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• Re: Introduction - Jeff Rogers 90 Tristar
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 2 Apr 2013 17:44:44 -0400
  ...I have replaced the Air Flow meter - Bosch, and added the Volkswagen Syndrome Cable Fix, all the sensors are new and I have checked...
• Re: O2 sensor in gutted cat question
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 24 Sep 2009 12:12:26 -0700
  ...I always install them of course, but , I have not found any issue about them getting too cooled by air flow, or wet from...
• Re: Side Air Intake Engine Cooling Question (searched)
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Tue, 27 Jul 2010 19:36:45 -0700
  ...Neil's van was air cooled, if I am not mistaken. �He may have not exactly > duplicated the air flow routing into his radiator...
• Re: update - Rocky's results - was Westy Karma, was stuck in Custer
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Mon, 4 Oct 2004 22:18:40 -0700
  Still sounds like an air leak on the exhaust side of the system. Too much O2 getting to the sensor, makes the computer run...
• Re: Running without a cat
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Mon, 18 Jul 2005 22:14:32 -0500
  ...Generally you won't see any significant improvement in power when removing the cat unless you also do something that NEEDS the extra flow...
• Re: 85 westi still wiff a prooblamo
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Mon, 3 May 2004 21:58:05 -0400
  ...checks good > O2 sensor checks good and is well grounded 1 wire style > all grounds at 0 ohms > intake air flow meter checks good...
• Van Update and fuel pressure gauge report
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Tue, 14 Sep 2004 01:03:26 -0700
  ...I upped this to 12mpg when I disconnected the sensor and upped the mpg to 18 when I adjusted the Air Flow Meter spring...
• Re: QUICK CLEAN ... AFM ( Horace)
  Historical mailing list - Debi
  Fri, 30 Apr 1999 11:07:59 -0700
  ...AFM You mean your air flow meter? What the heck did you spray? What kind of cleaner? thx hk At 08:06 AM 4...
• Re: 2.2 engine hiccups at 3300 rpm
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Jowell
  Thu, 31 Aug 2017 18:14:53 -0400
  ...It is extremely unlikely that it is the air flow meter. I recently had a van with hiccups with changing engine load. Turned out...
• Re: Digifant start up question> RPMs 'hunt around'
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 12 Jul 2011 21:49:11 -0700
  ...t have a knock sensor, which your system does. and they use an Air Flow Meter, not an Air Mass Meter ( MAF ) so not...
• Re: Van Died @ 70 MPH. Why? (Jetta conversion)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 25 Aug 2011 14:17:34 -0700
  ...many engines draw their air from the engine compartment. is there a temp sensor in the air flow meter ? .. ( vanagon digijet and digifant have...
• Re: MAF Sensors and the Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 7 Dec 2010 01:14:38 -0500
  ...The "spring rate" of the air flow increases quickly if the vane is deflected from the equilibrium position, so the restoring forces increase more...
• Re: Bostig intake hose
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sun, 3 Aug 2014 10:02:25 -0700
  ...FLAP special) open cone air filter with > K&N Apollo filter kit. The air flow sensor sits just behind the left rear > tail light...
• Re: Oil recommendations simplified
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Sun, 4 Dec 2011 13:14:14 -0600
  ...They actually filter better when > they are dirty, but then you've lost effective air flow, which is > usually why those kinds (oiled filters...
• Re: Weird running issue with 86 Vanagon , tried dozens of things
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 14 Aug 2016 09:56:58 -0400
  ...checked for shorted oxygen sensor wire. ran with and without oxygens sensor connected. Don't think it has anything to do with Idle Air...
• Re: Pigtail needed
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 13 Dec 2015 10:22:10 -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...
• 80 Vanagon gremlin update
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 10 Feb 1997 00:34:52 -0800
  ...list now includes air flow boot, 02 sensor, The last shop was a electrical/ fuel injection service. The results- airflow boot had a number...
• Updated list of PARTS FOR SALE
  Historical mailing list - mathew Bennett
  Tue, 22 Jul 2003 20:41:02 -0400
  ...Here are the items available: *Metal bracket (stamped steel, black) with adjusting slots, possibly for air conditioning compressor (looks new)-$5 *Timing sensor (senses...
• Turbocharge your Westy fridge fan
  Historical mailing list - Westyman
  Thu, 19 Dec 2002 00:52:47 -0800
  ...the new fan is noticeably quieter, with a smoothness unlike the original, and you can actually FEEL the air flowing out of the vents...
• Re: stalling even after
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 07 Nov 96 14:56:48 -0400
  ...of a lot of the electrical components (distributer, throttle switch, air flow sensor etc, but not coil!). Eventually the problem was traced to the...
• [Fwd: Euro: 86 VW Vanagon idle surge]
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Tue, 11 Mar 1997 15:49:17 -0800
  ...No false air leaks detected and when it came in, the O2 sensor was disconnected. Cleaned up the O2 harness' and made sure the...
