Date:         Wed, 21 Jul 1999 21:55:24 -0600
Reply-To:     Fred Brittain <vanpire@BIBBS.COM>
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From:         Fred Brittain <vanpire@BIBBS.COM>
Subject:      Power fade
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Hi Volks,

I just this minute returned from a week long trip.  About an hour into
the last leg home, the power faded, not bucked or stopped, but just
faded.  It was like meeting a light head wind, very subtle.  I let up on
the accelerator and I regained power.  Pushed down on the pedal and
power dropped off.  This continued for a few miles until I let off all
the way on the pedal then floored it.  Problem solved.  Drove the last
100 miles home trouble free and at full power.
Any ideas?  I thought at first it might be the AFM.  But, I don't see
how that could have been reset (?) or other wise affected by the gas
pedal.  I really don't think the vanes in the air box had time to
react.  I'm thinking now it might be the ECU.  I'll look at Bentley and
Probst tomorrow to see what might have happened.

IF anyone has any ideas, I would love to hear them.  BTW, the air box
has had the capacitor mod done.

TIA
Fred
89 Westy