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• Working ranges for Temp sensor and AFM
  Historical mailing list - Javier
  Tue, 3 Apr 2001 01:27:39 -0000
  Please, the subject says almost all; it is out of an 85, Digijet, Gas, Manual Trans, Vanagon GL Javier Zavala [text/html]
• Re: AFM Video
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 5 Jul 2014 18:34:35 -0400
  At 05:06 PM 7/5/2014, Neil N wrote: >idle can cause undue wear and tear on the AFM resistive strip? My >understanding...
• Re: hey guys, this is COMPLETELY NVC, and off topic, but i need to update my summer wardrobe and was looking for some advice~
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Sat, 13 Mar 2010 07:16:31 -0800
  ...Vanagons I'm keeping has an AFM. >> >> >> My Vanagon usually contains a proud member of the AFM in it. (well >> the Canadian portion thereof...
• AFM related Vanagon Syndrome - occurs in both Digifant and Digijet
  Historical mailing list - Sam Walters
  Sun, 24 Sep 2006 23:19:31 -0400
  ...http://syncro.org/bulletins.htm#023 The problem comes from erratic signals sent from the AFM to the ECU and the AFM's of...
• Re: 2.1 WBX Warm Start Troubles
  Historical mailing list - Michael Magnani
  Fri, 18 Nov 2016 01:36:54 +0000
  Dan, I installed an overhauled AFM as part of this troubleshooting process, because the Air Temp Sensor reading seemed off. No change. And even...
• stumbling update
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 7 Mar 1999 23:58:03 EST
  ...I decided I would pursue the AFM modification so I purchased a 50v(no 25v available) 22MFD tatalium? capacitor and soldered it onto pins...
• Re: The dreaded AFM adjustment screw
  Historical mailing list - jon
  Wed, 14 Feb 2007 11:10:41 -0800
  ...myself that I need to adjust the mixture screw on the > AFM but I have some trepidation about it. There are two things I...
• Re: Surging between 1700 and 3000 rpm
  Historical mailing list - Adrian Bertarelli
  Sat, 31 Mar 2007 18:15:43 -0600
  ...Also take abart the afm and clean the contacts, that did wonders for me and it was simple and didnt take long. Adrian On...
• Re: Update - 1988 Rebuilt Engine Stumbling at various RPM levels 2100-2300, 3400- 4000rpms
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
  Fri, 14 Aug 2009 10:48:07 -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...
• Help! Van still dying
  Historical mailing list - Blake Thornton
  Thu, 29 Nov 2001 10:03:46 -0700
  ...I could hear the flap in the AFM moving when I moved the throttle, so I know the afm is not stuck, but when...
• Re: Alternative Mounting of AFM and Air Filter Box
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 20 Jun 2011 22:48:28 -0400
  ...Alternative Mounting of AFM and Air Filter Box Does anyone know of a good alternative method to secure the AFM/Air-Filter box so...
• Re: digifant issues ruining our trip!
  Historical mailing list - Rowan Tipton
  Thu, 17 Oct 2013 17:14:45 -0400
  ...signals from AFM causing issues with ECU. > > Does your swap use the WBX AFM? I'm guessing, but could a WBX AFM > cause VS...
• Re: hesitations/AFm vs. harness
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Mon, 25 Dec 2000 23:02:19 -0500
  ...hesitations/AFm vs. harness > Dec 25, 2000 > 3:21 PM PST > Hello all, > Well I'm not sure to replace the harness fix for...
• Alternative Mounting of AFM and Air Filter Box
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 20 Jun 2011 18:34:26 -0500
  Does anyone know of a good alternative method to secure the AFM/Air-Filter box so it doesn't move around. That factory mount...
• capacitor fix?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 3 Mar 1997 22:21:24 -0800
  Hi All! I've read a few posts regarding a capacitor fix for AFM, but I haven't seen any info for a L...
• Re: AFM
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Fri, 30 Apr 1999 18:38:14 -0700
  ...COM> Sent: Friday, April 30, 1999 8:16 PM Subject: Re: AFM > the vw service diagnosis book i have says this about the Digijet...
• FI comparison
  Historical mailing list - Damon Campbell
  Fri, 7 Feb 2003 12:09:37 -0800
  ...Secondly, are the outputs of 2.1 and 1.9 AFMs interchangeable? Ie. if i were to keep the digijet FI, but wanted the...
• Re: AFM cap fix, maybe fixed my very intermittent problem
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 23 Sep 2017 21:30:46 -0400
  > > Dang! … I used green (as in go) <sucks teeth> That will never do! Cf https://youtu.be/f_DptPvj7ts ;) d
• Re: AFM lubrication
  Historical mailing list - David Cooper
  Thu, 1 Feb 2001 14:20:36 EST
  Sam, Can you resend your posting or pmail it to me as the attachment was not there:( I could really use the information...unfortunately...
• Re: Aircooled starting problem---AFM???
