Attach is a letter I put together for the AFM fix
Best of luck
Karl Batzler
84 Vanagon
87 Audi 5000 S
La Quinta, CA

ORIGINAL MESSAGE:

>Karl,
>
>The hesitation problem just hit me today. After reading your post to the
>list I decided to contact you and ask for some help. I was leaving on a
>trip, but turned around to fis the problem. If you would, walk me trough
>the capacitor fix. Where do I find one" Radio Shack" Or" How do I
>install it? Where do I connect it to the AFM?
>
>Sorry to intrude, but I need help.
>
>Thanks in advance for any help,
>
>Ron Semko
>1984 Vanagon w/Weekender Pkg and 200,000 + miles
>1978 300 D with 300,000 miles
>
>KBatzler wrote:
>
>>  Hi John,I mounted mine inside the AFM (because the seal on the box
>> was already broken), but you can also peel back the rubber boot on the
>> harness and solder it there.  Plus side of the cap goes on #2
>> (numbered 1-4 left to right) and negative on #4.  Make sure that you
>> ground the AFM to the block (or alternator stud as I did out of
>> convenience).  There seemed to be some conflict in the archives as
>> whether to use 10mfd or 22mfd.  My VW tech told me to use 22mfd and it
>> works great.Hope this helps,Karl Batzler84 VanagonLa Quinta, CA
>>
>>      -----Original Message-----
>>      From: jhlauterbach <jhlauterbach@email.msn.com>
>>      To: KBatzler <KBatzler@email.msn.com>
>>      Date: Saturday, December 19, 1998 6:11 AM
>>      Subject: Re: [vanagon] Re: Acceleration HesitationKarl, I
>>      have lost part of this thread.  Where do you mount this
>>      capacitor?  In understand that it goes across Pins 2 and 4
>>      on AFM.  I would like more details if possible.  I have a
>>      1984. John Lauterbach
>>
>>           -----Original Message-----
>>           From: KBatzler <KBatzler@email.msn.com>
>>           To: Vanagon <Vanagon@onelist.com>
>>           Date: Saturday, December 19, 1998 1:27 AM
>>           Subject: [vanagon] Re: Acceleration Hesitation
>>
>>                -----Original Message-----
>>                From: KBatzler <KBatzler@email.msn.com>
>>                To: Vanagon <Vanagon@VANAGON.COM>
>>                Date: Monday, December 14, 1998 4:51 PM
>>                Subject: Re: Acceleration
>>                HesitationHello Kai,The acceleration
>>                problem that I was having occurred warm
>>                or cold, from 2000 rpm and up...
>>                flooring would reduce the hesitation.
>>                Installing the capacitor has completely
>>                eliminated the problem that I had.  It
>>                also gave me a smoother idle.  My VW
>>                tech tells me that the reason for this
>>                is that if you watch the meters arm, you
>>                can see it vibrate from the air
>>                "pulsing".  This pulsing confuses the
>>                computer causing it to erratically
>>                adjust the mixture to compensate.That's
>>                my experience thus far....Karl Batzler84
>>                Vanagon192,600 miles+La Quinta,
>>                CA-----Original Message-----
>>                From: Kay O Fremgen
>>                <kayfremgen@juno.com>
>>                To: kbatzler@email.msn.com
>>                <kbatzler@email.msn.com>
>>                Date: Saturday, December 12, 1998 7:42
>>                AM
>>                Subject: Acceleration Hesitation>Hi
>>                Karl,
>>                >
>>                >I have just read your post "AFM" and
>>                also have "acceleration hesitation"
>>                >that I been working on for about 4
>>                months.
>>                >I can not find anything wrong with the
>>                system. And I have checkout
>>                >everything with help from Darrell
>>                Boehler.
>>                >Could you tell me how/when the
>>                hesitation happened ( engine cold ,warm,
>>
>>                >all the time only coming of
>>                idle&hellip;.)
>>                >
>>                >Thank you
>>                >
>>                >Kai
>>                >
>>                >
>>                >
>>                >
>>
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