Randy, I have been working on Vanagons for over 20 years and I would never
mess with one of these.  I have tried in the past as an emergency measure
(someone traveling through needed a patch repair to get a little farther
down the road).  But if you have time on your hands and it isn't an
emergency, I would get your old AFM rebuilt or replaced.  I have a rebuilt
one on the shelf at the moment.  It is a actually a Bosch Rebuild, not
the local rebuilder.  They are impossible to come by right now, but I
managed to get one recently.  I would need your old one as a core so I can
have it rebuilt for the next person.  That is the big problem getting good
cores back from people to keep these things going.
Here is a link to it:
https://www.vanagain.com/shop/air-flow-meter-071906301b

On Fri, May 8, 2020 at 10:12 PM Randy C <rcicoryell@msn.com> wrote:

> Hey all.  Would love to hear any thoughts on this.  Is the Air flow Sensor
> difficult to re-build?  I'm guessing that may be my problem.  82 air
> cooled, Calif emissions.  I'm trying to bring her back to life.  I've got
> her to idle finally but when you give it gas, it bogs out 90 percent of the
> time.  The little flap/door in the Air Flow unit bangs real loudly when
> it's bogging out.  I've replaces most of my air hoses.
>
> New plugs/ idle stabilizer/ fuel double relay.
>
> Anyways, any thoughts?
>
> Thanks all!
>
> Randy Coryell
>

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