Hi Steve,

Thought I'd just throw my 2 cents in on this one, since it sounds almost
exactly like the same thing (same symptoms) happened to me while I was 700
miles away from home.  2 local VW shops/mechanics that were supposed to know
what they were doing and finally the VW Dealer.   I spent over 4 hours
behind the dealership doors with the mechanic AND my trusty Bentley.  It
turned out to be a broken Temp II wire.  You couldn't see it, but I finally
found it when I wiggled it close to the connection and it sputtered and died
AFTER the mechanic said it was fixed. He had already taken apart the AFM,
put in he new cable (Vanagon syndrome) and a couple of other things.   All
it took was a few snips put in 2 new wires close to the plug and presto
zingo it ran fine.  I had him take all the other stuff back off and I it
still cost me the 4+ hours of shop labor.  Heaven knows what it would have
cost if I wasn't the mechanics shadow!  That was 4 months ago and it still
running fine.  Good luck!!

Katy
89 Westy
NE Iowa
>
> Sorry for not including more details, but my Vanagon
> is a 1990 and I can start the vehicle now but it get
> rough after about 6 to 7 second and just descends into
> a stall, you can't gas it it just drops uncontrollably
> but you can turn it over imeediately afterwards and it
> will start up again.
> Still not any luck,
> Steve Hajasz
> 90 Vanagon (stuck in Indian Harbor Beach)
>