Search messages and discussions

Search preserved mailing-list messages and current email and website contributions. Current posts are searchable before weekly archival. Recovery gaps remain possible. Words are matched together; try fewer terms if needed.

Page 21+: 60 results shown for AFM.

Source-balanced relevance: matches from both collections are interleaved, with source dates breaking ties. Restoration time is not the original posting date.

• Re: Driving with the 02 sensor unconnected
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 23 May 2002 03:39:33 -0400
  ...If the AFM is in reasonable adjustment it will work fine without the sensor. If the AFM is out of whack the ECU doesn...
• Re: engine dying while driving
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 27 Mar 2011 21:04:45 -0400
  ...way of noisy track on the AFM, so it can really stretch out the life of an AFM. Other than the cost or aggravation...
• Re: Need instructions on field R&R of AFM '84 1.9L Van down
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 24 Nov 2011 13:31:48 -0500
  ...Need instructions on field R&R of AFM '84 1.9L Van down Sounds like either a bad oxygen sensor or a bad temp...
• Re: Running rich and low mpg
  Historical mailing list - Dan Lamb
  Fri, 22 Mar 2019 09:46:24 -0700
  ...adjusting the AFM? > > thanks in advance > > dan
• MAF sensor and a waterboxer
  Historical mailing list - Tabe Johnson
  Mon, 1 Oct 2007 00:18:43 -0400
  ...He said he removed the AFM and wired in a GM mass airflow sensor. He said he now gets 26-27MPG. He indicated there...
• Re: AFM, throttle body needed
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Tue, 19 Jul 2005 07:04:29 EDT
  In a message dated 7/19/05 6:09:07 AM, RAlanen@AOL.COM writes: << rebuild throttle bodies. They are completely disassembled, cleaned, wear...
• Re: Ignition problem now worse
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
  Tue, 30 Jan 2007 13:53:30 -0500
  Sounds like you left the AFM unplugged. Next , when you do get it to idle, disconnect a plug wire. If the RPMs drop replace...
• Re: Digijet Idle Problems
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Tue, 12 Aug 2008 20:06:58 -0400
  ...Is the cold idle bypass valve opening and closing properly? Next I would try tightening the AFM spring a notch or two. Ken Lewis...
• Re: Help
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Thu, 2 Dec 1999 19:48:31 -0600
  ...Most expensive - replace AFM and pray that was the problem; 2. Obtain $150 US AFM harness from VW, and pray that it fixes the...
• Re: Quest for instructions on AFM modification instructions
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sat, 13 May 2023 08:37:24 -0700
  ...benefit, he may need to add it to my AFM as My new GW > AFM, It came with my 84 and is just two...
• Re: 87 AFM Cold weather problem
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Sun, 7 Sep 2003 21:52:21 -0800
  ...You unplug the existing harness and plug one end of this new piece to that and the other end into the AFM. Our 87...
• Re: AFM tracks
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 20 May 2003 14:31:19 -0400
  ...The oscillation is from some sort of resonant coupling between the intake air column and the AFM vane, or else the pulsation in the...
• Re: Trade Used '79 Air Flow Meter for '81-'83 (Air cooled)
  Historical mailing list - Scarlett Semko
  Thu, 18 Nov 1999 17:34:16 -0500
  ...the smoke.) If anyone wants to trade me their 81-83 AFM for my '79, I'll pay the shipping. Also if > anyone can...
• F.S. AFM , ECU, Point distributor
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Hayden
  Tue, 3 Apr 2001 14:46:19 -0400
  Hello Everyone out there in VW Land! I have a AFM unit for sale. The bosch # is 0 280 200 032 , the VW # is...
• Re: Capacitor for filter on AFM
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Wed, 5 Jun 2002 13:21:41 -0700
  ...know which side is the high and low potential on the afm.... pensioner wrote: > > Perhaps I'm missing something here. Virtually any 15UF Cap...
• Re: Replacement AFM technology
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Sun, 23 Sep 2007 15:14:19 -0400
  ...Replacement AFM technology Yeah and only $700!! To eliminate another "shortcoming" of the WBX motor. Starting to make a conversion look less expensive still...
• Re: 91 Carat has the highway hick ups
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 11 May 2010 13:12:45 -0700
  ...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: Power loss when engine wet and cold
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Fri, 12 Oct 2007 23:34:33 -0400
  ...The third one is the AFM/AFM temp sender, the AFM is attach to the air filter box, this one is expensive and impossible...
• running problems in high humidity
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Atkins
  Fri, 4 Feb 2005 15:34:59 +0000
  ...I am leaning towards a bad AFM , it is the only thing I can think of that may be affected but humidity. Can I...
• Re: Air Flow meter...the culprit
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Fri, 2 Nov 2007 07:21:17 -0700
  ...received the AFM yesterday, changed it out and hop-a-long no longer > "hops" along!!! YAY!!! thanks Chuck for the AFM and every one...
