I have the same problem with my 91 Auto! (2.1) Was real bad a couple of weeks ago and I barely made it home. Now, like you say, it's just after I leave in the am and it's headed up hill I just let it balance it's self out and after it picks back up no problems the rest of the day? I have a spare AFM and will install it tomorrow. JC...

On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 4:27 PM, Old Volks Home <oldvolkshome@gmail.com>wrote:

> 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 > oldvolkshome@gmail.com > http://www.oldvolkshome.com > Find me on Facebook: > http://www.facebook.com/people/Jim-Thompson/100000710343835 > *********************************** > > 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 > > > > > > > > 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 > > > > -- > 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 > *********************************** >