Date:         Sun, 5 Nov 2000 16:00:20 -0600
Reply-To:     Darrell Boehler <midwesty@MIDWEST.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Darrell Boehler <midwesty@MIDWEST.NET>
Subject:      Re: Off idle Syndrome
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Hi Terry,
    Listee Kay Fremgen had your exact problem he had changed every thing.
He dropped by for a few days and we started swapping every thing again. It
was a bad afm (air flow meter).  He had swapped it before but some other
problem developed and he had  never given the new afm a thorough test.  His
would fail in closed loop only. If he pulled the o2 sensor wire to the ecu
and forced open loop it ran fine. Like you it only failed just off idle. It
had a cracked circuit board wiper surface  inside the afm.
Darrell

Ps. Kay and his friend Valeria are traveling in South America at the present
time.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Terry Kay" <CTONLINE@WEBTV.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Sunday, November 05, 2000 3:14 PM
Subject: Off idle Syndrome


> Hi all,
> I need to know where to go to next.
> I've replaced the OX sensor,idle stabilizer, and the Temp II sensor, and
> the darn thing doesn't want to come off idle when it's at operating
> temp.
> If I'm sitting at a light, and I stuff the pedal to the floor it will
> not want to move until the rpm gets to about 1500 RPM.
> Now here is what is really bizarre.
> If I hold the brake pedal ( it's automatic ) as I am giving it a little
> throttle, to about 1100 RPM, the darn thing will take off as nothing was
> wrong.
> Or here's another thing I've tried.
> I shut off the engine, while sitting at a light,and when it's time to
> go, I start it and it takes off like there is no problem.
> I'm thinking that either the throttle switch is out of wack, or the
> potentiometer on the AFM  is messed up.
> The van has always run fine, until one day BAM! It started this bizarre
> behavior.
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks
>
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