As soon as I disconnected my digitool - the van ran fine.

There's obviously a short grounding out the afm signal somewhere in the
circuit.

I guess I stepped on the cable one too many times.

Marshall Ruskin
----- Original Message -----
From: "Various" <AllStuff@hans-willy.myip.org>
To: "'Marshall'" <mjruskin@shaw.ca>; <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2002 09:08 AM
Subject: RE: Big problem with engine not running - please help now!

> I don't know if this works for a 2.1, but on my 1.9, with the AFM unpluged
> and removed, it starts and idles just fine.  As soon as the peddle is
pushed
> it stalls, of course, because the mixture is out out of stoichiometric
> balance...
>
> So why not try this.  If it idles, fine, then the problem is likely the
AFM,
> if not, maybe look elsewhere.
>
> Just random thoughts...
>
> Alias Fred, aka Bleu Schtroumpf
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marshall [mailto:mjruskin@SHAW.CA]
> Sent: 27 mai, 2002 21:00
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Big problem with engine not running - please help now!
> Importance: High
>
>
> Hi Volks:
>
> My engine won't run for but a few seconds and roughly at that.
>
> Using the digitool, I see that the AFM is not producing a control voltage.
> No change in the AFM voltage output as I vary the throttle.
>
> I pressed the connector on tightly - no joy.
>
> I  removed the connector and cleaned the connector contacts on the AFM
side
> with sandpaper. No joy.
>
> My first thought is that there is a break in the harness or some loss of
> connectivity somewhere, but - I'm not sure.
>
> Any ideas anyone?
>
> Background:
>
> Yesterday the van worked fine, with the rear heater core removed and hoses
> plugged. Today, I replaced the heater unit, and reconnected the power
> connector to it. I can't see how this affected anything, but it's the
right
> thing to mention this.
>
> Currently, the connector to the rear heater core circuit is ON. It made no
> difference when it was off, either.
>
> Marshall Ruskin
> 84 Westy