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• Re: AFM optical pick up
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sat, 10 Feb 2024 17:03:42 -0700
  Hey Dan Houg in Minnesota, Where in Minne are You ~ > On 10 Feb , 2024, at 12:23 PM, Alistair Bell <ragnarhairybreeks@icloud.com> wrote...
• Re: Hesitation while driving (manual)
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Fri, 16 Oct 2015 14:04:54 -0700
  ...also the fuel pressure regulator and may be a worn spot on the AFM track
• Re: 87 AFM Cold weather problem
  Historical mailing list - Ben huot
  Mon, 8 Sep 2003 18:20:13 -0400
  http://www3.sympatico.ca/huotx/vanagon_intermittent_syndrome.htm http://www.geocities.com/harald_nancy/intermitt._syndrome.htm Cheers, Ben http://www3.sympatico.ca...
• Re: AFM - Open. Now what?
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Tue, 9 Mar 2004 12:35:44 EST
  In a message dated 3/9/04 1:40:49 AM, wlail@OU.EDU writes: << What's the best way to reseal the unit...
• Re: More Idle Problems
  Historical mailing list - lauterba
  Tue, 30 Dec 2003 00:53:24 -0500
  ...This theory is ok, > but doesn't explain why the sudden worsening of symptoms after the > new AFM and oil change, and why now...
• Re: AFM Testing?
  Historical mailing list - One Morecar
  Mon, 14 May 2001 13:45:31 +1000
  ...DIV>&gt;To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <DIV></DIV>&gt;Subject: AFM Testing? <DIV></DIV>&gt;Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 15:06:31...
• Re: Luftmassenmesser Umr�stsatz (LMU ) ??
  Historical mailing list - Bostig Eng.
  Thu, 8 Dec 2005 12:26:50 -0500
  ...ECU's designed for hot-wire AFMs compensate based on the air temp >sensor. Since the Bosch ECUs in Vanagonsdon't do that, the...
• Re: Crummy Vanagon performance
  Historical mailing list - Neil
  Mon, 17 May 2021 11:34:26 -0700
  ...In lieu of that AFM test, open the AFM, use a magnifying glass to closely inspect the resistive strip for excess wear. If you...
• Re: AFM test readings
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 2 Jul 2014 19:41:09 -0400
  ...You don't need to use five volts if the AFM is disconnected. Any voltage from around six down should work fine, with appropriate...
• Re: Simplest and best engine swap going
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Thu, 17 Jul 2003 13:37:25 -0400
  ...He may have used the AFM from the Inline 4, but mounted it in the Vanagon air cleaner... Eric Dana Morphew wrote: >I believe...
• Re: 86 Vanagon Radiator
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 29 Mar 1999 16:53:47 EST
  ...I think you are thinking about my 2.1l AFMs for $90. Thanks for suggesting me though. Ken Wilford Van-Again John 3:16
• Cold Stumble
  Historical mailing list - Rubatoguy
  Sun, 6 Jun 1999 12:32:08 -0700
  ...and even an occasional backfire be cause by a malfunctioning temp sender? I just grounded the AFM and that helped slightly. Todd '88 Westy
• Re: Driving with AFM unplugged
  Historical mailing list - Paul Rogers
  Wed, 25 Jun 2003 19:39:41 -0400
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• Re: # AFM problem analysis...
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Fri, 12 Mar 2004 10:56:47 -0500
  A few years ago you could've asked a guy named Rube Goldberg ... he would've been most helpful in your endever. Said in...
• Follow Up on: TOTALLY RESOLVED: Big problem with engine not running - please help now!
  Historical mailing list - Marshall
  Mon, 27 May 2002 21:56:46 -0500
  ...I connected it again - van had no afm voltage! It died almost immediately! I disconnected it - ran great. Reconnected it - dies. So, needless to...
• Re: Update on AFM testing procedure
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sat, 5 Jul 2014 11:16:03 -0700
  ...It is similar in function to the WBX AFM strip, but is smaller with only 3 wires (in manual transmission form). It tests in...
• Re: Strange Idle
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Wed, 10 Dec 2003 14:51:01 -0500
  ...When you replaced the AFM did you pull the boot between it and the throttle body and check for cracks? Air leaks here (or...
• Re: The dreaded AFM adjustment screw
  Historical mailing list - Mike Frost
  Fri, 16 Feb 2007 10:03:49 -0800
  ...I tried to adjust this with the AFM screw but it wouldn't drop down far enough. My next step WOULD be to adjust...
• One of those days
  Historical mailing list - Pat Callaghan
  Sat, 24 Mar 2001 09:27:36 -0800
  Hi all, I was out looking at the worn tracks on my AFM & decided I needed a new one along with other factors. While...
• Re: Cheap rebuilt AFM?
