the pilot to increase and blow...
• Re: Dying in the rain
  Historical mailing list - James R. Wetzel
  Thu, 03 Jul 1997 20:50:17 -0400
  ...Either main or air-flow sensor.???
• Re: 2.1l vs 1.9l AFM was Re: Looking for a good used Air flow meter 1.9
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 11 Aug 2009 14:09:55 -0700
  ...Looking for a good used Air flow meter 1.9 > At 08:33 AM 8/11/2009, Mark Dearing wrote: >>That should be digijet...
• Emissions Failure
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 29 Jun 1995 21:17:15 -0400
  ...I've changed everything except the control unit, including all new sensors, new air flow box, new coil, new air filter, plugs etc, etc...
• Re: Poor performance. Need results
  Historical mailing list - Bill Knight
  Fri, 24 Aug 2001 10:11:48 -0400
  ...1) I installed an air flow adapter cable to see if this would clear up my BUCKING! Didn't work. I am ready to...
• Rough Idle and Rich running ('84)
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Mon, 29 Apr 1996 13:01:37 -0500 (CDT)
  ...Sensor II Temperature Sensor I (statically -- it may not be moving right, but on the other hand I swapped the entire... Air Flow Meter...
• Re: 82 Air Cooled Questions
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Sun, 3 Nov 2002 13:52:40 -0800
  ...If the flap or air-vane has been damaged because of backfire, then I'm not sure it's fixable. The air flow meter...
• Re: The dreaded AFM adjustment screw
  Historical mailing list - jon
  Fri, 16 Feb 2007 00:16:42 -0800
  ...This blocks the air flow nicely. > > > > I adjusted the AFM mixture screw and the idle ajdust on the throttle body > > with the above-mentioned...
• Re: Difficult starting, smell gas, fires when pedal down (more air flow)
  Historical mailing list - Syncronicity1
  Tue, 13 May 2008 06:49:56 -0700
  ...Difficult starting, smell gas, fires when pedal down (more air flow) I've had this problem!!!!!! Does it crank and crank and crank, and...
• Re: Vanagon Driveability Complaints - VW part number 025 906 302A
  Historical mailing list - Dana Showers
  Thu, 1 May 2003 23:14:04 -0400
  ...In addition to the Boge springs and Bilsteins, they replaced the muffler, fixed some ?air-flow? Tubes, and reconnected the O2 sensor. It runs...
• Re: Engine analyzer/tach recco?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 24 Mar 2011 15:19:14 -0700
  ...the mixture screw >> on the air flow meter.. >> it was quite good.. >> semi-involved procedure reading oxygen sensor out put ....adjusting to >> a particular...
• Re: Replacement AFM technology
  Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
  Mon, 24 Sep 2007 17:46:19 -0400
  ...airbox and > horrible elbow, which at redline on the boxer introduces a 1psi depression. > As a result, with the MAF and high flow intake...
• update (was RE: oops, more questions on O2 sensors
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Tue, 7 Jun 2005 23:31:50 -0400
  ...studied my O2 sensor. Turns out it was not fried in the engine overheat. But a screw on the air flow meter needed adjusting...
• Re: 1988 Rebuilt Engine Stumbling at various RPM levels 2100-2300, 3400- 4000rpms
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
  Sat, 8 Aug 2009 17:10:52 -0400
  ...Aug 8, 2009, at 4:39 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote: > air flow meter is a good candidate. > timing should at least be in...
• Re: I'm giving up!
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 17 Sep 2003 16:29:00 -0700
  ...I've cleaned all grounds installed a > new cap, rotor, plugs, wires, temp sensor and I installed the capacitor for > the air flow as...
• Re: Gas Fridge- Help
  Historical mailing list - Brian Sassone
  Fri, 27 Jul 2001 16:16:49 -0700
  ...Now, the Bently manual shows a >modification to get better air flow. It involves removing the pump and >disassembling it to add a small...
• Re: Eurospec problem
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Wed, 13 Oct 1999 21:57:57 -0700
  ...Test Connection (Test) 17 BL/BK BL/BK BK/BL Air Flow Sensor (Pin 3) 18 G/W G/W G/W Hall Generator...
• low fuel pressure and lean engine
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Sat, 3 Jul 2004 21:25:01 -0700
  ...I have not fiddled with the air-fuel mixture screw on my air-flow-meter. I figure that may this is a problem with...