  Historical mailing list - Chris Mills
  Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:07:39 -0600
  Cold start valve??? Mine is not functional and does not start easily. If I manually actiate it - the van starts immediately. Chris Mills in...
• Re: Air mass meters Go Westy
  Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
  Fri, 21 Dec 2007 17:34:43 -0800
  rebuilt AFMs are $295 Hot Wire System is $695 both have an exchange. both are still available on the site. neither part was $230
• Re: The dreaded AFM adjustment screw
  Historical mailing list - Mike Frost
  Thu, 15 Feb 2007 16:14:04 -0800
  ...I will be looking at all the grounds related to the O2 and AFM systems. One thing I discovered was that you can't...
• Problem with 2.1L FI
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon Man
  Sat, 9 Feb 2002 15:51:29 -0500
  ...Swapped idle stabilizer valve with another...same result Swapped AFM with another....same result.....now fiddling with screw adjustment on AFM 1/2 turn...
• Re: 87 AFM Cold weather problem, capacitor fix, etc.
  Historical mailing list - sam.cooks
  Mon, 8 Sep 2003 09:35:46 -0400
  ...Has details on the capacitor fix - i.e., a cheap version of the VW harness and other adjustments to the AFM. Have shared it...
• Re: AFM test readings
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Wed, 2 Jul 2014 14:56:24 -0700
  ...AFM test readings | |Thanks to Jarrett Kupcinski, I have acquired a spare AFM and |am attempting to understand the testing as detailed in Bentley...
• Re: Digitool data...what does it mean?
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Thu, 30 May 2002 21:35:45 -0700
  ...oxygen= all over the place -.13V to +.63 >afm= 1.41 to 1.48 AFM seems to be OK, though you would have to...
• Re: Air Flow Meter;
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Fri, 6 Jun 2003 13:42:01 -0400
  ...My old AFM would not. The new one does. And yes, I >have taken the top off of brand new AFM to tinker with...
• Re: Engine miss
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Thu, 11 Sep 2014 20:52:46 -0700
  Does this version Digifant use an AFM? If so.... Faulty portion of resistive strip in the AFM? tencentlife on thesamba.com posted a great...
• Re: Where is the AFM?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 18 Dec 2001 20:57:36 -0500
  ...covered MANY times and I found LOTS of >posts about the AFM in the archives, but I didn't find out exactly where >it...
• Federal Air-cooled AFM
  Historical mailing list - J B
  Sun, 25 Jun 2017 15:19:00 -0400
  Just wondering if anyone out there has an Air Fuel Meter they would like to = part with. 81 2.0L Air-Cooled with Federal...
• Re: Gas Mileage and Fuel Pressure Regulator
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Fri, 11 May 2001 15:20:05 -0400
  The Temp I sensor is in the AFM air inlet--you're thinking of the single connection coolant sensor next to the Temp II.
• Re: Air Flow Meter
  Historical mailing list - S. Marie Arnold
  Fri, 27 Jul 2001 14:11:52 EDT
  I had bucking problem thought it was the AFM after checking on this glorious list found out it was my Oxygen Sensor. Good Luck...
• Re: Moral qestion--Now diagnostics
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
  Thu, 18 Jan 2007 20:51:31 -0500
  ...Is your idle position switch operating? Next, try tightening the spring in the AFM a few notches. Ken Lewis http://neksiwel.20m.com/
• Re: Heads back on, runs OK and dies
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
  Sun, 30 Mar 2008 10:29:28 -0400
  This reminds me of the times I left the AFM unplugged. Idled Ok but wouldn't go. -- Ken Lewis http://neksiwel.20m.com/
• AFM Idle Mixture Screw - loosey goosey
  Historical mailing list - Skip
  Sun, 22 Jun 2014 15:26:40 +0000
  Need to know if the idle mixture screw is unrepairable...? Reading an excellent thread on thesamba about AFM adjustments, http://www.thesamba.com/vw...
• More AFM/ECU reverse engineering results coming
  Historical mailing list - jon
  Tue, 19 Dec 2006 16:16:31 -0800
  I have made great progress in reverse engineering AFMs, ECUs and other funny business in the Digifant injection system. It's classic 80's...
• Help!-hiccupping 81 Westy
  Historical mailing list - MLind
  Wed, 10 May 2000 21:11:34 -0400
  ...Could I have gotten two bad AFMs? Is there more of a test for the AFM that I can do? Any ideas, anyone? Myron...
• Re: AFM upgrade, grounding and cleaning with electrical contact cleaner
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Sun, 20 Jan 2002 14:07:04 -0800
  ...William > At 04:46 PM 1/20/2002, developtrust wrote: > >Rather than glue the boot back on the AFM I'm inclined to tape...
• Re: Vanagon Syndrome/AFM Mounting Orientation?
  Historical mailing list - Alex MeVay
  Fri, 7 Feb 2020 09:40:33 -0800
  ...I pulled out the AFM and bench-tested it both upside down and right-side-up with a power supply and oscilloscope and could...
