Actually, it'll run just fine at idle unattached, just won't recognize that
when you open the throttle it needs a bit more fuel.

Mine came loose (intermittently, of course) up in the woods on a dirt hilly
nasty road last year, Arghh!

Karl Wolz

|-----Original Message-----
|From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
|David Beierl
|Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2010 4:49 PM
|To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
|Subject: Re: An AFM Thing I Learned Today
|
|At 06:40 PM 8/12/2010 Thursday, Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\" wrote:
|>If you forget to plug the AFM back in, the engine runs terribly, can't
|>even idle. Stinks like it's running rich, too.
|
|Sounds as though there might be a pullup on the wiper
|line.  Certainly would keep you from driving off with the thing unhooked...
|
|d