  Historical mailing list - joe trussell
  Wed, 8 Nov 2006 17:42:05 +0000
  ...Cheap rebuilt AFM? >Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2006 11:22:00 -0500 > > I found this while shopping online at PartsAmerica.com (go through >ebates...
• Re: WBX Digifant Ground Check. No Continuity Between Some Points.
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 9 Jun 2012 15:08:13 -0700
  ...First, with both device unplugged, Bentley says measure from pin 4 of AFM connector to pin 6 of ECU connector. What ohms do you...
• Re: HELP 84 westy misfires between 2800 & 3000 rpm's THANKS
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 22 Mar 2010 13:38:22 -0700
  ...was reluctant to diagnose bad AFM as it was $ 500 for a new one. Ending up doing a ton of work to that van...
• Re: FS: New AFM for '86-91
  Historical mailing list - Shaners [KS Div]
  Tue, 9 Mar 1999 20:58:08 -0600
  ...I do want to preclude my statements by saying these exact same symptoms were caused by a bad AFM in my Volvo, so that...
• How Does Timing Affect Idle Mixture?
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Mon, 17 Mar 2003 13:35:04 -0500
  I was doing some AFM tuning this weekend on my 1.9 Digijet with the Bob Donald's Euro ECU. I love the power...
• airboxes? we don't need no steenkin' airboxes!
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 5 Jul 2001 09:10:28 -0700
  ...Upstream of the afm is a "conical" K&N airfilter directly adjacent to the battery. yeah, yeah, all the armchair experts will tell you...
• ECU Monitor to Rent?
  Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
  Wed, 22 Aug 2018 15:30:43 -0700
  ...When this happened (at lower elevations) back in 2009, we suspected the AFM, but in the end it was just a bad fuel filter...
• Re: Does anyone have a good used or rebuilt AFM for Air Cooled California Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Thu, 19 May 2016 09:45:28 -0700
  ...Does anyone have a good used or rebuilt AFM for Air Cooled California Vanagon? this place may have it... http://vwparts.aircooled.net/Air...
• Engine Starting Problem
  Historical mailing list - Steven Shelton
  Sun, 23 Feb 2014 19:28:58 -0500
  ...The air filter is clean, so it must be the AFM. Is there anything I can do to try to get this one working...
• 82 westy problem
  Historical mailing list - Patrick Callaghan Jr.
  Mon, 2 Apr 2001 07:10:20 -0700
  ...I was told by a mechanic who was checking my CO that I needed a new AFM. I got a rebuilt unit & the problem...
• Re: 2.2 engine hiccups at 3300 rpm
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Wed, 30 Aug 2017 11:45:20 -0700
  I just remove the zip tie to give some slack on the AFM harness, put some dielectric grease on the connector and make sure...
• Re: Another Wiring Harness Question
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 12 Jan 2003 21:42:57 -0600
  ...The VW service bulletin says that a "resonance" occurs in the wiper arm of the AFM disrupting the signal to the ECU, causing it...
• Re: turbo?
  Historical mailing list - Wil Haslup
  Mon, 3 Apr 2006 13:56:55 -0400
  ...Considering the use of the AFM on my 2.0L air cooled any air pump would have to go between the AFM and the...
• Re: Air Flow Meter;
  Historical mailing list - zampano
  Fri, 6 Jun 2003 09:11:44 -0700
  ...The static test in the Bentley might tell you your AFM is still "good" since it is a limited test. It did so with...
• Re: Pig Tail for early vans?
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Wed, 26 Aug 2009 13:00:53 -0600
  ...used for the >> early vans. > > If you're talking about the AFM Fix, then it applies equally to the > Digifant and the Digijet.  They...
• Re: AFM optical pick up
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sat, 10 Feb 2024 18:12:44 -0500
  ...I’m especially interested as it was a new AFM in my 1.9 that was not working a used one saved me. So...
• Re: AFM failure
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 17 Apr 2020 13:09:03 -0400
  ...2020 8:57 AM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Re: AFM failure > > It's the plain truth. It's a (tiny) primary cell...
• Re: AFM values
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 3 Apr 2001 11:19:12 -0400
  ...d >so those of us with AFM's not yet tampered with >(spring tension unchanged) could still make a helpful comparison before we >try...
• Re: Engine Dies/Vacuum test
  Historical mailing list - Peter Cassidy
  Thu, 4 May 2000 10:47:13 +0100
  ...Get a >digitool from Darrel Boehler to help sort out possibilities -- it shows >coil pulses, FI pulses, fuel pump power, throttle switch; AFM, O2...
• Re: Air Intake Project
  Historical mailing list - Gary Lee
  Sun, 27 May 2001 11:05:09 -0600
  ...I believe that the AFM would limit the amount of air the engine cold ingest, at any given time. If you would eliminate the...
• Re: Pig Tail for early vans?
  Historical mailing list - Zolly
  Wed, 26 Aug 2009 13:16:38 -0700
  ...They are electrically the same and prone to > the same hysteresis. > > Mike > '85 GL Westy 2.1 w/2.1 AFM and TB on...
