Afm Help?

[33tech]

Ok this morning i had my car tested for faults, coz its been playing causing it to idle ( drops ), misfire! anyways had it test and it came out AFM ( faulty).. does that cause the car to behave when its faulty? liek what are the symptoms?.. and thats what it was showing on the tester? is there way of cleaning this? if so how do i actually clean this? is iut worth it cleaning it or just buy a new one?? or should i worry that there will be other problems? i had second hand coils put in! they looked mint? new sparks plugs? clean the injectors and put in a new fuel filter?

cheers - Mike

Edited March 1, 2006 by 33tech

[B0oStEr]

They can be cleaned with carby clean but from my experience if they are just dirty they don't read as a fault.

I opened mine up by cutting around the outside of the sealant that seals the top panel then prying it out.

You'll see a metal sheild under the cover. Unsolder it and remove it.

The problem with mine was where the pins from the circuit board were soldered to the pins in the plug socket the solder had cracked.

I heated each joint with the tip of my iron and added a small amount of solder.

I resoldered every joint on the back of the board just to be 100% sure but I doubt this was necessary.

Solder the sheild back in place and reseal the cover panel back in place with sikaflex or silicon.

This fixed my missing, stalling and unsteady idle problems

Good luck.

[Johnny Cash]

Mine was playing up so I removed it from the car and sprayed electrical contact cleaner through it for a while. Put it back together and it purrs.