• Re: AFM cap fix, maybe fixed my very intermittent problem
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 23 Sep 2017 17:57:24 -0700
  ...The AFM Carbon track is ( amazingly )good. But the throttle switch. What a little bastard that is. I did rebuild the tb early on...
• Re: Bucko update
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 29 Nov 2002 19:40:31 -0600
  ...John Rodgers 88 GL Driver Robert Keezer wrote>> > > So here's what I'm going to do - I'll take my AFM's somewhere...
• Re: AFM symptom? Won't Start After Being Off for +1 min.
  Historical mailing list - Jake Beaulieu
  Tue, 27 Jan 2004 09:58:02 -0800
  ...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: Got dem ole lousy idle blues again,mama
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Tue, 12 Sep 2006 15:53:09 -0700
  ...The AFM system cannot deal with a "leak" of this size at idle. And wost of all, you will never find it any other...
• Re: Gas Milage and the Fuel Pressure Regulator
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 10 May 2001 14:27:16 -0400
  ...Yes, you're right -- T I + AFM = air mass. The cold compensation is from T II. david At 01:57 PM 5/10/2001...
• Re: AFM issues
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Mon, 3 Oct 2005 18:01:09 -0400
  ...The afm part is attached ridgedly onto the frame via the air box. The other part is attached to the engine via the throttle...
• Re: throttle flat spot
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
  Tue, 2 Jan 2007 18:42:18 -0500
  Eric, Does your AFM have the capacitor modification? http://neksiwel.20m.com/photo2.html Bottom of page. Ken Lewis http://neksiwel.20m.com/ ----- Original...
• cleaning the AFM
  Historical mailing list - Bradley Flubacher
  Mon, 6 Nov 2000 19:10:55 -0500
  Can someone point me to instructions for cleaning the air flow meter? Or is a search of the message archives the best route? Thanks...
• Re: Vanagon bogging - any possible diagnoses OTHER than the AFM?
  Historical mailing list - Ben huot
  Thu, 16 May 2002 17:57:30 -0400
  http://www3.sympatico.ca/huotx/vanagon_intermittent_syndrome.htm Or http://www.geocities.com/harald_nancy/intermitt._syndrome.htm Good luck Ben
• engine hesitating
  Historical mailing list - Bob
  Wed, 8 May 2002 22:02:15 -0300
  Hi all...soory i lost the thread to this question, any help on the AFM in regards to the wiring harness addition or the...
• AFM cover
  Historical mailing list - turbodieseltrooper
  Fri, 22 Jul 2005 20:38:07 -0700
  Was replacing the air filter and noticed that the black plastic cover had once been removed and not been glued back into place. Can...
• Re: Weird stalling problem - me too!
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Fri, 26 May 2006 17:41:50 -0400
  Try squirting starting fluid intothe AFM.If the engine starts , you got a fuel problem If it dosent, you got an electrical problem.Good...
• Re: CO Adjusting Screw. PO Set it All The Way In? Base Setting?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 21 Jun 2012 14:45:09 -0700
  my thoughts ... ( thanks for saying which engine .) personally I would not expect AFM mixture screw to have an affect on when fuel shut off...
• Bucking Fixed by changing fuel filter
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Wed, 27 Oct 1999 08:29:58 -0400
  ...Bucking Fixed by removing AFM harness Here is something strange. I too had the bucking AFM problem. Not bad around town but murder on...
• Re: Vanagon syndrome...it sucks!
  Historical mailing list - Jason Ellis
  Mon, 21 Mar 2016 16:02:16 +0000
  ...as for the AFM the things to do is cleaning the the carbon track, add the capacitor or the pig tail harness. Another thing...
• Re: O2 sensor problems
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Wed, 1 Sep 2004 08:37:48 -0700
  ...Then, I'll try and tighten the spring inside the AFM so that I get my fuel/air mixture screw on the AFM back...
• Continued Bucking - Digifant readings
  Historical mailing list - van man
  Sun, 20 Jan 2002 13:52:57 -0800
  ...half). - replaced throttle switch with new one. - tightened (then untightened AFM). - removed AFM aftermarket wiring harness (bucking got worse) put it back on. -replaced...
• Re: Digifant, barometers, and the AFM
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 1 Nov 1999 14:26:34 -0500
  ...from Chapter 3 page 7 of the Bosch FI book, detailing limitations of the vane-type AFM sensor..."Second, the sensor vane measures volume...
• Re: Test for AFM?
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Wed, 14 May 2003 10:55:13 -0400
  ...So, I am >saying a good test of your AFM would be to raise the rpms from idle to >2500 and see if you...
• Re: Mystery engine cutouts
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 6 Aug 2010 13:53:58 -0500
  My understanding is that bad AFM causes vanagon syndrome. A new AFM seemingly cured the problem for me, and David at Bavarian Autohaus seemed...
• Re: Running Rich, need help (and wierd fuel pressure)
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 29 Jul 2002 10:32:11 -0400
  ...I suspect they abandoned the other method because there are too many ways the AFM could get jammed in an accident (or otherwise send...