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• Re: afm?
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Fri, 27 Jan 2006 18:24:14 -0500
  I have a picture showing the AFM with the 22 �F capacitor on this page. http://neksiwel.20m.com/photo2.html Ken Lewis http...
• AFM resistor photo
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 12 Aug 2010 17:32:11 -0400
  Dear Volks, I'm looking for a good detailed photo of the resistor plate in an AFM -- 2.1 or 1.9 doesn't...
• Replacing AFM connector
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Wed, 21 Dec 2022 13:31:38 -0800
  ...After looking all over, replacing this and that, my last suspect is that the AFM connector is bad (when it doesn't start I...
• AFM caused bucking
  Historical mailing list - Shortlidge D Joel
  Mon, 31 May 1999 01:59:04 -0400
  How many list member have had a problem with the AFM causing bucking? As explained in TSB #12 + #13? This I am told is...
• Re: The "Other" Vanagon Syndrome, Part II
  Historical mailing list - Harald Rust
  Mon, 29 Sep 2003 12:20:48 -0700
  ...About the enigmatic Afm: Many folks seem to think the bucking was caused by the Afm. Symptoms were the same. I agree with that...
• Canadian AFM rebuilder in Toronto ??
  Historical mailing list - TC
  Wed, 9 May 2007 15:10:20 -0700
  ...island in the pacific there are toronto based AFM rebuilders that do the vanagon + other afm rebuilds anybody in around TO know who this...
• AFM for sale PART # 0 280 200 030
  Historical mailing list - Debi
  Sat, 1 May 1999 14:28:07 -0700
  ...When I was trouble shooting AFM, I bought this one from a friend who's van was down/ new heads. Due to the expense...
• Driving with AFM unplugged
  Historical mailing list - Paul Rogers
  Wed, 25 Jun 2003 14:28:44 -0400
  What can potentially happen if I was to drive with the AFM unplugged? I'm trying to trouble shoot an idle problem and the...
• Re: AFM "plate" ?
  Historical mailing list - Joe Romas
  Sat, 4 Nov 2000 07:04:17 -0500
  Before cleaning my AFM, my 84 ran REAL rich, would idel for a maybe 30 seconds then spit, sputter , catch it's self then...
• adapter found for mounting K&N cone filter or hose to Vanagons Digi AFM
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 15 Jan 2004 00:13:39 EST
  i found a place that sells the adapter that mounts to your AFM to eliminate your factory airbox and install a cold air intake...
• Re: AFM test readings
  Historical mailing list - Harold Teer
  Thu, 3 Jul 2014 09:10:38 -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: How easy is it to .....
  Historical mailing list - Jason
  Sun, 21 Jul 2013 15:37:04 -0400
  It is much easier to do than pull out your wallet and fork over the cash for the AFM. It's a pretty easy...
• AFM pathology (no legal or medical content)
  Historical mailing list - Tom L. Neal
  Sun, 3 Oct 1999 21:52:44 -0700
  ...Thoughts about a couple of AFM failure modes, developed from studying a used digijet and new digifant AFM, reading the service note, list messages...
• Re: [T2] What AFM is this?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Thu, 12 Jun 2003 17:02:53 -0700
  ...anybody know the *difference* between this AFM and the AFM (0 280 200 030) that the 1980-1983 California models used? TIA, again. --------------------------------------------------------------- Tom...
• Re: An AFM Thing I Learned Today
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
  Fri, 13 Aug 2010 11:11:38 -0700
  A 2.1 liter will actually run pretty well with the AFM disconnected. A little sluggish on throttle, but definitely drivable. Cheers, Jeff -----Original...
• How easy is it to .....
  Historical mailing list - David M
  Sun, 21 Jul 2013 12:20:46 -0700
  How easy is it to replace the AFM and the coolant temperature sensor? By 'coolant temperature sensor' I don't mean the sensor that...
• Re: AFM Characteristics
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sun, 11 Nov 2007 11:16:34 -0500
  It's my understanding that the European 2.1 "Digijet" ECU will work with a US 2.1 AFM and throttle body when set...
• Re: afm mixture screw
  Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
  Mon, 14 Jan 2002 01:50:02 -0600
  Screw it in= richer Screw it out=leaner If you screw it in, more of the air must go through the AFM flap and...
• Re: AFM track cleaning wisdom
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Wed, 11 Aug 2010 15:23:45 -0700
  ...I've had good results by opening up the AFM (air-cooled, and I'm assuming the water-cooled engine's AFMs are the...
• Re: Timing - 1991 Carat, 2.1 L wbx, auto-tranny
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sat, 27 Sep 2014 15:43:16 -0700
  ...That�s a classic symptom of an AFM that ain�t AFMing. Idles perfectly. Touch the throttle and it dies. Unplug the AFM. Plug...
