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• Re: O2 sensor problems
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Wood
  Thu, 2 Sep 2004 22:46:20 -0400
  ...http://my.tbaytel.net/guskers/AutoSpeed.htm The vehicle in question was a bmw with air vane type AFM. The procedure used for tuning...
• Re: CO adjust on AFM
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Fri, 6 Jul 2001 13:54:03 EDT
  Used a Mac? Frank Grunthaner
• Re: Wet weather power loss
  Historical mailing list - Helen Fahy
  Sat, 7 Apr 2001 06:15:34 -0400
  ...The AFM, left in circuit & undisturbed, measured open on both 2-3 and 2-4 pins! I pulled the AFM and measured it still...
• Engine dies
  Historical mailing list - Stephen M Canapp
  Mon, 12 Feb 2001 08:07:11 -0500
  ...And all ohm test on AFM but I still suspect it or possibly ECU. If the AFM is within specs on the ohm test...
• Re: 2.2 engine hiccups at 3300 rpm
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Sun, 27 Aug 2017 10:14:39 -0700
  ...He did all the standard tune up procedures, plus grounds, connections, AFM replacement (not that expensive). In the 50K miles I've driven it...
• AFM cleaning (was Re: Thanks for the help)
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 21 Oct 1999 10:27:37 -0700
  I to have had success cleaning my AFM. Let me add something to Marshall Ruskin's notes. You can easily remove the "sweep arm...
• Re: need afm to throttle body hose aircooled,
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Carrubba
  Thu, 19 Jun 2003 23:16:40 EDT
  ...be any problems running that dizzy with a calif ECU and AFM? My last question would be how should I time the motor? Same...
• Re: 85gl acceleration Flat spot until warmed up
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 22 Dec 2006 10:22:13 -0500
  ...85gl acceleration Flat spot untill warmed up TC, What is a ;"python injection afm"? Ken ----- Original Message ----- ......> last 48 > python injection afm >
• Re: Heads back on, runs OK and dies
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sun, 30 Mar 2008 10:22:07 -0500
  ...I had my AFM plugged in, but I had been doing work to the car and it sat for weeks. I had to clean...
• Re: AFM upgrade, grounding and cleaning with electrical contact cleaner
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sun, 20 Jan 2002 16:23:45 -0700
  ...AFM upgrade, grounding and cleaning with electrical contact cleaner > At 04:46 PM 1/20/2002, developtrust wrote: > >Rather than glue the boot back...
• Re: The dreaded AFM adjustment screw
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 14 Feb 2007 16:39:40 +0000
  ...The dreaded AFM adjustment screw To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > So I have convinced myself that I need to adjust the mixture > screw on...
• Re: Engine runs with no AFM?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 23 Nov 2008 19:17:10 -0800
  ...Engine runs with no AFM? I had an AFM fall off my '85 on the way home from the opening showing of "LITTLE MISS...
• Re: CO Adjusting Screw. PO Set it All The Way In? Base Setting?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 21 Jun 2012 20:14:24 -0700
  On 6/21/2012 3:35 PM, neil n wrote: > When de accelerating, does vacuum created by engine pull the flap on AFM > open...
• Re: GOWESTY AFM no start problem
  Historical mailing list - Scott - IMAP
  Mon, 27 Jun 2016 15:50:38 -0700
  ...Usually it will start with AFM completely disconnected. Skip the AFM > part and diagnose as a no start from scratch. > Compression, spark, fuel. > > Dennis...
• '84 Vanagon AFM - Set screw
  Historical mailing list - Steven Manning
  Tue, 30 Mar 2010 18:09:00 -0400
  Hello all, I have a question concerning the AFM on an '84. First would a incorrect setting cause richness in fuel and what is...
• Re: A Newbie question on Changing Air Filters
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 14 May 2000 15:45:28 -0400
  ...Said intake and AFM wants to come along with the lid - it's not >going to release properly. > >What have I done wrong? Nothing...
• Engines,Ecus and more FS!!
  Historical mailing list - KW
  Tue, 10 Oct 2000 10:06:14 -0700
  ...s 022's 350.00 Each 2) AFM's with housings if needed $90.00 AFM only, w housing $125.00 2) complete Engine...
• Re: Runs great--for a minute or two ??
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Wed, 26 Jan 2005 13:19:57 -0500
  That brown wire is the low oil pressure sender wire.... (pretty sure) Check the AFM connection, lately, 1 one of the 4 wires did...
• Need instructions on field R&R of AFM '84 1.9L Van down
  Historical mailing list - jhlauterbach
  Wed, 23 Nov 2011 07:13:59 -0800
  ...I suspect AFM. My office is sending me my spare so it gets here Friday morning. In the meantime, need to see if I...
• Re: AFM track cleaning wisdom
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 12 Aug 2010 11:51:55 -0400
  ...The fix was an active circuit inserted into the AFM line that limited maximum rate-of-change of the AFM signal. This tech note...
