Date:         Wed, 14 Dec 2011 23:44:13 +0000
Reply-To:     Melissa Mourkas <westywoman@MAC.COM>
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From:         Melissa Mourkas <westywoman@MAC.COM>
Subject:      Re: If You Have A Flat Spot in Acceleration...
Comments: To: Loren Busch <starwagen@GMAIL.COM>
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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