• Re: 86 digifant running rich
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Thu, 3 Jun 1999 07:44:05 -0500
  ...I have found that if you adjust the afm (air flow meter) main spring tension so the disconnected O2 sensor reads 0.55 - 0...
• Re: hiccups/hesitations
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Thu, 21 Dec 2000 14:45:54 -0800
  ...fuel pump relay > fuel pump > ignition switch > distributor pick up (hall?) > air flow meter > ECU > I have the Bentley and a multi-tester, and...
• 86' Rough running
  Historical mailing list - Seamus Padraic Ragan
  Fri, 17 May 1996 17:48:02 -0400 (EDT)
  ...I also have a new fuel filter/pump and the air flow harness device. I scanned the archives and found a lot of good...
• Re: Takes a darn long time for the heater to come up to speed
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 7 Mar 2009 16:34:08 -0800
  ...It is true that Subaru, almost uniquely I believe, uses full time heater circuit flow . But nowhere is air mixed into the heater circuit...
• Re: Cold start 3 cylinder stalling and bucking idle insanity!!!
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Fri, 4 Feb 2005 14:55:29 -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...
• Computer Problem?
  Historical mailing list - Erik Rhodes
  Fri, 8 Aug 1997 08:28:35 -0700
  ...I've replaced the temp head sensor and fixed a weak ground connection and now just finally got a spiffy new Bosch air flow...
• Re: 2.0 ABA inline gas Vanagon. how it works
  Historical mailing list - Jim
  Thu, 21 Oct 2010 04:16:42 -0700
  ...It's *possible* this could be used > on a 1.8 counter flow head. Bonus: knock sensor and OBD! OBD2 Motronic > may need Jetta...
• Re: Vanagon/Porsche Project Pictures
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Tue, 8 Jul 2003 15:38:57 -0700
  ...air cooled van ever had, with a flap to direct air off that oil cooler from the front and the hot air flow from...
• Re: A/C compressor Power usage
  Historical mailing list - Mike Barfield
  Tue, 18 Apr 2000 21:59:51 -0400
  ...days that the A/C condenser(?) (the radiator like thing) needed air flowing over it so it wouldn't freeze up. I'm sure...
• Re: AFM adjustment; clockwise or anticlockwise?
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Tue, 7 Feb 2012 06:43:09 -0500
  ...The spring setting tends to affect the higher air flow more so than lower. You may also find it useful to monitor O2 voltage...
• BLue Paz SAGA
  Historical mailing list - Sergio Derada
  Wed, 5 Jul 1995 12:59:30 -0500
  ...THe first time they dealer said it was the air-flow sensor ($500 part) and I drove the van home...but still same symptoms...
• Re: AFM
  Historical mailing list - Bradley Flubacher
  Mon, 16 Apr 2001 21:57:37 -0400
  ...that was done was that my mechinic atempted to adjust the air flow meter by moving the spring up a notch and also adjusting...
• Re: 82 now cranks but stil won't start when hot.
  Historical mailing list - Jake Beaulieu
  Thu, 6 Nov 2003 15:15:28 -0800
  ...Also, make sure that the auxillary air valve is closing after five minutes of running. Do the easy electronic checks of the air flow...
• Re: Low Coolant Warning LED
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Fri, 6 Aug 2021 09:09:26 -0600
  ...The other possibility is that the low coolant sensor control is signaling the low coolant light. There are 2 versions of this controller. The...
• Re: Working ranges for Temp sensor and AFM
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Wed, 4 Apr 2001 11:26:07 -0400
  ...wiper) > 1 and 4 ohms according to table above (intake air temp sensor - temp= > 1) > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET> > To...
• Re: Quest for instructions on AFM modification instructions
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Wed, 10 May 2023 11:50:39 -0400
  ...there > - Get a vanagon air flow meter harness - https://vancafe.com/air-flow-meter-harness/ <https://vancafe.com/air-flow-meter-harness/> > - Open up...
• Re: 85 Westfalia Weekender fails Evap test.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 16 Jun 2015 17:44:15 -0400
  ...I've also got an air-flow meter ordered as the one on the bus has been "compromised" (opened up). Anything else I should...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 28 Apr 2013 to 30 Apr 2013 - Special issue (#2013-134)
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hemrick
  Wed, 1 May 2013 00:57:03 -0400
  ...Van stopped running Air flow meter and temp 2 sensor (or wiring), can cause no starts or no = runs under some conditions. Trouble shooting...
• Re: UODATED INFO FW: STRANDED in South Florida - NEED TECH HELP
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Sun, 24 Jan 2010 09:11:23 -0600
  ...but working at full throttle -WHEN HARNESS IS REMOVED FROM AIR FLOW SENSOR THE ENGINE IDLES SMOOTHLY. When the harness is reattached it drops...
• Re: Bucking, missing & just plain cutting out
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Sat, 29 Dec 2001 19:05:36 -0800
  ...Someone > also > posted recently that an inexpensive Radio Shack capacitor wired into > the > air flow meter circuit would fix the problem..sounded like a...
