I just replace the AFM on my '80 Westy .  I'd been having serious
problems with the engine suddenly refusing to do anything but idle, and
it would die when I tried to accelerate.  I happened to have an AFM from
a previous van, so I tried the swap and my problem did go away.
Coincidence?  Perhaps.  Now it runs much better:  smoother idle and
great acceleration, but a little weak at low rpm with a just a touch of
acceleration.
Funny how it just feels like a different engine somehow.  I think gas
mileage may be better, too.  Of course, this is on the air-cooled engine
so not really the same deal, I guess.

John Jensen
johnjensen@johnjensenartist.com
http://www.johnjensenartist.com
bluesbug@verizon.net

On 12/14/2011 8:41 PM, John C... wrote:
> I have the same problem with my 91 Auto! (2.1)
> Was real bad a couple of weeks ago
> and I barely made it home.
> Now, like you say, it's just after I leave in the am
> and it's headed up hill
> I just let it balance it's self out
> and after it picks back up
> no problems the rest of the day?
> I have a spare AFM and will install it tomorrow.
> JC...
>
> On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 4:27 PM, Old Volks Home<oldvolkshome@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Ditto for my 84 Westy Digijet as well many years ago.
>>
>> 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
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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
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 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
>>
>>
>> --
>> 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:
>> http://www.facebook.com/people/Jim-Thompson/100000710343835
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>>
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