• 1986 Vanagon GL 2.1 , 4 speed
  Historical mailing list - Dieter Knittel
  Tue, 8 May 2001 08:53:15 EDT
  ...107463 Total $ 97.07 08/30/200......Replace Air Flow meter, replace coolent temp sensor Total$ 353.85 ( recommandation by Tech. needs Idel speed...
• diesel idle
  Historical mailing list - David Moyal
  Sat, 22 Dec 2012 18:50:20 -0800
  ...I picked up a '92 Dodge Caravan airbox at the wreckers. Diameter of inlets (2.5") matches inlet to the turbo, but is smaller...
• Re: AFM operation query was Re: MAF Sensors and the Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 6 Dec 2010 14:15:30 -0800
  ...Naturally asperated engines suffer from shortage of air, period, .... and not so much from sensors not repsonding .. is my hunch. I find it very...
• Re: Surging
  Historical mailing list - gerry rafferty
  Thu, 7 May 1998 21:50:52 -0700
  ...It's an >automatic. > >A mechanic has started initial investigation and is looking at replacing >the air flow sensor to a tune of about...
• Re: 2.1 strange running before and after head gasket repair
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 14 Nov 2012 17:13:36 -0800
  ...water boxer air flow meter for example....that sweeper arm contact thing. in the next technolgoy up ...Air Mass Meter.. no moving parts ...the...
• [Fwd: FIX 87 Volkswagen Vanagon, dies]
  Historical mailing list - Steve
  Thu, 24 Feb 2000 15:30:14 -0800
  ...Many people mentioned the updated harness for the air flow meter. From what I gathered, this is to fix a responsiveness of the throttle...
• Re: Vanagon idle hunting --FIX
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Tue, 19 Apr 94 10:01:39 CDT
  ...So what do a >think? aha!! another something to check!! the 'idle valve' is that gizmo that connects the air flow meter/air cleaner...
• At Idle: AFM Flap, CO Screw Relationship. Explanation Found
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 6 Jul 2012 13:51:55 -0700
  ...the idle mixture screw, changing the amount of air allowed to bypass the air flow sensor flap. This changes the opening force acting on...
• '88 Vanagon Emmissions fix
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sat, 23 Dec 2000 15:16:10 -0800
  ...The only sensor in doubt is the air-flow. Playing with the CO adjusting screw makes a difference (all the way to a stall...
• Re: Running rich, O2 sensor says lean, exhaust leak?
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Tue, 13 Jul 2004 17:29:57 -0500
  ...If your O2 sensor is sooted up or something that may be causing a weak signal which tells the ECU to richen the mixture...
• Hunting idle, jerking bucking Vanagon woes!!!
  Historical mailing list - Dean Paul Karpowicz
  Mon, 11 Apr 1994 16:31:55 -0500 (CDT)
  ...Air Flow Sensor Fuel pressure regulator Plug Wires ($$$) Plugs Oxygen Sensor Fuel Filter Air Filter Oil and Filter I've cleaned every ground I...
• Re: Replacing FI with Carbs on WBX 2.1L
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sat, 7 Mar 2009 12:32:43 -0800
  ...more > modern stuff. > Any good system with an Air Mass Meter instead of an Air flow Meter ( a > place where something mechanical interfaces with...
• Re: Temp II sensor o-ring confusion
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 26 Jan 2003 00:01:31 -0600
  ...flow of anything or pressure from anything at that port. That goes hand in hand with it being the Cylinder Head Temp sensor that...
• Re: Running rich, O2 sensor says lean, exhaust leak?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 13 Jul 2004 11:00:22 -0700
  ...Unless the dent is such that the exhaust flow is pretty well closed off, you won't get this effect either. Sounds like your...
• Re: "enough" vs "too much" monitoring, was: permanent fuel pressure gauge
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 7 Mar 2006 09:16:48 -0600
  ...I have flown many a piston powered airplane with the EGT installed, and lived through the period in aviation when such first came on...
• The Real FI Tuning
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 11 May 1996 09:59:17 -0700
  ...In GM products, this valve directly varies the incoming fuel and air flow. In Fords, only the incoming air is directly varied. In Chryslers...
• Re: flashing LED
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 9 Sep 2009 16:31:53 -0500
  ...I'm gonna bleed the air one more time to see if this gets it and let it >> flow from the screw in front...