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• Re: AFM upgrade using 16 volt tantalum capacitor
  Historical mailing list - Jeff and Tamara Nelson
  Sun, 20 Jan 2002 09:11:48 -0700
  I think some of the confusion may be because there are 2 or more problems with the AFM. Each requires a different fix. 1...
• Re: AFM track cleaning wisdom
  Historical mailing list - Mary K Creasy
  Thu, 12 Aug 2010 08:46:53 -0400
  ...The Cap fix, extra ground wire directly on AFM and a wiper cleaning and re-tensioning solved the problem for us and that was...
• engine theory, ECUs , AFMs and whatnot
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Mon, 24 Sep 2007 10:44:48 -0700
  Hi guys, In reading the past days of ECU/ AFM solutions, I re-read a favorite site of similar discussions by Rodger Bywater http...
• QUICK CLEAN ... AFM
  Historical mailing list - HP Authorized Customer
  Thu, 29 Apr 1999 08:06:10 -0700
  ...I took my AFM apart (black cap) and sprayed inside with electronic cleaner, ( I didn't even have to touch anything inside) I just...
• Re: Help!-hiccupping 81 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Thu, 11 May 2000 07:50:09 -0700
  After many miles, my AFM had developed a dead spot (confirmed with Digitool). All of the black was worn away under the pickup. I...
• Re: AFM adjustment; clockwise or anticlockwise?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 16 Jun 2012 22:59:10 -0400
  At 03:01 PM 6/16/2012, neil n wrote: >inside the AFM. Dennis has already commented so am not suggesting one >should adjust...
• Re: AFM intermittancy result?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 12 Aug 2010 12:50:32 -0700
  ...AFM intermittancy result? > So a small bad spot on the AFM track would cause the ECU to shut off the > injectors, resulting in a...
• Re: AFM Voltage Ratios
  Historical mailing list - jon
  Sat, 4 Nov 2006 13:01:21 -0800
  ...But then, if one had a known good AFM, one wouldn't being > having this problem, either. Just because the one on yer buddy...
• Re: AFM Voltage Ratios
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Sat, 4 Nov 2006 14:49:39 -0500
  True, the AFM doesn't produce voltage. The question is really, what signal, measured in millivolts, does it return to the ECU? This is...
• Re: At Idle: AFM Flap, CO Screw Relationship. Explanation Found
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 8 Jul 2012 02:19:10 -0400
  The air bypass or mixture adjusting screw will not bypass enough air for the AFM vane to stay closed. If it could than the...
• Re: AFM adjustment; clockwise or anticlockwise?
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Sun, 17 Jun 2012 19:32:05 -0400
  One result of my engine (grease) fire was the AFM cover melted down into the wiper box. I replaced it with a salvaged AFM...
• Installing digifant injection on an older model vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Joshua Van Tol
  Thu, 22 Apr 1999 21:20:36 -0500
  ...Mainly, the AFM is shot, and it's far cheaper to get a new digifant AFM than a new digijet AFM. I know I...
• Re: question re: compatibility
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Wed, 16 Oct 2002 11:27:01 -0400
  Karl, I have done this before and the AFM will swap over no problem. However trying to use the 2.1l air box is...
• Re: Weak..... so weak
  Historical mailing list - mdrillock
  Sun, 14 Sep 2008 18:05:53 -0700
  I am going to guess that it relates to what the ECU thinks the AFM is doing. Is there a damaged pin in the...
• AFM capacitor
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Holser
  Tue, 7 Jul 1998 23:48:54 -0700
  Does anybody recall what wires to connect the capacitor to for the AFM modification? I used to have a printout of a web page...
• Re: afm air screw question?
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Thu, 13 Mar 2003 15:20:57 -0800
  clockwise - richer counter clockwise - leaner --- milford <ims14519@SHAW.CA> wrote: > Does anybody know how the air mixture screw in the > afm rotates? Which way...
• FS: 2.1 AFM new
  Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
  Wed, 26 Nov 2003 08:42:32 -0700
  I have a new never been used 2.1 AFM for sale, I bought it from Ken thinking I was not going to replace...
• Re: AFM cover
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Mon, 25 Jul 2005 12:27:33 -0700
  ...22, 2005 8:38 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: AFM cover Was replacing the air filter and noticed that the black plastic...
• Re: AFM
  Historical mailing list - jon
  Mon, 5 Mar 2007 21:18:41 -0800
  ...On Tue, 6 Mar 2007, Jeff Lincoln wrote: > Will the AFM from an 87' Syncro work in a 90' 2 wheel automatic? > > -- > Thanks, > > Jeff...
• FS: AFM, Auto Trans Heat Exchanger, Air cooled injectors
  Historical mailing list - Tabe Johnson
  Mon, 15 Oct 2007 02:12:59 -0400
  ...If you're interested in -AFM for a 2.1 ($45 shipped) -Heat exchanger for any watercooled vanagon automatic transmission ($50) -Seven fuel injectors...
