hazey-corsa
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Registered: 24th Jun 02
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Basically my engine management light was coming ona lot and i couldnt accelerate up to 60-70 in any amount of time. so i went to a local garage where an ex vauxhall sparky now works, he read the engine codes and diagnosed that my air flow meter is fcuked.
been quoted £320ish for all new one and fitting! This happend to anyone else?
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myke
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Registered: 7th Feb 01
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what engine is it?
the flow meter is usually just a thin wire that does it's business, so is easily damaged.
you can fubar them by spraying carb cleaner up your inlet before the meter
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hazey-corsa
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Registered: 24th Jun 02
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Its a 99 corsa b 1.2 16v i havent done anything to the engine at all except service it realli!
realli hope their not trying to charge me £250 for a thin peice of wire as you put it!
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myke
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well, it's a bit of wire that does the measurement, but it's in it's casing to fit into the air trunking, and then there is the electronic bits to enterpret the signal and convert it into a form that the ecu understands.
£320 does sound like a piss take to me.
you could get a whole new second hand engine for that.
if you find out what type of flow meter your engine uses, and if the same type was used on other models, then you could try a wanted add for a second hand part.
also worth noting is that the meter itself could be fine, and it's possible that the connector is not entirely as it should be. may be worth spraying wd40 into the wiring connection and giving the wiring harness a quick once over.
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Big Col
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the AFM's are v expensive.
As suggested I advise checking and cleaning all the connections to the AFM to see if that solves the problem.
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hazey-corsa
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Registered: 24th Jun 02
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yeah, erm where is the air flow meter?
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Claire Richardson
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Registered: 12th Feb 01
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I had a similar problem with mine. Car was cutting out and over revving.
A mate had a look at it and gave the connectors and wires and stuff a good clean and sprayed wd40 on the electrical bits.
Did the trick and never had the problem again.
I did get a quote for a new one incase I need it and the cheapest he could do me for was £190. It would be a bit more than that from the dealers so it is an expensive part to repalce.
The second hand option sounds a good idea.
Give your cars details to a scrappers and see if they've got a match. Trouble with that tho is you dont know if that ones fooked till you put it on.
Give it a good clean first and take it from there.
If you have look inside it though and one or all the wires are broken then a clean wont be enough 
Hope that helps chuck
Claire
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Stingray
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Registered: 16th Nov 01
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i got a 2nd hand one 4 50 quid from Vauxhall Spares (01708 384720) its easy 2 fit aswell.
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Richie
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Registered: 3rd Dec 02
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U can get them brand new and fit it in about 5 minutes for around £140 from Auto Vaux
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Paul_J
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Registered: 6th Jun 02
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My 1.2 16v Air Flow Meter is also screwed. Just can't be arsed to change it. (2nd one I've gone through)
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Dav
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Registered: 23rd Jul 02
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u2u'd
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hazey-corsa
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Registered: 24th Jun 02
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Cheers im gunna contact a few places tonight and try and sort something out as the problem is now deteriorating quite rapidly and the car doesnt do 60 at all now!
In the mean time could anyone tell me where these connectors and stuff are that i could try and clean?
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t44rnt
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EXACTLY the same thing happend 2 my like a month ago, cos me £375 to get it fixed
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Patrick
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My air flow meter went on my coupe turbo. I went to the spares desk at the local vauxhall dealer, paid £120 for a new one and fitted it myself!
£375 is like getting gay-raped mate! 
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hazey-corsa
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yeah £315 is bad enough but £375 is stupid money, im up for trying to get a second hand one from a spares or something and having a go a fitting it myself or with the help of a mate but where abouts is the flow meter on a corsa?
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Richie
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Registered: 3rd Dec 02
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Where ur airbox is, there is a pipe that comes off it, it has a wiring connector going to the section of pipe which is the air flow meter.
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