• Re: Hesitation
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Sat, 12 Feb 2000 07:26:50 -0600
  ...the idle > stbilizer valve, the idle stablizer control, air flow meter & harness or the > oxy sensor to see if any of thse items are...
• Re: 2nd try - Bostig 2nd Gen Zetec Kit
  Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
  Tue, 27 May 2008 20:57:30 -0400
  ...x applies) - Mass Air Flow Meter/AirFilter Options There are 3 options for the v2.0 Customers regarding the Airflow meter/filter arrangement: 1...
• Re: Tii Trading Co. 2.0 South African conversion kit
  Historical mailing list - se7en
  Sun, 6 Feb 2000 22:04:40 -0800
  ...Who knows, maybe (Darwinism) the CO sensor is a dead end also, like, remember all those air pumps on the cars in the Eighties...
• Re: I-4 coversion developing power troubles
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 27 May 2009 06:41:38 -0700
  ...head gasket, replacing the O2 sensor, the throttle position > sensor, the PCV valve and the mass air flow meter. I had managed to > drive...
• Re: temp sensors?
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Wed, 15 Jul 2009 07:22:44 -0500
  ...but they do have to be right of course as well. >>> >>> Air flow meter ? >>> the only symptom I get on those is uneven running...
• Re: Re.Spillage when filling the gas
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Thu, 14 Jun 2001 13:16:24 -0500
  ...I suspect that the trip sensor is vaccuum driven > by > > the passing fuel and at low flow rates, it just isn't adjusted to...
• Re: 2nd try - Bostig 2nd Gen Zetec Kit
  Historical mailing list - Scott Foss - Shazam
  Tue, 27 May 2008 18:30:28 -0700
  ...x applies) > - Mass Air Flow Meter/AirFilter Options > There are 3 options for the v2.0 Customers regarding the Airflow > meter/filter arrangement: > 1...
• Help!! 85 Vanagon Intermittent Problem
  Historical mailing list - Greg McElroy
  Mon, 20 Aug 2001 21:21:38 -0500
  ...1) New ignition switch 2) Rebuilt air flow meter 3) New Oxygen sensor 4) New cap and rotor 5) New fuel filter (check fuel...
• Re: O2 sensor question
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 6 Jun 1997 10:53:54 -0700
  ...this is read by the change in flap position in the air-flow box). There are "maps" in the computer memory that are read...
• Re: 89 Syncro Westy - Finally running right - Thank you
  Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
  Tue, 27 Mar 2012 13:20:34 -0700
  ...II sensor - new 5.     Air Flow Meter – swap  PS (I have the Vanagon Syndrome capacitor soldered into the AFM plug) 6.     Air intake boot...
• Re: Understanding AFC fuel injection--question
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 30 Dec 2001 20:39:06 -0500
  ...Now, there is no > sensor, or anything on the throttle body, so how does this auxillary > air regulator do anything? The air still ends...
• FS: '86 double cab in Long Island, NY
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Thu, 14 Oct 1999 19:44:05 -0400
  ...almost every fuel injection part has been replaced(injectors and air flow meter, sensors) i have my business on your repair shop list. somebody...
• Re: EPA and Vanagon Emissions-reducing Vanagon pollution.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 30 Jun 2012 17:49:11 -0700
  ...It "feels" like it's restricting flow.... > > Question, on my '84, the O2 sensor is on the exhaust manifold, of course, and there is...
• Re: poor startup and cold running 2.1 WBX
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 1 Oct 2013 19:08:59 -0400
  Once the temp 2 sensor is proven out (including wiring) and the air flow meter is good, poor starting and running performance is usually...
• Re: Crummy Vanagon performance
  Historical mailing list - Gil Ngai
  Mon, 17 May 2021 11:32:02 -0600
  ...BANG!!! Good thing for PPE! Backfiring was greatly reduced, almost eliminated, after rebuilding the Air Flow Meter (AFM). Some of the parts choices are...
• Parting '86 Syncro / Westy Parts
  Historical mailing list - Benjita
  Tue, 19 May 1998 01:45:31 EDT
  ...Ignition switch/ key, Syncro fuel Tank, Power mirror assemblies (no Mirror), Air flow meter, A/C parts-ducting condensor, Push rod tubes, Fuel Injectors...
• Re: Still sputtering....
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Wed, 23 Sep 1998 23:37:06 -0400
  ...I had run the whol gambit of checks out of Bentley, temp sensor, air flow sensor, etc, etc, etc before doing this to no...
• Re: Low Coolant Warning LED
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Fri, 6 Aug 2021 09:13:33 -0600
  ...The other possibility is that the low coolant sensor control is signaling the low coolant light. There are 2 versions of this controller. The...
• Re: gas tank causing stalling?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 7 Mar 2003 11:34:50 -0600
  ...cap, Hall sender, coil,O2 sensor and soldered a capacitor in the air flow meter) and told me to get a new gas tank...