• Re: What a new Air flow meter might do for you...
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Tue, 9 Mar 1999 03:43:15 PST
  >-Smoother gear shifts. > How did the AFM affect this? I should have called it "smoother gear transitions" rather than "shifts" I am not talking...
• Re: has anyone successfully fixed an AFM?
  Historical mailing list - jhlauterbach
  Sat, 20 Oct 2001 22:59:17 -0400
  ...has anyone successfully fixed an AFM? > I repainted the carbon trace on my AFM with conductive carbon paint. It has > worked well for over...
• If You Have A Flat Spot in Acceleration...
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Wed, 14 Dec 2011 14:57:23 -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: Tighten-up your AFM
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Fri, 10 Sep 1999 06:46:11 -0400
  By tightening the AFM spring, aren't you forcing the injection to miscalculate the intake airflow, yielding a "lean" state? I love simple solutions...
• Re: Quest for instructions on AFM modification instructions
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Wed, 10 May 2023 11:54:55 -0400
  ...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: AFM or OXS?
  Historical mailing list - Dr. John H. Lauterbach
  Fri, 26 Mar 1999 00:01:16 -0500
  ...My AFM is only a year old. John -----Original Message----- From: Cam Murphy <murphys@HS-ONLINE.DE> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY...
• Re: digifant issues ruining our trip!
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Thu, 17 Oct 2013 10:32:02 -0700
  ...Does your swap use the WBX AFM? I'm guessing, but could a WBX AFM cause VS with a Mk2 ECU? Does VS ever...
• Re: AFM???
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Wed, 13 Dec 2000 07:55:26 -0800
  Exceuse my ignorance but what is the AFM and what does it do??? Air Flow Meter. It meters/measures the amount of air being...
• AFM Video
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sat, 5 Jul 2014 14:06:04 -0700
  ...youtube link to video showing my WBX 2.1 AFM, engine running: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SH9_XjjzjSw&feature=youtu.be Video...
• Re: 2.1L Vanagon engine still possessed by demons
  Historical mailing list - Jfp w/2 WBXs
  Sun, 27 Apr 2003 04:23:11 +0000
  ...This important compensation occurs primarily from the AFM signal so the quality of the AFM signal must be verified at the DCM input pin...
• power to the fuel pump
  Historical mailing list - Gus Cairo
  Sun, 10 Jul 2011 10:21:05 -0700
  ...check fuel pressure at 28 during cranking cycle, checked AFM with ohms tester checks out OK, removed cover from double relay and watched the...
• Re: My Vanagon's Inspection Report
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 15 Aug 2000 16:53:37 -0400
  At 12:59 8/15/2000, PSavage wrote: >Thanks, >I replaced the AFM in December. By "VW cable" are you referring to the >"wiring...
• AFM for '82-83 Air-cooled
  Historical mailing list - David Chasteen
  Fri, 2 Oct 1998 18:04:30 -0500
  ...I have a used AFM for an 82-83 air-cooled vanagon for sale. Worked fine the last time it was on mine. $100...
• AFM installation?
  Historical mailing list - Martin Walz
  Thu, 27 Jun 2002 12:57:44 -0700
  ...Can anyone tell me how easy or hard it is to install a new AFM? Is it a plug-n-play or a plug...
• Re: 50 cents to fix the AFM
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Fri, 6 Apr 2001 18:09:38 -0500
  "Smola, Tony" wrote: > I just installed a 25 volt 22 microfarrad capacitor between terminals 2 > and 4 on the plug for the AFM to...
• Re: As anyone successfully fixed an AFM? - I fixed one!
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Fri, 19 Oct 2001 22:24:37 -0700
  The AFM is a pretty simple device once you dive into it. The problem with the one that I opened up was it was...
• Re: Replacement AFM technology
  Historical mailing list - tinker man
  Sun, 23 Sep 2007 23:28:36 +0200
  ...Since I don't have a spare AFM to play with, does anyone have high > resolution pics of an opened AFM? What's the...
• Re: AFM black plastic cap removal - Nervous
  Historical mailing list - Chris Radcliffe
  Sun, 20 Jan 2002 23:24:52 -0800
  ...AFM black plastic cap removal - Nervous > AFM experts: basic problem, getting the black cap off. > > I'd like to investigate the mild hesitation that...
• Re: Ground for O2 Sensor?
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Thu, 14 Sep 2000 18:11:48 -0400
  ...While I'm at it, the AFM has a similar ground problem. The AFM is mounted by plastic and has no electrical connection to...
• Can't open AFM Cap thanks to DPO
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Sat, 1 May 1999 11:17:47 -0500
  I went to open my AFM cap yesterday, and found that the DPO has silconed the cap closed. Any way to non-destructively open...
