Paul_J
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Registered: 6th Jun 02
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What would happen if I took my old (mint looking) Air Flow Meter into a vauxhall dealership? Is there anyway I could get them to test whether it was working correctly? and do you think they would happily swap it with a working one?  
It's just I think (but am not 100% sure) My current Air Flow Meter is on the way out, as its acting gay like my old one did before I replaced it...
This is what my car was running like before I replaced my AFM last time...
and this is what it was running like after I replaced it...
and then it's just been getting progressively worse since the above pic and now feels the same / worse than it did when the first pic was taken!!!
This means if I bought a new AFM, I'd have 2 now which are laying about... Note I do not have a engine management light on at all?!
I'd get a diagnositc check on my car, but last time I asked them about that they tried charging me £76 for it!!! (I think the girl may of been drugged or made a mistake though  )
So, anyone know if there's anyway of checking whether a Air Flow Meter is ok, or buggered and whether vaux can check it / replace it?
Thanks,
Paul J
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Marc
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Registered: 11th Aug 02
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Was this just an excuse to post your rr graph 
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Paul_J
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Registered: 6th Jun 02
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been posted before... Seriously I want to sort my car out as its running really crap at the moment, mapping feels all over the place when I drive it and it splutters now too sometimes... I nearly got hit today by a motorbike who had a go at me when my car started cutting out in the middle of a roundabout ... (he pulled up along side me at the lights and said... "YOU NEARLY FUCKING HIT ME ... DO THAT AGAIN AND I'LL KNOCK YOUR HEAD OFF" - I just was thinking Whatever mate... it was you that nearly hit me as my car was dying in the middle of the roundabout lol...
How much are new AFM's?
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Red_SXi
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Registered: 23rd Sep 02
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How about going to Vauxhall and buying a new AFM, then taking your old one back the next day and saying you don't need it now 
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Adam-D
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Registered: 11th May 02
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as long as it isnt special order or they wont take it
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Jambo
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Registered: 8th Sep 01
Location: Maidenhead, Drives: VXR Arctic
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how about getting a baseball bat and twating the motor bike driver 
Id have run the cunt over. Telling him that driving in ppls blind spots & overtaking loadsa cars ata time is the reason so many of u numpties get killed then blame the car driver
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Paul_J
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quote:
Originally posted by Jambo
how about getting a baseball bat and twating the motor bike driver
Id have run the cunt over. Telling him that driving in ppls blind spots & overtaking loadsa cars ata time is the reason so many of u numpties get killed then blame the car driver
Hehe, I said to him 'Hehe, I know how it is, I have a Aprilia RS' - he said 'I don't care what you have'
I also found out that I'm on my final warning at work for speeding through the car park / on site (Windsor Lego Land) and they've noted my number plate (although it was other's doing it too, it was my loud exhaust that got the attention grr... )
apparently, one more offence and I will be banned for the staff car park meaning I'll have to walk in I had a guy from security saying the other day 'ah. your the guy who constantly drives his car around at 7k rpm' - I was thinking 'ok mate, whatever you bellend...' It's just because my exhaust is loud even driving at 10 mph sounds fast (esepcially in 1st gear)... In reality I don't even take my car over 5800 rpm as there is no power there at all
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Ian
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Registered: 28th Aug 99
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They can be tested, any garage with Autodata books and a multimeter can look up what they should read and have a look if its within tolerance.
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Paul_J
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Registered: 6th Jun 02
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Ah but ian, they can be tested... but will they test it?
i.e. if I drove to vauxhall tommorrow - walked into the spare part bit and said 'Hey I just wondered if I could get this tested to see if it was working properly' whether they actually would, or they'd laugh and send me packing...
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ed
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Registered: 10th Sep 03
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They'd tell you its broke and make you buy a new one.
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