re v6 no-idle

[Stuart Thomson <stuart.thomson@domain.elided>]

Oops just hit the reply button, sorry if it's duplicated.

Hi Pat,

I've been away for a couple of days, so sorry if this has been answered 
before.

You've damaged the switch inside the AirFlow Meter.  There is a switch 
inside that activates when the vane opens.  The backfire will have 
slammed the vane closed and must have damaged the switch.  If you're 
brave enough, you can pull the black cover off the AFM (requires removal 
of the adhesive that sticks it to the metal part) and when you look 
inside at the top RHS of the assembly is a small set of contacts, I 
suspect that with the vane in a position other than that of closed, 
those contacts won't close.  Bend them until they do.  They should 
reopen when the vane closes (engine off).  There are many pictures of 
the l-jet AFM on th web.

If you can't be stuffed with ll that fussing around, just get a good 
secondhand one.  PLug and Play after that.

Cheers
Stuart

On Tuesday, July 2, 2002, at 06:11 AM, alfa-digest wrote:

From: Pat Farrell <farrell@domain.elided>
Subject: V6 no-idle

Hi Folks-

Any advice on likely culprits for a V6 that quits when the go-pedal is
released?

Some hints:  after a lengthy suspension R & R, I went to start it up. I
forgot the 'do not touch the accelerator' rule and you can guess what
happened. A backfire blew off the main air intake hose, but didn't
apparently affect anything else. After reattaching the intake, I can 
start
and engine run with throttle open, but when closed at idle, the engine 
dies
immediately. I haven't found another disconnected hose or source of false
air.  Any hints?

Thanks.

Pat Farrell
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