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• Re: What symptoms from leaking AFM boot?
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Fri, 18 Apr 2003 21:06:48 -0500
  ...What symptoms from leaking AFM boot? > > Since I never got an answer when I asked this question before, I'll ask > again. What symptoms...
• Re: Wet weather power loss
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 7 Apr 2001 02:10:49 -0400
  ...Shorted/leaky cap at AFM would give lean mix. Note that AFM is ignored above some rpm -- not sure what but 4500 should be...
• Re: Reverse Vanagon syndrome??
  Historical mailing list - Aerowolf
  Mon, 13 Sep 2004 09:56:16 -0500
  ...This only works, however, if the amount of air that's going into the engine is being correctly reported by the AFM -- and if...
• Re: AFM intermittancy result?
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"
  Thu, 12 Aug 2010 10:05:10 -0700
  ...You would just feel a bit of a hiccup. > > Dave just posted a procedure that involved grounding the AFM itself, which I > don't...
• Re: Radio Shack electronic cleaner
  Historical mailing list - Rubatoguy
  Wed, 9 Jun 1999 20:45:20 -0700
  ...Probably not what you want on your AFM. I found a large aerosol can of electronic cleaner at an auto parts supply store, labeled...
• Re: high idle.
  Historical mailing list - Ben huot
  Tue, 29 Apr 2003 01:18:47 -0400
  It's an AFM (Air flow meter) problem (wire, ground or AFM)! pretty sure. Borrow one and do a test. OR basic stuff: fuel...
• Re: Mystery engine cutouts
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"
  Fri, 6 Aug 2010 13:22:55 -0600
  Dave Mcneely wrote: > My understanding is that bad AFM causes vanagon syndrome. A new AFM > seemingly cured the problem for me, and David at...
• Re: "Dealer Disaster" Update - kinda long, sorry...
  Historical mailing list - joe brown
  Fri, 20 Jun 2003 12:07:54 -0700
  When I was tweaking the spring inside of my AFM to cure a surging idle problem, I found that if I went too lean...
• Re: need afm to throttle body hose aircooled,
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Wed, 18 Jun 2003 10:38:07 -0700
  ...need afm to throttle body hose aircooled, > Anyway anybody know the correct part # for the dizzy on an 81 Vanagon > it needs the Dizzy...
• Re: 1984 1.9L/autotransmission ** flat spot around 2500 +/- 400 rpm when driving
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 22 Oct 2011 20:56:23 -0700
  re 'These included the distributor and the AFM. Should those items need replacement after eight years (but only about 30,000 miles)?" new or...
• Re: Trouble with snorkel from AFM to TBH
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Thu, 6 Oct 2016 14:21:25 -0400
  ...I'm having difficulty getting the snorkel > > that goes from the AFM to the Throttle Body Housing to stay attached on > the > > AFM > > side...
• Re: 91 Carat has the highway hick ups
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 10 May 2010 23:40:33 -0400
  ...it's not the AFM itself. And your 2.1 waterboxer should have that special adapter harness fitted in any case. however, for minor...
• Re: 1.9L loss of power, stalling
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Wed, 2 Oct 2002 07:08:31 EDT
  ...When I got home, I did the tantalum capacitor mod in the AFM ( I dont know if this is valid for the 1.9...
• Re: AFM optical pick up
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sat, 10 Feb 2024 12:51:09 -0500
  ...but still using the original air box? Or an entire new AFM set up? eRic 85 GW ignition 84 ignition > On Feb 7, 2024...
• Unplugged AFM
  Historical mailing list - J. Andersen
  Fri, 2 Oct 1998 18:01:42 -0700
  ...After putting it back together I forgot to plug in the AFM, it ran better except for a little black smoke. Anybody got any...
• Unplugged AFM
  Historical mailing list - J. Andersen
  Wed, 30 Sep 1998 21:06:35 -0700
  ...After putting it back together I forgot to plug in the AFM, it ran better except for a little black smoke. Anybody got any...
• Re: Service Bulletin for AFMs and harness
  Historical mailing list - Joe L.
  Tue, 23 Mar 1999 16:41:35 -0500
  ...Been talking to several people lately about Vanagon AFMs (gee I wonder why?) and the ghost harness. I remember seeing a post of the...
• Re: Vgon syndrome on 1.9 WBX
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Wed, 14 May 2003 08:40:16 -0400
  On Tue, 13 May 2003, zampano wrote: > If anybody knows of an accurate way to test the AFM while moving the > flap, let me...
• Re: What AFM is this?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 13 Jun 2003 17:59:13 -0700
  ...Stan Wilder On Thu, 12 Jun 2003 16:58:14 -0700 Tom Young <tomyoung1@ATTBI.COM> writes: > Hi all: > > I've got an AFM...
• Re: strange bucking problem w/ '84 vanagon wbx
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Thu, 17 Feb 2005 10:11:45 -0800
  ...It's basically a short cable with a male connector on one end and a female on the other that goes between the AFM...
