Actually, you can drive around half decently.
It's not hard to forget that last step of plugging the connector onto the
AFM of course, which is how I found out.
They run quite well, though unevenly, especially with a lot of pedal
applied.
I doubt that it hurts anything. The ECU is just temporarily confused about
how long to hold open the injectors. I imagine it overcorrects a bit.
Also...........WOT is a mode that bypasses some inputs I believe.  It'll run
that way fairly well.
Scott

----- Original Message -----
From: "David Milo" <dellaone@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Sunday, November 23, 2008 6:15 PM
Subject: Re: Engine runs with no AFM?

> Yes indeed,
>
> It will run, and you can even move the van around for short distances, but
> I
> wouldn't recommend it.
>
> Dave Milo
>
> On Sun, Nov 23, 2008 at 6:41 PM, Edward Maglott <
> emaglott@buncombe.main.nc.us> wrote:
>
>> I was working on the van yesterday and had the AFM disconnected from
>> everything to look for a water leak in the area of the coolant
>> distributor.  It's a strange leak that stops when the engine warms
>> up.  So I decided to start the engine and take a look under
>> there.  Turned the key and got a horrible noise since the air cleaner
>> housing was sitting on the alternator fan.  D'oh!  OK, moved that and
>> started the engine and it ran.  So no air going into the engine was
>> going through the AFM and the AFM was not connected electrically
>> either.  Hmmm, I thought.  Must be the idle circuit keeping it
>> running.  I opened the throttle and expected it to die, but no, it
>> revved up just like normal.  Engine was cold, so was in open loop
>> mode, but still.  Maybe since it had no load on it the engine was
>> able to spin up?   Seems like it would have gone terribly lean.  Any
>> ideas on this curiosity? This is a 2.1 digifant.
>>
>> Edward
>>
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