Date:         Thu, 27 Nov 2008 17:55:37 -0500
Reply-To:     Allan Streib <streib@CS.INDIANA.EDU>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Allan Streib <streib@CS.INDIANA.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Hesitation, bucking,
              rough idle then died. The paranoia begins...
Comments: To: "Jack R." <jack007@COMCAST.NET>
In-Reply-To:  <7878F2873DBA424FB42FC0F88DE40DA1@jackamdgoblue2> (Jack R.'s
              message of "Thu\, 27 Nov 2008 09\:53\:15 -0500")
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"Jack R." <jack007@COMCAST.NET> writes:

> Sounds to me like the AFM... as I had a similar problem with our
> friends 90 Westy... it also had now power, bad hesitation, bucking,
> etc.  I found that the plug to the AFM had come lose, and when I
> cleaned it and plugged it back in, the problems vanished.  A simple
> fix for me!  Sometimes just having a lose clamp or a crack in the
> airflow past the AFM can cause problems as well.

I went over things again and discovered that I had not tightned the
clamp where the air hose from the throttle housing connects to the AFM.
I snugged that down and am hopeful that will resolve my issue.

If not I guess I'll move on to the O2 sensor.

Allan
--
1991 Vanagon GL

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