Date:         Wed, 25 Jan 2006 18:57:48 -0800
Reply-To:     Robert Fisher <refisher@MCHSI.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Robert Fisher <refisher@MCHSI.COM>
Subject:      Re: afm?
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AFM Syndrome. Keep it simple.

Cya,
Robert

----- Original Message -----
From: "Al and Sue Brase" <albeeee@MCHSI.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2006 6:04 PM
Subject: Re: afm?


>    In a sense, I guess any problem that happens often to Vanagons could
> be called "Vanagon Syndrome", but no, I suspect that this is not what's
> wrong with yours. Unplug your O2 sensor. Just the single wire is all
> that is necessary. Don't even need to open the lid if you don't mind
> lying on the ground. Just follow the wires from the sensor, unplug at
> the  connector.
>    The problem that the harness repairs, needs a new name. Anyone have
> a better name for Vanagon Syndrome? AFM temporary lockout, maybe?
> Al Brase
>
> Rob Infante wrote:
>
>>The other day my 87 syncro westy drove like crap.  For a while it has  had
>>intermittent problems with bucking and hesitation, but the other day it
>>went
>>from being like a flu to being like the black death.  As I drove the five
>>minutes from the store home it went from losing power and bucking to
>>completely
>>losing power.  If I switched it off and restarted it fired up fine , and
>>ran
>>fine at full power for a several minutes, then a couple of  minutes, until
>>ultimately I was flipping it on and off every 100 yards or so to  limp
>>home.  When
>>in its fugue the throttle did nothing, I  could floor it without the
>>engine
>>responding.  I thought the dreaded  vanagon syndrome came from running one
>>speed
>>for a while?
>>
>>Is the corrected afm part supposed to have an A after it?  I checked  and
>>my
>>harness is 025 906 302, without the A.  I also looked in the air  filter
>>and
>>found a bit of water in there, which has soaked into the air filter a
>>bit.
>>Probably a red herring, but that can't be helping things.
>>
>>Help?
>>rob infante
>>87 syncro westy
>>boonton nj
>>
>>
>>