Ditto for my 84 Westy Digijet as well many years ago.

Jim Thompson
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84 Westfalia 2.1 "Ole Putt"
72 411 Station Wagon "Pug"
75 914 1.8 "Nancy"
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On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 3:44 PM, Melissa Mourkas <westywoman@mac.com> wrote:
> I was gonna say....AFM! Worked for me.
>
> Melissa Mourkas
> 84 Westy "Honey Bee"
> www.westywoman.com
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>
>
> On Dec 14, 2011, at 02:57 PM, Loren Busch <starwagen@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>
>> I've seen a number of posts over time about flat spots in acceleration
>> with
>> a stock WBX so I'm posting this in the hope it will help someone. I've
>> lived with a flat spot/no acceleration from a stop, especially if even a
>> little bit uphill (needs more than minimal power to get moving) for a
>> couple of years now. Fine when cold but after a few minutes of running and
>> warm you step on the gas from a stop and it holds a committee meeting
>> before finally picking up when the engine gets to about 2,000 rpm. BTW,
>> this is with an automatic. If this were a stick I'd expect to kill the
>> engine. Two of the best Vanagon mechanics I know of have both been stumped
>> by this one after working on the rig and trying to figure it out. Some
>> time back someone on one of the lists responded to a post about this
>> problem and said that they had the same problem and it went away when they
>> put in a new AFM. Well, I've been sitting on a virtually new (less than
>> 1,000 miles on it) AFM for a couple of years, picked it up when Vanagon
>> Syndrome cropped up but hadn't put the new AFM in because the 'pigtail'
>> fixed the Syndrome and was running fine except for the problem described

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Jim Thompson
84 GL 1.9 "Gloria"
84 Westfalia 2.1 "Ole Putt"
72 411 Station Wagon "Pug"
75 914 1.8 "Nancy"
Full Timing Since March 1999
oldvolkshome@gmail.com
http://www.oldvolkshome.com
Find me on Facebook:
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