• Re: Had to get towed last night
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Mon, 30 Apr 2007 12:06:01 -0700
  ...Dying and restarting immediately sound just like the AFM syndrome symptom. Try switching to a different AFM. If that solves it, you can have...
• Re: AFM test readings
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Fri, 4 Jul 2014 08:02:08 -0400
  ...Between the information from you, Karl, and Neil, this >>> thread >>> will be a wonderful resource in the archives for understanding the AFM >>> better. >>> >>> Have...
• Re: AFM adjustment; clockwise or anticlockwise?
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Mon, 18 Jun 2012 14:07:38 -0700
  ...I got a cheap AFM off eBay years ago that had been horribly maladjusted and got it to work with my wideband O2 meter...
• Re: intermittent running rich issue
  Historical mailing list - John Goubeaux
  Tue, 6 Dec 2016 10:00:30 -0800
  Yes, that connector IS on and tight and is a pretty tight fitting one but maybe it is worn? The AFM was recently replaced...
• Re: Lead on a Chassis Dynometer located in Raleigh, NC.
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Tue, 26 Oct 1999 12:18:30 +0200
  ...in the air tubing between the air filter and AFM, or between the AFM and the throttle body. It gives the air flow a...
• Does anyone have a good used or rebuilt AFM for Air Cooled California Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Mon, 9 May 2016 09:49:44 -0400
  ...on a rebuilder? I advised him to try to tweak the AFM arm for now to get it on a different part of the...
• Re: Vanagon Syndrome...AFM fix
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Thu, 12 Jun 2003 13:18:33 -0400
  I used 2 10 microfarad from Radio Shack and soldered them in parallel. Steve Cotsford
• Re: Stupid Question...... Gasket between AFM and airbox. 1.9 wbx
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 6 Oct 2009 17:15:41 -0700
  I seem to recall a square o-ring between AFM and air box. and a leak there ( where I think there's on o...
• Re: Need instructions on field R&R of AFM '84 1.9L Van down
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Wed, 23 Nov 2011 11:59:53 -0800
  ...Always carry a spare ECU and AFM, along with a bunch of other spare stuff under the rear seatbox when traveling and full-time...
• Re: Inside the Air Flow Meter / AFM
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Fri, 21 Dec 2007 14:41:44 -0500
  ...When I reinstalled my AFM > I couldn't start the van and the Bentley tests on > the connectors revealed a problem inside the > AFM...
• Re: Update on stalling '87
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Thu, 5 Jul 2007 10:24:45 -0700
  ...My 83 and 84 will idle even with the AFM cable unplugged. >This is a very nice Vanagon feature allowing me to point fingers...
• Re: AFM cap fix, maybe fixed my very intermittent problem
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Fri, 22 Sep 2017 11:09:54 -0700
  I tend to focus (incorrectly maybe) on whether or not a worn spot on the AFM resistive strip is causing a voltage drop out...
• Re: Vanagon syndrome...it sucks!
  Historical mailing list - Steven P Smith
  Sun, 20 Mar 2016 21:51:10 -0700
  ...I started to, but I didn't want to screw up anything. > > Any thoughts? Anyone have a spare good AFM I could test out...
• Re: I was wrong -- how the AFM *really* responds...
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Tue, 7 Dec 2010 20:20:08 -0500
  Seems to me you were right about the way the vane in the AFM overshoots. The question remains about whether the ECU actually makes...
• 88 84 73 parting
  Historical mailing list - dawn
  Mon, 16 Apr 2001 21:36:02 -0700
  ...84 heads perfect sealing surface 88 heads 2.1 88 afm 88 afm elbow 84 automatic shifting mech 84 brake booster and master cylinder...
• Re: AFM for 1.9 WBX
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Thu, 21 Apr 2016 17:07:27 -0400
  ...However then the really cheap 2.1l AFMs immediately dried up and the whole test became moot. HTH. Of course if it was me...
• My cleaning AFM with electronic spray experience
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Sun, 9 May 1999 17:11:38 -0500
  ...Today I cleaned the inside of my AFM with Motomaster electronic spray cleaner. First I had to remove lid of AFM. It was held...
• Vgon syndrome on 1.9 WBX
  Historical mailing list - zampano
  Tue, 13 May 2003 20:07:44 -0700
  ...I am going to order a new AFM from Busdepot. Seems like a very good deal actually. It's the only thing I can...
• Re: Engine miss
  Historical mailing list - Dick Wong
  Thu, 11 Sep 2014 23:19:26 -0700
  No AFM. Vacuum line to the ECM & fuel pressure regulator, intake air temp sensor and throttle position sensor. I copied the wiring when rebuilding...
