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Old 02-20-2009, 09:33 PM
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Default Damn the Germans-after switching to an iItalian car
my first issue was -----you guessed it a german component..Bosch mass air flow meter was just out of spec causing a rough idle and flat spot above 5000 rpm-new unit and $430 poorer the car is again a weapon
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Oh well, an Italian made airflow-meter would have failed in the first week ;-)
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Default As I've been saying for some time,
Bosch *is* the new Lucas.
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but it would have been hand-cast by seven craftsmen, and sparkled like a gemstone!
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LOL-and it would have failed with style as well
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Default Does Bosch make refrigerators? And sell them in England?
Then they really are the new Lucas ;-P
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Those AFMs can be fixed for free pretty easily, if not too late try a search.
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I fixed the old one and now have it for sale
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Default How did you fix it?
I cleaned the AFM on my wife's range rover with the wrong stuff and killed it. Bought a replacement "cartridge" (meter only-no housing) and it crapped out after 6 weeks. Finally bit the bullet and bought a new one. Since we have 6 bosch injected cars in the family, the odds that another afm's going to crap out. I'd like to know how to fix it!
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Default I sprayed it with Isopropyl alcohol and ran a rag carefully through
the vent-then took it to a sparky for flow testing
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