• Re: '85 Engine hesitation help
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Wed, 10 Sep 2008 15:15:09 -0400
  ...That's where the wiper in the AFM is moving rapidly back and forth in essentially the same place (long time driving at the...
• Wanted: AFM
  Historical mailing list - Bradley Flubacher
  Tue, 28 Nov 2000 22:54:30 -0500
  Anyone want to sell an air flow meter that has smooth resistance for an '84? Mine looks like it's in bad shape. cleaning...
• Re: As anyone successfully fixed an AFM?
  Historical mailing list - Chris Stanford
  Wed, 17 Oct 2001 22:15:37 EDT
  I don't know about fixing one, but I have the one from my '88 vanagon for sale. Tiico converted, so I don't...
• Re: The "Other" Vanagon Syndrome, Part II
  Historical mailing list - Chad Morris
  Mon, 29 Sep 2003 11:01:55 -0600
  I concur with Robert that you should try replacing your AFM. It sounds like you have been everywhere else. The AFM is such an...
• Re: If You Have A Flat Spot in Acceleration...
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Wed, 14 Dec 2011 16:27:07 -0800
  ...Well, I've been sitting on a virtually new (less than >> 1,000 miles on it) AFM for a couple of years, picked it...
• Re: Help! Van still dying
  Historical mailing list - Joe Romas
  Thu, 29 Nov 2001 18:46:55 -0500
  ...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: Hesitation while driving (manual)
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Fri, 16 Oct 2015 17:04:18 -1000
  ...measures 'how much' via the AFM. Senses air intake temperature, ( and coolant temp ) there can't be ANY air leaks anywhere..downstream of the...
• Re: 1.9 WBX ECU and AFM needed.
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Tue, 10 Aug 2010 05:30:44 EDT
  ...906 021 E - $395.00 CAD >>>>>>1.9 WBX ECU and AFM needed.<<<<<<< Cheers, Frank Condelli Almonte, Ontario, Canada '87 Westy & Lionel Trains (_Collection...
• Re: cutting out bottom of airbox to increase air intake and add HP
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 24 Dec 2003 13:16:08 EST
  ...N > > filter to the AFM? Of course you would have to fabricate a bracket/adapter > > to hold up the AFM. Hmmmm...... > > i was thinking...
• Re: loss of power at certain rpm
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Fri, 11 Mar 2005 19:07:20 -0700
  ...What you are describing puts it at about the same position in the AFM. It is about the only thing of the engine that...
• Re: rough running
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Fri, 22 Jun 2007 14:09:03 -0400
  To adjust the wiper arm, you pull off the plastic cover on top of the AFM. If yours is a virgin, you'll have...
• Re: Inside the Air Flow Meter / AFM
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Thu, 20 Dec 2007 21:33:10 -0800
  ...Inside the Air Flow Meter / AFM The guys at gowesty, with the help of folks splitsecond in orange county, have engineered a system that...
• Re: Still trying to diagnose an off idle stumble.
  Historical mailing list - PSD
  Sun, 2 Nov 2014 21:09:29 -0500
  I think you're on the right track with the AFM. Temp sensors might need attention too. -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto...
• No idle/odd running.
  Historical mailing list - Brendan Slevin
  Tue, 9 Oct 2007 20:59:22 -0700
  ...I tried starting it with the AFM disconnected to see if that changed anything. It did. It started and surged up to about 3000...
• Re: How to spend $500 dealer credit in 40 days?
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sun, 19 Mar 2017 09:14:41 -0700
  I'd suggest - brake components (rotors, pads, calipers, drums, brake booster etc etc) - radiator - A/C compressor - AFM (if they have it) - bunch of...
• Re: intermittent running rich issue
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Tue, 6 Dec 2016 09:53:10 -0800
  ...similar to when I forgot to put the connector back on the AFM... could that connector be worn and not giving a tight connection?
• Radio Shack electronic cleaner
  Historical mailing list - willw
  Wed, 9 Jun 1999 17:55:19 -0400
  Have any listmembers specifically used Radio Shack's electronic cleaner to clean the AFM contacts. I can't find the QD?? anywhere and I...
• Re: AFM and idle issue
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sun, 24 Sep 2023 08:09:56 -0700
  I suggest you replace the rubber gasket between the AFM and the intake port.. if it's not done yet. good luck On Sun...
• Re: Air Intake Project
  Historical mailing list - Gary Lee
  Sun, 27 May 2001 14:08:34 -0600
  ...Propane does not need the AFM. Gasoline of course does. > So therefore, you are by-passing the computer when it is on gas. > The...
• Off idle syndrome
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Thu, 9 Nov 2000 06:59:28 -0600
  ...Anyway, I took the lid off the AFM, potentiometer, and saw this little wiper thing, on a printed circuit board, and I, plugged in...
