Tracy Bonin <icculus22420@yahoo.com> wrote:Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2003 07:23:16 -0700 (PDT)
From: Tracy Bonin
Subject: Re: Help! 1.9 idle/ stalling problem !!!!!
To: SStones , Tracy Bonin

It's the boot located on the intake air distributor. There are 4 boots all together. The left lower one is the one leaking .....
thanx,
Tracy

SStones <sstones@idirect.com> wrote:
At 06:50 AM 7/18/03 -0700, you wrote:
>I know that VW's are sensitive to air intake, so this very well could be
>the problem. I also know that this could be the signs of dreaded vanagon
>syndrome. But I think that this is a little past the syndrome.

I'm not sure what boot you're talking about, but if you mean there is a
leak between the AFM and the throttle-body, then the AFM is going to be
reading an extremely low amount of air-flow while the leak allows an
extremely high amount of air to flow to your throttle, so that's why it
would run absolutely terribly.
About the clamps and replacing, them, I don't know. But you'll figure it
out. I'm picturing in my head that the boot directly before the throttle
body is nothing more than a soft rubber sleeve that you ought to be able to
just wiggle into place to stop all leaks, but I don't have a vanagon
anywhere near me to check.
Best of luck, I hope it's an easy fix.