Date:         Sun, 31 Jul 2011 14:06:54 -0500
Reply-To:     Tom Hargrave <thargrav@HIWAAY.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Tom Hargrave <thargrav@HIWAAY.NET>
Subject:      Re: Bus Depot AFM?
Comments: To: Phil Menchions <pwmenchions@HOTMAIL.COM>
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Did you go the other way - did you put the bad AFM in your vanagon? If you
did and yours has the same symptoms then you have it nailed. If not then you
have some more searching to do.

Thanks, Tom Hargrave
www.stir-plate.com
www.towercooler.com
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-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Phil Menchions
Sent: Sunday, July 31, 2011 1:15 PM
To: vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com
Subject: Re: Bus Depot AFM?

He has loss of power/blowing black smoke out the tailpipe once the engine is
warmed up. An experienced VW mechanic diagnosed it. I was skeptical so we
put my AFM in and everything ran perfectly. But not with the reconditioned
AFM from the Bus Depot.
Phil

> From: d23haynes57@hotmail.com
> To: pwmenchions@HOTMAIL.COM; vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: RE: Bus Depot AFM?
> Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2011 12:32:44 -0400
>
> In all the years I've been working on Vanagons I have only replaced three
> Air Flow meters. One on a 1.9 and two on the 2.1L. All three were tampered
> with. They rarely go bad and are usually miss diagnosed. Maybe your AFM
has
> been tampered with and covering something that also really wrong with your
> van. What are the symptoms that are making anyone think you have an AFM
> problem?
>
> Dennis
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> Phil Menchions
> Sent: Saturday, July 30, 2011 7:48 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Bus Depot AFM?
>
> A friend with an '86 was diagnosed with a faulty AFM. We confirmed that by
> putting the AFM from my '89 into his. It ran perfectly, so since they were
> NLA from all the usual vendors he ordered one of the reconditioned AFMs
from
> the BusDepot.
>
> But his van runs poorly as before. He doesn't seem to be getting any
> satisfaction from BD. Has anyone had any experience with these
reconditioned
> AFMs? Under the circumstances he's considering selling. I can see a lot of
> owners finally throwing up their hands when vital parts become NLA. I can
> see why many do the engine transplants. Cheers,Phil Menchions'89 Westy
>
>
>
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