• Re: What does AFM Stand For?
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Fri, 13 Jun 2003 13:17:03 -0400
  Over on rec.games.pinball, AFM stands for Attack From Mars (a very cool pinball game which I ultimately want to own...) > In a...
• 060412 AFM question
  Historical mailing list - Greenamyer, William L
  Wed, 12 Apr 2006 05:05:59 -0700
  ...One of those was tweeking the AFM. For those of you who have experience with the AFM, should the wiper be moving (jitter or...
• Re: AFM pathology (no legal or medical content)
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 4 Oct 1999 08:49:44 EDT
  I do sell the AFM's for the 2.1l Vanagons for $100 and they are new. I sold a bunch of them last...
• Re: AFM 1.9l/2.1l help?
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Fri, 27 Jul 2001 16:17:58 -0400
  > Does anyone have experience with using a 2.1l AFM in a 1.9l > system? I need an AFM, and the price of the...
• Re: Anyone Tested a 2.1 AFM on 1.9 Digijet?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 21 Jun 2017 13:06:38 -0400
  Ideally you would set it up on a flow bench (shop vac, throttle body, AFM, other AFM) in series with a good 1.9l...
• Re: need help/advice AFM.
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Mon, 7 Jul 2003 16:14:08 +0000
  Tim, Thanks, so seems my issues are with the AFM? I get a dark drip near the cat in the morning and before it...
• AFM square rubber washer broken
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Jowell
  Sat, 5 Sep 2015 16:26:58 -0400
  Here I go again! I was changing my existing AFM trying to eliminate my 30 second rough idea. I have an extra AFM that...
• Re: AFM related Vanagon Syndrome - occurs in both Digifant and Digijet
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 25 Sep 2006 01:19:47 EDT
  ...problem comes from erratic signals sent from the AFM to the ECU and > the AFM's of the two systems are virtually identical in...
• Re: What does AFM Stand For?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 12 Jun 2003 23:18:39 -0400
  > Sorry for my ignorance but what does AFM stand for? > > Robert > --------- > > Hi all: > > I've got an AFM with a Bosch part number 0...
• Alistair, AFM update?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Thu, 29 Feb 2024 12:24:01 -0500
  Hey, Any updates for us about the 2.1 AFM? Eric
• Re: 1985 Digijet Surging at idle (AFM?)
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Sat, 9 Feb 2002 18:57:51 -0800
  As long as you have that AFM apart why not do the AFM upgrade with that $1 capacitor. That will certainly help overall performance...
• Bad AFM?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Boland
  Mon, 6 May 2002 21:01:05 -0500
  ...I suspect bad AFW measured pins 6 and 17 at ECU harness and pin 3 & 4 at AFM 554 ohms pins 17 &21 at...
• Where to find rubber AFM gasket?
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Sat, 4 Apr 2009 21:41:36 -0400
  ...It is the square rubber gasket that goes between the AFM and the air intake assembly. I replaced my AFM and the gasket was...
• Hot-Wire AFM wanted
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Sat, 23 Oct 1999 22:00:55 -0500
  ...If anybody has a spare hot-wire afm and doesn't need it around (Vanagons don't use them) - I'll buy it, because...
• Re: Replacement AFM technology
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Sun, 23 Sep 2007 18:27:34 -0400
  Someone here was trying to reverse engineer an AFM maybe six months ago. Please excuse, I don't recall the name (senior moment) but...
• Re: WANTED: AFM for 85GL
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Sat, 21 Apr 2001 12:53:05 -0500
  Even if the track in the afm is bad - it can be repaired by moving the resistance board a bit, so as to have...
• VW AFM Harness, pictures of inside, vanagon syndrome
  Historical mailing list - G. Lee
  Tue, 29 Jul 2003 18:07:42 -0600
  If you ever wanted to know what is inside the VW factory AFM harness I've posted some pictures on my web site. As...
• electronic cleaners/AFM cleaning
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 29 Apr 1999 18:46:28 -0700
  ...I finished my AFM overhaul with a teeny squirt of something called "Jiff-Action" (great name eh?) an electronic cleaner/contact enhancer. Alistair
• Need AFM Seal
  Historical mailing list - Darren
  Thu, 22 Aug 2002 13:57:56 -0500
  I just bought a new AFM for my '87 Westy. I tried using the old seal, but it was just a hair too big...
• AFM???
  Historical mailing list - Chad
  Wed, 13 Dec 2000 08:41:13 -0400
  Exceuse my ignorance but what is the AFM and what does it do??? [text/html]
• Re: AFM Data Requested
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 16 Nov 2006 21:29:30 -0500
  The modern replacement for the AFM is known as a Mass Air Flow Sensor. Instead of a flap it uses a heated wire and...