• Re: Need instructions on field R&R of AFM '84 1.9L Van down
  Historical mailing list - Tom Torrella
  Thu, 24 Nov 2011 12:36:56 -0500
  ...Need instructions on field R&R of AFM '84 1.9L Van down > > John - > > I had a similar problem with my 84 Westy several...
• Re: If You Have A Flat Spot in Acceleration...
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Wed, 14 Dec 2011 23:30:15 -0500
  ...Well, I've been sitting on a virtually new (less than > >> 1,000 miles on it) AFM for a couple of years, picked it...
• Vanagon Flat Spot Woes (84, 1.9)
  Historical mailing list - Blake Sartin
  Mon, 20 Apr 2015 12:38:23 -0400
  ...The next thing was that the air flow meter (AFM) needed to be tested. Guess what? The thing failed its test. Wild readings just...
• Re: how to change AFM track?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 29 Dec 2000 17:51:10 -0500
  ...david At 03:26 PM 12/29/2000, Schmidt wrote: >Opening and cleaning the AFM didn't help my intermit loss of speed, >mileage...
• Digitool data...what does it mean?
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon man
  Thu, 30 May 2002 19:21:06 -0400
  ...between -.05V to +.58V AFM ai bouncing between 1.45 and 1.53 warmed up (it is a miracle it stayed running this long...
• Re: while on subject of AFM, vanagon syndrom fixer part # 025 906 302A
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 13 Jun 2003 21:01:35 -0400
  ...and checked to see what the part number >was on my afm wiring harness thingy. Turns out it has the same number as >the...
• Re: "Maybe" some progress towards remedying my no-start/bucking/stal
  Historical mailing list - Marshall
  Mon, 18 Mar 2002 00:05:36 -0600
  ...That was the first thing I checked, I think the afm is OK. I'm pretty sure it's not the afm, because if...
• You can not fool Digifant...I tried
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Mon, 17 Jul 2000 17:14:40 EDT
  ...I advanced my AFM up two notches and it ran OK but I had a small off- idle hesitation, I thought that I just...
• Re: Vanagon syndrome...it sucks!
  Historical mailing list - Jason Ellis
  Thu, 7 Apr 2016 16:08:49 +0000
  ...Peter Lapp driveway camped with us last weekend and was kind enough to give me one of the VW AFM pigtails. I removed my...
• Re: Advice needed: engine speed jumping abruptly
  Historical mailing list - S Sittservl
  Thu, 28 Jan 1999 19:19:42 EST
  ...Now to go get my Bentley and find out where the AFM is... (yes, I'm engine-illiterate). (But I *do* know where my...
• Re: rotten idle surge -- a thought
  Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
  Sat, 11 May 2002 23:34:28 -0500
  I had to adjust my AFM spring tension to a richer open loop mixture to get my surging to stop. My spring is backed...
• Re: Momentary Engine Stoppage
  Historical mailing list - Justin M. Mayrand
  Mon, 13 Aug 2012 21:29:20 -0400
  ...Look at the AFM, I'll bet that is it. On Aug 13, 2012, at 6:43 PM, Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@COX.NET> wrote...
• Re: how to change AFM track?
  Historical mailing list - Bob O'Shaughnessy
  Fri, 29 Dec 2000 18:07:14 -0500
  Schmidt (schmidt5@HSONLINE.NET) said on the date of 12/29/00 3:26 PM >Opening and cleaning the AFM didn't help my...
• Hesitation Possible fix
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Tue, 18 Jul 2006 22:04:21 -0400
  ...He said AFMs not usually the problem but hey everything has a lifespan. Grounds and loose/worn connectors are usually the problem child. Do...
• Re: ECU firmware location
  Historical mailing list - tinker man
  Sun, 23 Sep 2007 10:58:23 +0200
  ...The one I'd most want to get rid of is the AFM, who's mechanical deterioration is the hardest to fix. I wonder...
• Re: Poor power until warm
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sat, 18 Aug 2018 07:26:11 -0700
  also check for vacuum leak, check all the clamps at intake boot/AFM... how old is the fuel pressure regulator (a bad or going...
• Re: '84 Vanagon AFM - Set screw
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 30 Mar 2010 20:21:10 -0400
  At 07:29 PM 3/30/2010, Dennis Haynes wrote: >When things go wrong adjustments are never the appropriate response >except after someone has...
• Re: AFM ADJUSTING
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Sat, 19 Feb 2005 17:31:02 -0800
  ...It >was as if the AFM was ultra sensitive and sending out too much info in too great a range for the >mm to...
• Re: O2 sensor problems
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Wed, 1 Sep 2004 22:11:46 -0700
  ...However, in my case I had previously messed up the AFM settings because I had previously opened up the AFM and adjusted the wheel...
• Re: afm?
  Historical mailing list - Milo's Kitchen
  Wed, 25 Jan 2006 21:44:26 -0500
  ...Anyone have a better name for Vanagon Syndrome? AFM temporary lockout, maybe? Al Brase Rob Infante wrote: >The other day my 87 syncro westy...