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Hey boys... my air flow meter is now dead..... and my car is useless until i can resolve the problem..

what options do i have?

do i just get another AFM or can i get a chip or some form of apexi computer that will make me not need one?

Please, if you have any advice dont be afraid to post...

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I had the same problem with my R32, got a secondhand AFM off this site for $40 or something, worked like a charm. If there's none on this site maybe try jap wreckers.

It's simple to change it over too, I did it myself and i'm useless.

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I had the same problem with my R32, got a secondhand AFM off this site for $40 or something, worked like a charm. If there's none on this site maybe try jap wreckers.

It's simple to change it over too, I did it myself and i'm useless.

oh ok, are the r32 and r33 AFM's teh same? becuase i have found a few of them for sale....

will they work with my RB25?

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green sticker and pink sticker are different. I beleive the RB25DET is pink sticker (mine is, and it's a series 2)

oh thast strange...

i just pulled off and its a GREEN sticker.... my car is a 1994 R33...

why is yours pink and mine green?

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green sticker is series 1, pink sticker is series 2 R33.

What are the symptoms that have indicated its death?

well..... i was driving along the highway and it started to jump and splutter... it has just had a major service with timing belt and full diagnostic... and everything this is fine, it was going better than it ever has beofre, got to an overtaking lane and it died....

so i got it to teh side of the road and popped the bonnet, i knew what it was becuase it has happened to me in another car, so immeditaly i unplugged the afm and it would idle perfectly and it would rev slightly..... the instant moment i plug the afm back in the rev drop and it coughs and splutters and dies.... i unplug... restart and its fine again, so it HAS to be the AFM....

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I had the same problem with my AFM. They get dry joints inside the sealed area where it connects to the PCB. I ripped mine apart and resoldered all the connections, whacked it back together and sealed it all with silicone and it didn't miss a beat for the next 1.5 years.

Worth a shot

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