Date:         Wed, 14 Dec 2011 17:41:10 -0800
Reply-To:     "John C..." <yacoltyayhoo@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         "John C..." <yacoltyayhoo@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: If You Have A Flat Spot in Acceleration...
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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:
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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
> >
> >
> >
> > 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
> ***********************************
>