Date:         Mon, 23 Nov 1998 16:04:35 EST
Reply-To:     Goldenroad@AOL.COM
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Kristin Dewey <Goldenroad@AOL.COM>
Subject:      Re: What does an Air flow meter do?
Comments: To: uthguy@jps.net, vanagon@VANAGON.com
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Yay! I finally get to give someone ELSE advise for a change!

Well, not really, cause I can't exactly tell you what the air flow meter
(which I'm assuming is the same thing as the air flow regulator or air box)
does....But I can tell you what happens if it doesn't do whatever it's
supposed to be doing....

My 84 was sputtering, cutting out (especially going up hills) and generally
being a pain in the butt anytime we'd get anywhere near 2800 rpm, which
happens to be a lot of the time. It would lose power especially between 2nd
and 3rd gear (I have an automatic). This only happened intermittently and
never when a mechanic was in the vicinity. After much distress and a lot of
replaced parts, it turned out to be what my mechanic calls the air box.
He pulled one out of a donor vanagon he had, put it in mine, and voila!  It
runs like a new bus... gets better gas mileage and just plain feels right now.


Kristin
84 Wolfsburg GL Westy~Wolfy
90 Subaru Legacy LS SW AWD~Althea


<<I have been having a strange loss of power on my Van recently and am

trying to get an idea what it could be.  Sometimes it will go days

before cutting out but the whole time it just doesn't feel right?  I saw

on a website a price for the air flow meter?  what does this do and how

can I tell if Its bad??  I'm already going to replace the fuel filter

and the air filter. any help would be appreciated. >>