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Subject:FW: Engine cutting out
From:Pollard, Matthew
Date:Mon, 11 Jan 1999 07:28:43 -0800

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cgotts@juno.com [SMTP:cgotts@juno.com]
> Sent: Saturday, January 09, 1999 10:05 PM
> To:   Matthew.Pollard@OREADCA.COM
> Subject:      Re: Engine cutting out
>
> Problems not your computer, but your Air Flow Meter - there are a set of
> wiper arms on the inside of the AFM - under the black plastic cover.  If
> you remove the cover, and bend the wiper arms down ever of slightly, then
> the problem should disappear.  What happens is you may have a spot on the
> resistor board that the wiper is lifting off, thus the computer sees a
> fault and goes to idle, then as it is going to idle, it gets the signal
> back - thus the hesitation, etc.  You might want to check this - there is
> also a 22 mfd capacitor (costs .79 cents at Radio Shack) that you can
> install on the AFM wire harness - (+) side of cap on wire #2, (-) on pin
> or wire #4.  These two items should help solve your problem.  Let me know
> if you have any other questions.  Clifford Gottschalk
> '85 Westy auto
> '89 Vanagon 7 pass. stick
> '67 Baja Bug
>
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