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Subject:Re: Tighten-up your AFM
From:Scarlett Semko
Date:Fri, 10 Sep 1999 19:54:55 -0400

G. Bulley,

I think what I am accomplishing here is compensation for a lazy spring, or a spring that
has lost some tension through the years, which is what I think has happened. The flap
inside the AFM has become more responsive, responding quicker.

If someone knows exactly, please jump in here. All I am sure of is, "it works".

Ron Semko
Orlando, Floprida

Bulley wrote:

> By tightening the AFM spring, aren't you forcing the injection to
> miscalculate the intake airflow, yielding a "lean" state? I love simple
> solutions, but this one doesn't sound like such a swift idea. Anyone?
>
> G. Matthew Bulley
> Director
> Bulley-Hewlett & Associates
> www.bulley-hewlett.com
> Cary, NC USA
> 888.468.4880 tollfree
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:   Scarlett Semko [SMTP:damosem@MAIL.MCO.BELLSOUTH.NET]
> Sent:   Thursday, September 09, 1999 11:26 PM
> To:     vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject:        Tighten-up your AFM
>
> Let me tell ya,
>
> After almost a year of putting up with hesitation, rough running, and
> the like I finally took off the AFM cover and wound up the spring, and
> presto-chango, I have smoth running again. It's like magic.
>
> If you are experiencing any of the above syptoms, please, take off that
> cover and tighten-up that spring.
>
> I don't remember who advised the list a while back to tighten-up, but if
> your ever in Orlando, Florida I'll buy ya a beer, probably two.
>
> Thanks
> Ron Semko
> Orlando, Florida
> 1984 Vanagon with 200,000 plus miles, and running smooooooooooth
>
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