• Re: AFM values
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 3 Apr 2001 10:41:22 -0400
  ...My interest, which I think many of us would >share, is to know from someone who has a new AFM and done the >measurements...
• Re: BUcking List ...More Ideas
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Thu, 3 Feb 2005 07:18:17 -0800
  ...Change the AFM 4. Change fuel filter, 5. Clean ground cables Any more ideas? Zoltan
• Re: Mystery engine cutouts
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 6 Aug 2010 13:41:44 -0700
  I've definitely had the AFM cause cutting out .. though it was just for half a second , just a hiccup. did that for a...
• Re: AFM ADJUSTING
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Sat, 19 Feb 2005 20:28:11 -0800
  ...Typically the complaint on a bad wiper track/AFM is that a flat spot or stumble occurs. This is somewhat problematic. If the afm...
• Re: AFM symptom? Won't Start After Being Off for +1 min.
  Historical mailing list - Tom Miller
  Tue, 27 Jan 2004 11:53:09 -0500
  ...I disconnected the AFM > and ECM (then waited and then plugged back in) and it did start up > easily, but ran poorly. Then after...
• Re: AFM intermittancy result?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 12 Aug 2010 14:20:18 -0700
  ...AFM intermittancy result? >> >> >>> So a small bad spot on the AFM track would cause the ECU to shut off the >>> injectors, resulting in a...
• Re: please help!!! I dunno what to do 85' 1.9L
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Sat, 20 Sep 2003 08:50:53 -0500
  Tracy, If the O2 is disconnected and it is still running rich your AFM may be the problem. What do you mean by "it...
• Re: Bucking Fixed by removing AFM harness
  Historical mailing list - Joe L.
  Tue, 26 Oct 1999 22:51:16 -0400
  ...I too had the bucking AFM problem. Not bad around town but murder on my occasional trips to Richmond from Virginia Beach (200 round...
• 1.9 WBX ECU and AFM needed.
  Historical mailing list - JKim
  Sun, 8 Aug 2010 22:44:05 -0700
  ...If anyone is willing to let us try his/her 1.9 WBX ECU and/or AFM for diagnosis, please let me know. He...
• ECU and AFM are sold
  Historical mailing list - B Feddish
  Sat, 17 Apr 2010 18:18:11 -0400
  These 2 items are gone. Thanks, Bryan
• Can later AFM be used ...
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Thu, 27 Aug 2009 21:52:00 -0700
  ... for an early air cooled van? Zoltan
• Type I thermostat (need union nut)
  Historical mailing list - jake beaulieu
  Fri, 21 Oct 2005 11:21:42 -0500
  ...One cause of this is simply the effect of time and use on the AFM. The AFM in these things has an air-vane...
• Re: 1988 Rebuilt Engine Stumbling at various RPM levels 2100-2300, 3400- 4000rpms
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
  Mon, 10 Aug 2009 12:14:35 -0400
  ...for > the AFM. > Can't remember the last time I measured any though. > > it's common for the sweeper in the AFM to not...
• Re: AFM track cleaning wisdom
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 19 Aug 2010 18:07:24 -0400
  ...Lewiston ME? >I went over the engine last night and noticed the lid to the AFM on my >85 Vanagon just came right off...
• Re: Phantom wire
  Historical mailing list - David Katsuki
  Mon, 1 Dec 1997 18:12:29 -0500
  Derek, I had the dread AFM hiccup in my 87 and the dealer cable fix made it go away, but I believe there is...
• Re: Big problem with engine not running - please help now!
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 27 May 2002 22:13:15 -0400
  ...If the AFM cover is open, measure continuity from internal terminals to correct terminal on ECU connector, otherwise from AFM connector to ECU connector...
• Re: Engine runs with no AFM?
  Historical mailing list - David Milo
  Sun, 23 Nov 2008 21:15:36 -0500
  ...So no air going into the engine was > going through the AFM and the AFM was not connected electrically > either. Hmmm, I thought. Must...
• Re: AFM Tuning...
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Thu, 8 Jun 2000 09:00:35 EDT
  John-Reed, Open the top of the AFM and tighten the spring up a notch or two. What part are you failing? CO or...
• Re: AFM
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Tue, 6 Mar 2007 00:26:18 -0500
  ...It's the same animal. > On Tue, 6 Mar 2007, Jeff Lincoln wrote: > > > Will the AFM from an 87' Syncro work in a 90...
• Drowning 85' vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Brian T.
  Thu, 25 Jan 2007 16:40:49 -0800
  ...I've swapped out the ECU and AFM (AFM was a known good unit ~ ECU was claimed good at my local VW only salvage...
• Re: AFM test readings
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Thu, 3 Jul 2014 16:56:15 -0700
  ...On 07/03/2014 04:12 PM, Harold Teer wrote: > David, > > Thanks for a great and detailed explanation on the AFM that even I...
