I would agree, no one wants to stall or get stuck somewhere. in Vegas i ran a stinger tip on my 85gl
yea call me crazy, but the desert heat does that toooo ya :-)

Joe

-----Original Message-----
>From: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
>Sent: Nov 23, 2008 6:59 PM
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Re: Engine runs with no AFM?
>
>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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