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vl not going past 3500 revs

Started by vn_r9 · 4 Sept 2010 · 7 replies

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vn_r9Archived member
hey guys, my mate bought a vl calais and in Drive it doesnt go over 3500revs but in 1-2 it revs all the way.... is this normal? if not any ideas wat it is? cheers.
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vl_turbo6Archived member
Quote: Originally Posted by vn_r9 [View Post] hey guys, my mate bought a vl calais and in Drive it doesnt go over 3500revs but in 1-2 it revs all the way.... is this normal? if not any ideas wat it is? cheers. well i had the same problem and few people on here said afm(air flow meter) loom ect but i got my self a boost conroller the other week and i turned up the boost and it fixed it lol
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vl_turbo6Archived member
but still look at the loom afm and c if the plugs are snaped or lose ect
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jakemat3Archived member
mine did that and you flat foot it and it would go mine was just a bad connection in the AFM(air Flow Meter)
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vn_r9Archived member
he had a look at the AFM plug and 1 of the insert things only has 1metal peice were as the rest of them have two... (sorry if this is confusing didnt know how else to explain) ---------- Post added 06-09-10 at 20:05 ---------- would this be the reason?
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jakemat3Archived member
lo yeah well im guessing that it would be the problem, when you plant your foot does it like give a back fire or a slight crackle?
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vn_r9Archived member
no it just revs to 3.5k a bit quick and then sorta sits around that rev area.
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BS-86VLArchived member
Quote: Originally Posted by vn_r9 [View Post] no it just revs to 3.5k a bit quick and then sorta sits around that rev area. yer man i had same problem it was water in airflow meter just used a hair dryer and fixed it
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