Robert-

Have you checked your prlug wires?  You know... 3 to 3, 4 to 4, etc.  I
had similar problems with mine and couldn't figure out what was going
on.  I checked and found I had reversed 1 and 3 wires.  When I plugged
them in correctly, it worked like a charm...

I've also had a problem on my truck; I had the dist. 180 degrees out and
caused the same problems.

Robert Keezer wrote:
>
> Hello Vanagonians,
>
> For those of you who have been following my saga of cutting out , there is no progress report. This is mainly because there is no progress!
>
> Just to clarify- it's not grounds, air leaks, fuel supply power supply, etc. It starts up, it idles, it cruises on level ground. it can't take acceleration- if you push on the gas pedal gently or hard, it will buck-a buck-a buck-a.
> For those who only understand carburetion it's like a major "flat spot" as if the accelerator pump was bad.
>
> Of course, in fuel injection there is no accelerator pump.
> Also, when I shut off the key , it Diesels.Is the engine trying to tell me to switch to a Diesel engine?!!
>  The timing is OK, the dist has a new Hall sender-I knew it wasn't the Hall sender.
>
> Refreshing my memory and yours on verses from the Bosch Fuel Injection book, all indicators point to the AFM.
> So, all of mine must have failed all at the same time!
>
> It can't take any acceleration. Now some might think well when you accelerate , the water in the tank of bad gas sloshes around ,and gets sucked in the pump.
> Not if you drive like you have a robin's egg under your foot!
> It's also a steady cutting out- you lurch -lurch -lurch evenly.
>
> So here's what I'm going to do - I'll take my AFM's somewhere to see if they are any good, and if not- then I'm switching it all over t0 95 Motronic like I wanted to a long time  ago anyway. I have it all in a box .
>
> For you WBX drivers, it's the FI system that powers 93 and later Golf-Jetta etc.
> There is no AFM in Motronic, but the hot wire mass air flow sensor with no moving parts, no wiper, no adjustment, no capacitor fix.
>
> Since the AFM syndrome affects WBX Digifant and well as 88-92 Golf-Jetta Digifant 2, this may be of some interest to you.
>
> In fact, I wonder if anyone has switched their Vanagon FI system to Motronic? If you can switch to carburetion, then you can also adapt a newer FI system. If you are one who has decided you'll never convert to a different engine,
> more power and reliability will be had ,along with adaptive management and OBD (on board diagnosis. )
>
> But I didn't say it will be easy.
>
> As before, your comments, advice, recommendations, and opinions are welcomed-
> Thanks
>
> Robert
>
> 1982 Westfalia
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