Thats not exactly true as I understand it. The VW fix is an "active" monitoring fix while the capacitor fix is more of a passive fix. I am no electrician...but from what I have been told, the capacitor fix if not as effective as the VW fix. Others feel free to dispute as you see fit... Z jbange <hfinn@INGRATES.NET> wrote: At 08:19 AM 2/17/2005, you wrote: >I seemed to miss an email somewhere. I am getting that symptom myself and was >wondering what the "harness fix" was? Thanks as usual. It's the dealer solution to an oscillation condition in the ECU monitoring the air flow meter. It's basically a short cable with a male connector on one end and a female on the other that goes between the AFM and the harness that plugs into it. It essentially contains a capacitor that "smoothes out" the AFM signal to the ECU. The VW-made harness is the expensive solution. The cheap solution is to open your AFM and just solder a capacitor across the appropriate terminals.
John Bange '90 Vanagon "Geldsauger"
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