• Re: hiccups/hesitations-update-new AFM
  Historical mailing list - Nolan Hester
  Mon, 1 Jan 2001 22:09:15 -0800
  ...hiccups/hesitations-update-new AFM > >Jan 1, 2001 >8:06 PM PST >Hello All, >Well my van still hiccups (see original post that follows...
• Re: AFM failure
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 17 Apr 2020 13:01:08 +0000
  ...COM Sent: Thu, Apr 16, 2020 6:38 pm Subject: Re: AFM failure > > The sensor is a bit of magic and should probably be...
• Re: Hesitation while driving (manual)
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Fri, 16 Oct 2015 16:42:32 -0700
  Thanks Dan, yeah, I've cleaned the AFM before many years ago. I'm hoping that if I clean it again it will help...
• Re: AFM intermittancy result?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 12 Aug 2010 22:02:02 -0400
  ...to throw together a voltage to frequency converter >to test the AFM's response. Listening to a variable audio tone is a >great way...
• FS: Rubber boot betwen AFM and Throttle body 88 GL
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Tue, 29 Apr 2003 14:35:28 EDT
  I am selling my rubber boot off my 1988 Wolfsburg GL, that goes between the AFM and throttle body. It is still soft and...
• Re: Lucy Leighton/Employment/Corp/HBC is out of the office.
  Historical mailing list - John Reynolds
  Fri, 6 Jun 2003 21:47:50 -0400
  ...Then I contacted Pat - she had no idea how to modfiy the AFM to cure the dreaded "vanagon bucking syndrome", in fact she did...
• excellent afm article on the samba
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 24 Sep 2009 08:01:05 -0700
  definitely worth a look http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=369815 alistair
• ?Vanagon Syndrome?
  Historical mailing list - Bob Paul
  Thu, 12 Jun 2003 11:42:28 EDT
  Can anyone tell me what the "Vanagon Syndrome" is and why I need the AFM repair pigtail ? Thanks Bob
• Can you still get Reinforced Synthetic Syncro Wallace AFM isolators for a Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 27 Jul 2005 08:17:55 -0500
  Just a little something for the archives. Jim
• Re: Replacement AFM technology
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Sun, 23 Sep 2007 08:24:29 -0700
  What about this solution? has anyone tried it? http://www.gowesty.com/library_article.php?id=804
• Bucking Fixed by removing AFM harness
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 26 Oct 1999 17:51:02 EDT
  ...He had the AFM capacitor fix harness installed on the van when he bought it and it had always bucked, etc. He replaced oxygen...
• Inside the Air Flow Meter / AFM
  Historical mailing list - Brian Jarvinen
  Thu, 20 Dec 2007 19:54:24 -0800
  ...When I reinstalled my AFM I couldn't start the van and the Bentley tests on the connectors revealed a problem inside the AFM...
• Re: Aircooled Running Problems
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Thu, 1 Sep 2005 21:21:18 -0700
  ...Over time the spring in the AFM weakens, giving feedback to the computer that more fuel is needed at all speeds and temps then...
• idle problem & hesitaion
  Historical mailing list - Pat Callaghan
  Sun, 1 Apr 2001 18:10:27 -0700
  Hi all, I just replaced my AFM as it had both worn tracks & the mechanic could not get the CO below 2.5%. I...
• Re: Strange problem with '91 Carat
  Historical mailing list - pensioner
  Wed, 28 Nov 2001 07:55:38 -0800
  ...I would suspect a slightly worn or dirty contact set on the AFM but installing the capacitor is an upgrade that will help "tune...
• Re: TOTALLY RESOLVED: Big problem with engine not running - please help now!
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 27 May 2002 22:15:49 -0400
  ...On AFMs I've seen, the carbon-button rotating contact has been bypassed with a flexible wire -- is that not present on yours? d...
• capacitor fix vs. pigtail
  Historical mailing list - Warren Lail
  Thu, 17 Feb 2005 23:36:32 -0600
  ...I think that the real way to stop the bucking is to pony up and purchase a new AFM. But that costs even more...
• Re: AFM ADJUSTING
  Historical mailing list - Adam H. Behle
  Sat, 19 Feb 2005 19:41:51 -0500
  ...It was as if the AFM was ultra sensitive and sending out too much info in too great a range for the mm to...
• Air Intake Project
  Historical mailing list - wayout
  Sun, 27 May 2001 03:45:54 -0700
  ...instead, letting it get a good running start down the section of tubing before it goes through the AFM - Using a less restrictive K...
• Re: The AFM bone's connected to the clutch bone...
  Historical mailing list - gerry rafferty
  Sat, 30 Jan 1999 04:59:11 -0800
  ...The AFM is connected to top of air filter housing. Hope this helps GerryR -----Original Message----- From: S Sittservl <Ssittservl@AOL.COM> To: vanagon...
• Re: Thank you all!
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Thu, 20 Dec 2001 21:14:43 -0700
  G&R, You could open up the AFM, loosen the screws that hold down the circuit board a bit. Then stick a screwdriver between...