Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2011 16:27:07 -0800
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From: Old Volks Home <oldvolkshome@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: If You Have A Flat Spot in Acceleration...
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Ditto for my 84 Westy Digijet as well many years ago.
Jim Thompson
84 GL 1.9 "Gloria"
84 Westfalia 2.1 "Ole Putt"
72 411 Station Wagon "Pug"
75 914 1.8 "Nancy"
Full Timing Since March 1999
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On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 3:44 PM, Melissa Mourkas <westywoman@mac.com> wrote:
> I was gonna say....AFM! Worked for me.
>
> Melissa Mourkas
> 84 Westy "Honey Bee"
> www.westywoman.com
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> On Dec 14, 2011, at 02:57 PM, Loren Busch <starwagen@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>
>> I've seen a number of posts over time about flat spots in acceleration
>> with
>> a stock WBX so I'm posting this in the hope it will help someone. I've
>> lived with a flat spot/no acceleration from a stop, especially if even a
>> little bit uphill (needs more than minimal power to get moving) for a
>> couple of years now. Fine when cold but after a few minutes of running and
>> warm you step on the gas from a stop and it holds a committee meeting
>> before finally picking up when the engine gets to about 2,000 rpm. BTW,
>> this is with an automatic. If this were a stick I'd expect to kill the
>> engine. Two of the best Vanagon mechanics I know of have both been stumped
>> by this one after working on the rig and trying to figure it out. Some
>> time back someone on one of the lists responded to a post about this
>> problem and said that they had the same problem and it went away when they
>> put in a new AFM. Well, I've been sitting on a virtually new (less than
>> 1,000 miles on it) AFM for a couple of years, picked it up when Vanagon
>> Syndrome cropped up but hadn't put the new AFM in because the 'pigtail'
>> fixed the Syndrome and was running fine except for the problem described
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Jim Thompson
84 GL 1.9 "Gloria"
84 Westfalia 2.1 "Ole Putt"
72 411 Station Wagon "Pug"
75 914 1.8 "Nancy"
Full Timing Since March 1999
oldvolkshome@gmail.com
http://www.oldvolkshome.com
Find me on Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/people/Jim-Thompson/100000710343835
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