• Re: Engine runs with no AFM?
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Sun, 23 Nov 2008 22:12:25 -0500
  I had an AFM fall off my '85 on the way home from the opening showing of "LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE" with some friends. That...
• Re: Some Comments on Engine Conversion Eurospec vs. non -
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Mon, 3 Jan 2000 20:33:42 EST
  ...I then mounted the AFM so that the entrance to the AFM is right at the entrance to this open area. I then mounted...
• Re: Cheap rebuilt AFM?
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Thu, 9 Nov 2006 10:39:48 -0800
  ...Is it worth opening a rebuilt AFM > up and doing the > capacitor fix before installing? Or just presume > it's got a good > wiper...
• AFM
  Historical mailing list - John P. Flaherty
  Fri, 30 Apr 1999 20:22:39 -0400
  ...I read the AFM posts, and worked on it today.I cleaned the contacts, and repositioned the pointer so it glided on fresh track...
• Re: Low Power woes...
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sat, 13 Oct 2001 19:03:28 -0500
  ...descends to 500 ohms > Flap fully open - 0 ohms > > I got the same results when testing the AFM directly (not through the > multi-pin...
• Re: If You Have A Flat Spot in Acceleration...
  Historical mailing list - Melissa Mourkas
  Wed, 14 Dec 2011 23:44:13 +0000
  I was gonna say....AFM! Worked for me. Melissa Mourkas 84 Westy "Honey Bee" www.westywoman.com On Dec 14, 2011, at 02:57...
• Re: K&N Cone filters Cold Air Intake for vanagon-eliminate factory airbox
  Historical mailing list - P.Dooley
  Sun, 26 Dec 2004 10:57:45 -0500
  John, the adapter plate bolts to the intake side of the AFM in place of the factory plastic air box. The air box is...
• Re: 2.1 VS 1.9 AFM
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 27 Jul 2010 14:23:46 -0400
  ...That would make a 2.1 AFM run lean on a 1.9 engine, no matter whether jet or fant; and conversely a 1...
• Re: Air Intake Project
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Sun, 27 May 2001 13:27:42 -0700
  ...I also wonder what the effect of changing the distance from the throttle body to the AFM would do. Todd '88 Westy wayout wrote...
• Re: '87 GL "Stumbling" Problem
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Kimmons
  Wed, 14 Jul 1999 00:12:51 -0500
  ...accelerate...I've cleaned the > wiper arm and track on > the AFM and it seemed to have helped but not > eliminated the problem. > > Chris...
• Re: Replacing the Air Flow Meter
  Historical mailing list - Jfp w/2 wbxs
  Wed, 24 Apr 2002 03:30:17 +0000
  ...Install the new AFM and if no idle quality changes occur, the rest of the engine systems are functioning normally. Ideally the exhaust gas...
• Vanagon Syndrome??
  Historical mailing list - Gary Lee, Vanagon Racks
  Fri, 13 Jan 2006 10:17:43 -0700
  ...The AFM is often blamed for a lot of ills which it is not responsible for. http://www.telusplanet.net/public/gary2a/rack/afmharness...
• Misc Vanagon things for sale
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Thu, 27 Sep 2012 21:03:12 -0400
  ...Used AFMs and a near new AFM for 1.9L Figured out all the AFMs I have are good. Found a broken engine wire...
• Re: Hmmm...
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 6 Jul 2004 05:53:33 -0500
  You may have done exactly the thing that your van needed but by the same token the AFM automatically changes its settings through the...
• Re: On the road again!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Cliff Ober
  Thu, 24 Jun 1999 11:42:30 -0500
  ...It can be used to smooth out a pulsating voltage like is sometimes produced by the AFM on our vanagons in response to the...
• Re: "intermittant syndrome" harness fix...only for 2.1L vans???
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Sat, 5 Mar 2005 11:00:52 -0800
  ...It was a bad AFM . I got the capacitor harness from a 16 valve Jetta and another good used AFM. I never had another...
• Re: Jim Thompson- HELP!
  Historical mailing list - Jim Thompson
  Sun, 7 Sep 1997 16:52:29 EDT
  On Sun, 07 Sep 1997 13:16:49 EDT kdlewis@juno.com (kenneth d lewis) writes: >Jim: >Checked our 85 AFM, measured 561ohms between...
• Re: AFM upgrade using 16 volt tantalum capacitor
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 20 Jan 2002 20:14:47 -0600
  ...Poor Relation" It seems to me that the resistances in the AFM are around 1K. With a capacitor of 10 MFD you get an...
• AFM, ECU, Wiring harness, tail light on eBay
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 15 Oct 2001 19:14:57 -0700
  ...ITEM eBay Auction Number Left Side Tail Light 596781157 2.1L engine harness 596780439 2.1L Digifant ECU 596779294 2.1L Digifant AFM 596778146...