• Re: AFM 85gl
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Thu, 20 Dec 2001 10:39:42 -0800
  ...AFM 85gl > > > Have a question about my AFM and the trouble it seems to get > while running, anyway I'm going to put that...
• Re: 1985 Digijet Surging at idle (AFM?)
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 11 Feb 2002 11:15:16 -0500
  At 09:57 PM 2/9/2002, developtrust wrote: >As long as you have that AFM apart why not do the AFM upgrade with...
• Re: WANTED: AFM for 85GL
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Sat, 21 Apr 2001 09:47:35 EDT
  Chad, There's about a 50/50 chance you'll solve your hesitation problem with a new AFM. Have you checked your current one...
• AFM resistance test, was unstable idle
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Hartman
  Wed, 7 Apr 2004 22:32:29 -0800
  The mechanic who worked on my 86 vanagon finally returned my request for information and said that my AFM "passed a resistance test". He...
• Re: Fi problem and question; 2 liter AFC injection
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 13 Nov 2001 13:37:40 -0600
  ...To make a long story short, pinched AFM off > of > running van to make another run for sale. When I went back to van...
• Re: Tighten-up your AFM
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Fri, 10 Sep 1999 10:39:01 -0500
  ...Tighten-up your AFM > Right, tightening the AFM spring is an attempt to run leaner and produce > more power. Seems to me though that...
• Re: Need AFM adapter so different aircleaner or cold air intake can be used
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 19 Jan 2009 11:14:24 -0800
  ...it won't have an affect on the AFM's functioning. Unfiltered air might get in, and dust into the engine ..........but the AFM...
• Re: AFM upgrade
  Historical mailing list - Randy Herd
  Wed, 16 Jan 2002 06:54:43 -0700
  I was having AFM trouble, acquired the pigtail harness, still had trouble, and opened up the AFM to move the circuit board so that...
• FS: AFM harness upgrade
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Mon, 5 Jul 1999 14:43:01 -0700
  I may have a used (~30,000 miles) AFM wiring harness upgrade for sale pretty soon if anyone is interested. The harness is supposed...
• FS: 2.1L ISV & AFM
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 19 Dec 2002 12:18:29 EST
  ISV and AFM from 2.1L for sale.. p-mail if interested chris
• Re: AFM pathology (no legal or medical content)
  Historical mailing list - Frank Miller
  Mon, 4 Oct 1999 06:39:21 -0400
  ...Thoughts about a couple of AFM failure modes, developed from >studying a used digijet and new digifant AFM, reading the service note, >list messages...
• Re: 1985 Digijet Surging at idle (AFM?)
  Historical mailing list - Larry LALOFS Joan Alofs
  Sat, 16 Feb 2002 12:30:15 -0600
  ...1985 Digijet Surging at idle (AFM?) > > > > As long as you have that AFM apart why not do the AFM upgrade with that $1 > > capacitor...
• Re: Alistair, AFM update?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 1 Mar 2024 23:50:18 +0000
  ...The rebuilding of the AFM idea is full of challenges.  You can understand that setting one up to pop in a van means needing...
• Another AFM pathology
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Mon, 4 Oct 1999 07:07:05 -0400
  One more mechanical failure possible on the AFM...I haven't heard much problem with it on Vanagons, but on 914's (used same...
• Re: loss of power at certain rpm
  Historical mailing list - Damon Campbell
  Fri, 11 Mar 2005 22:23:55 -0800
  Wouldn't the AFM be more load dependent? To the AFM, it doesn't know (or care) what the RPM is, just how much...
• How do you rebuild your AFM?
  Historical mailing list - Doug in Calif
  Fri, 4 Jun 2004 17:46:04 -0700
  When I swapped out the AFM from my 87 parts van over to the 89 it helps the way it runs quite a bit...
• # AFM problem analysis...
  Historical mailing list - TinkerMan
  Thu, 11 Mar 2004 19:51:14 -0800
  ...I just wonder what air flow typically flows through the AFM, so that I can adjust the vacuum not to damage the delicate AFM...
• 1985 Digijet Surging at idle (AFM?)
  Historical mailing list - Ignace Speybrouck
  Sat, 9 Feb 2002 21:32:01 -0500
  ...BTW the van has the new little Volkwagen plugin for the AFM. Hum... Still surging. I dismantled the AFM from the van, brough it...
• AFM calibration
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Sun, 26 Feb 2006 12:28:05 -0500
  Can anyone tell me what the correct ohm readings should be on pins 2/3 of the AFM? I know this is probably contained...