• Wanted: Unservicable AFM
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Sun, 10 Oct 1999 03:30:45 -0500
  ...I have a "Research Project" under way - and I require a bad/unservicable AFM from a Digijet or Digifant FI system. Basically - I need...
• Cleaning AFM carbon tracks
  Historical mailing list - PSavage
  Thu, 5 Jul 2001 05:35:03 -0700
  ...They told me their crack VW mechanic had taught them to quickly & easily clean the carbon tracks on the AFM with a *clean, fresh...
• Misleading Advertising
  Historical mailing list - Jeff at Vanagonparts
  Sun, 19 Sep 2004 22:57:50 -0700
  ...a new AFM for ~$80. These putz's list their AFM as new, when actually it is newly remanufactured. Crap like this shouldn't...
• Re: '89 Vanagon 10 years of Curiosities and Observations-Bucking
  Historical mailing list - L&A Johnson
  Sun, 4 Jul 1999 17:43:38 -0400
  Buckaroos, I the bucking is likely caused by a worn AFM. If you have ever had the plastic cap pooped off of the AFM...
• AFM cleaning - SHOT?
  Historical mailing list - Brian Doss
  Sun, 23 Jul 2000 14:15:38 EDT
  ...my recent idle problems and power loss, I tore the cover off the AFM, and with a can of Radio Shack electronic cleaner in...
• AFM capacitor fix
  Historical mailing list - Dana E Hager
  Wed, 30 Jun 1999 21:58:22 -0700
  You may find it much easier to just tack solder the capacitor inside the AFM box. Pop off the top black cover, solder the...
• Temp 1 Sensor
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Sun, 20 Aug 2000 18:30:47 -0700
  ...or do I have to replace the whole AFM unit? 2. How do you get inside that AFM puppy?... looks like the top should...
• Continuing saga of symptoms imitating vanagon syndrome--85 westy
  Historical mailing list - roger sisler
  Sat, 18 Jun 2005 10:04:18 -0700
  ...replaced afm w. another, added a .22 mfd capacitor to this afm, added a ground wire to the afm,swapped ecu,swapped coil,swapped...
• The 1.9l AFM dilemma
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 6 May 1999 22:18:55 EDT
  ...A new 1.9l AFM is $255 while a rebuilt unit is around $150. But most people would rather have new than rebuilt if...
• Wierd wiring (was running rich)
  Historical mailing list - Blake C. Thornton
  Mon, 29 Jul 2002 20:53:35 -0600
  ...The AFM pins read zero when I was supposed to get something. I took the connector off the AFM and a while later finally...
• Re: QUICK CLEAN ... AFM
  Historical mailing list - Joe L.
  Thu, 29 Apr 1999 16:16:26 -0400
  ...I took my AFM apart (black cap) and sprayed inside with electronic cleaner, ( I didn't even have to touch anything inside) I just...
• Re: Big problem with engine not running - please help now!
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
  Tue, 28 May 2002 11:29:55 -0400
  Marshal; I would check for twelve volts on the harness plug to the AFM with the ignition on. Chec for a good ground also...
• Re: What symptoms from leaking AFM boot?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Fri, 18 Apr 2003 17:47:07 -0700
  ...What symptoms from leaking AFM boot? > Since I never got an answer when I asked this question before, I'll ask > again. What symptoms...
• Re: Need instructions on field R&R of AFM '84 1.9L Van down
  Historical mailing list - jhlauterbach
  Wed, 23 Nov 2011 13:06:19 -0800
  ...Opened AFM with your helpful suggestion. Wiper had cut two heavy groves in the track, but contact was probably still there as measured by...
• Re: No start hot
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sun, 27 Nov 2016 17:39:41 -0800
  > 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: power to the fuel pump
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 10 Jul 2011 14:32:13 -0400
  ...88a, white wires - +12 through ECU relay to supply ECU and AFM switch. 86b, white wire - zero with AFM vane closed, +12v with vane...
• Re: Help!-hiccupping 81 Westy
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 11 May 2000 08:52:18 EDT
  I have had some customers complaining to me about rebuilt AFMs for the Vanagon. I don't sell these myself but they buy them...
• Re: O2 Sensors need grounding? (was STILL BUCKING & KICKING!!!)
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Sun, 13 Aug 2000 13:53:13 -0400
  ...2) from the AFM body to a chassis ground because the signals from the AFM are minute and the AFM builds up static from...
• Re: [T2] Air-cooled Federal EGR filter and SMOG
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Fri, 4 May 2007 15:52:23 -0700
  ...Same spring-resisted air-vane AFM setup as on the 78. Since I have no way to test the results on this vehicle - Federal...
• AFM
  Historical mailing list - C Snyder
  Tue, 16 May 2017 20:25:48 -0400
  ...Does anyone know of a company that rebuilds these old AFM's ? Thanks, Chris Snyder PS Sorry I put 1967 instead of 1987 and...