• Re: intermittent running rich issue
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Wed, 7 Dec 2016 09:32:23 -0800
  if you replaced the AFM the new one you got has a capacitor in it (according to VC).. so you can rule out the...
• Re: 1980 AFM for 80 US model westy(Air Cooled)
  Historical mailing list - Jake Beaulieu
  Sat, 9 Jun 2007 17:27:26 -0400
  Hey Phil, I have been out of town and just got this message. Have you made any progress since the original post? jake 82...
• Re: '87 Failed emissions test
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
  Sat, 25 Aug 2007 12:47:28 -0400
  ...Tightening the spring in the AFM one click probably would help too. Ken
• Re: What does AFM Stand For?
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Fri, 13 Jun 2003 08:48:13 EDT
  In a message dated 6/13/2003 5:47:26 AM Pacific Daylight Time, hotch@hotstrings-inc.com writes: > Who said they're friendly...
• Re: '86GL - fuel or ignition?
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Tue, 5 Sep 2006 12:43:25 -0400
  ...Spraying starting fluid into the afm can tell you the difference between electrical or fuel problems,sometimes.Roger
• Re: 2.2 engine hiccups at 3300 rpm
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Jowell
  Sun, 27 Aug 2017 15:30:49 -0400
  ...He did all the standard > tune up procedures, plus grounds, connections, AFM replacement (not that > expensive). In the 50K miles I've driven it...
• Re: 2.1l AFMs available new
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Tue, 2 Mar 2010 11:33:26 -0600
  ...2.1l AFMs available new I don't mean to jump in front of Dylan and the AFM he is trying to sell, but...
• Re: No start hot
  Historical mailing list - Skip Laubach
  Sun, 27 Nov 2016 18:54:51 -0600
  I wonder if NSH has more to do with "not enough air", less to do with more than normal fuel? Does the AFM manage...
• Re: Temperature Sensor Resistance in AFM
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 18 Sep 2003 09:23:57 -0400
  ...What I found was >that the resistance across the Temperature Sensor (the one in the AFM) >was only 1300. Bentley spec is 2300 - 2500...
• Re: Why would it not accelerate?
  Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
  Wed, 28 Mar 2012 12:00:25 -0700
  ...have other AFMs if that maybe the trouble, but I thought, I would rather ask the List of Great Minds. AFM is connected, fuel...
• Re: HELP - No power to fuel pump - 87
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 10 Sep 2003 07:39:10 -0700
  The AFM has nothing to do with the fuel pump on your model. On air cooled models it did but not on the watercooled...
• Need ideas for serious No-start condition, please
  Historical mailing list - Marshall
  Sat, 16 Mar 2002 17:02:31 -0600
  ...I have opened the afm, and cleaned it, the tracks seem ok. 2. With the Digitool, I have monitored the O2 sensor, and it...
• Re: New Vanagon AFMs for $90!
  Historical mailing list - BILL
  Tue, 29 Dec 1998 16:33:49 -0700
  ...New Vanagon AFMs for $90! >After all the talk of "ghost harnesses" last week and the conclusion that this >harness is really just a...
• Check rebuilt AFMs
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 2 Feb 2000 09:20:22 EST
  ...He replaced Oxygen sensor, AFM, temp sender, coil, etc. with no luck. After throwing all these parts at the problem he calls me (I...
• Re: New engine start-up, help a brother out
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Sat, 23 Aug 2003 12:39:19 -0700
  ...Disconnect the AFM. Then turn the key and activate the starter for 5 seconds. Let is rest for 10 seconds. Hit the starter again...
• Re: occasional hesitation
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sat, 23 Dec 2017 10:30:58 -0800
  - check the connector on the AFM... must be well connected and no tension on the harness - as suggested a bottle of Heet or Seafoam...
• Basic Fuel Mixture was Measuring oxygen sensor output...bad air flow meter? AFM question
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Sat, 21 Sep 2002 21:48:31 -0700
  ...the Temp II, the AFM, the hall output, distributor rpm signal-- BUT the ECU assumes the fuel pressure is right. So where to start...
• Re: 88 Vanagon AFM and rough idle
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 4 Oct 2001 19:30:42 -0500
  ...I'm an air cooled guy so thats all I can tell you about your AFM adjustments. Stan Wilder On Thu, 4 Oct 2001...
• Re: Why would it not accelerate?
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Tue, 6 Mar 2012 21:45:15 -0500
  ...I do have other AFMs if that maybe the trouble, but I thought, I would rather ask the List of Great Minds. > > AFM is...
• Re: Mystery engine cutouts
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 6 Aug 2010 13:23:10 -0500
  ...Bad AFM causes random cutouts (vanagon syndrome). I don't really know that conditions contribute much, but I'd expect it more likely under...