Date:         Mon, 24 Mar 2003 12:39:01 -0800
Reply-To:     gary hradek <hradek@YAHOO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         gary hradek <hradek@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      hesitation from a stop and replacing afm
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My van has always had a problem stalling from a start.
I compensated by turning outward the big screw on the
throttle body which raised the idle making it
drivable.
The downside was the idle would float between 1k to
2k.
I replace all the easy stuff first.   plugs,wires cap
and moved onto the airintake hoses thinking they had a
leak.   I was always intimidated by the AirFlowMeter.
 I bought one from ebay for $65.00 and held on to it
for several years.   Having just replaced the head
gasket I was pumped up enough to grab the bull by the
horns and put in that AFM.
Let me say this is a job anyone can do.   It is
slightly harder than changing the air filter.   Take
some care in removing the clip on the plug.  Use a
small screw driver to pull outward from the bottom of
the clip as you pull the clip up.
   So the stalling is gone and the rpm sits at 900.
Should have done it two years ago.  gary

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