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• Re: Gas Mileage
  Historical mailing list - Ian Butler
  Sat, 22 May 2004 21:29:22 -0400
  ...Idle fuel cutoff is a feature enjoyed by Digifant (maybe digijet?) Vanagons as well. I'd be curious to see if Digifant-based Golf...
• Re: ECU Lifespan?
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Thu, 16 Mar 2000 21:29:56 -0600
  Hi Darrell Johnson, Most defective digifant ecus I repair have bad solder connections. These seem to happen because of the heat. The vanagon digifant...
• Re: 1.8 to 2.0 aba swap
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Wed, 30 May 2012 10:57:26 -0400
  ...A stock ABA distributor needs some modification to work with a digifant system. Or you can modify the digifant distributor, take your pick. Another...
• Re: Fuel pressure too high
  Historical mailing list - Rick Cooper
  Tue, 6 Mar 2018 14:07:24 -0800
  ...The wire that connects to track 33 (Digifant Control Relay) > changes its size/guage at P1 -- anyone know what P1 is? Is that the...
• Wasserboxer Engine Codes
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 27 Jan 1997 11:12:56 +0200
  ...10/86 64/ 87 2.1L Digifant with CC MV < 8/85 70/ 95 2.1L Digifant with CC DJ < 3/85 82/112...
• Re: want to buy a fox, (no on the Fox, BUY,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
  Historical mailing list - Pfunky
  Sun, 26 Apr 1998 07:02:08 EDT
  ...stick with Digifant, 89 or newer. It's a very simple fuel injection system and they run smoother than the CIS cars. I have...
• Re: Overheating Problem FIXED! Thanks all...
  Historical mailing list - kevin obrien
  Fri, 9 Aug 2002 15:58:56 -0700
  ...The > MV Digifant motor uses > the distributor Hall sensor as a simple ignition > switch revolution counter > and all timing adjustments are controlled in the...
• Re: Isolating an idle problem?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sun, 21 Dec 2014 19:57:08 -0800
  Does Don's engine use an ICM? I don't recall Digifant on the 8V inline engine having that as a separate part. I...
• looking for oil pressure gauge/kit
  Historical mailing list - Timmy Evens
  Sun, 22 Dec 2013 16:29:30 -0800
  i've got a 2.0 aba bottom end with a 1.8 digifant head. I want to install an oil pressure sensor/gauge...
• Re: Phone list?
  Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
  Mon, 26 Nov 2001 13:15:54 -0700
  ...have some details on > what they are particularly good at (eg. Digifant FI) Bad idea! Then we would have a gold rush to that...
• Re: digitool
  Historical mailing list - Jim Morgan
  Wed, 26 Dec 2001 20:06:47 EST
  ...I checked the archive and was wondering where does one purchase the digitool for the digifant system. My injection system has been acting up...
• Re: digijet tool testing
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Sun, 26 Jul 1998 14:10:11 -0500
  ...I have not seen one made for the digifant however I think the digifant 2 uses the same connector (not positive on this) and...
• Re: 87 vanagon quit while driving
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Wed, 26 Sep 2012 11:20:03 -0700
  ...Battery --> starter post --> positive post in junction box --> T2m connector (near fuse/relay panel) then to 30 of FP and Digifant relays. The incorrectly...
• Re: start - won't sart - solution
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 22 Aug 2003 21:24:19 -0700
  The ECU is deeply involved with ignition in 1986 and newer model Vanagons with 2.1 Digifant. The signals from the hall unit go...
• Re: '86 Westy cranking trouble
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sat, 19 Apr 2008 20:48:13 -0700
  ...Both fuel pump and digifant control relays are supplied with 12V from 30 (B+) to one side of the "switch" in the relay. When...
• Re: Digi- WHAT ??
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Thu, 28 Sep 2006 08:46:07 -0400
  ...digijet was used 85 down, and digifant was used 86 :::up. :::presumably the digifant gets better fuel economy, but its not much. the :::digifant...
• Re: ^_Vanagon^_ ^_Stalls^_ Out While Driving
  Historical mailing list - Markus Benne
  Sat, 26 Apr 2025 17:56:13 +0000
  Ok, following the digifant tests in Bentley 25.61, there are a couple issues so far. 1.   Probably minor - tps when fully open, infinite...
• Vanagon Acceleration Times
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Mon, 7 Oct 2002 00:50:02 EDT
  ...By way of reminder, My Westfalia is an 1982 former diesel, running a 1.8L 8V Digifant II engine from a 1990 GTi with...
• Idle Stabilizer Control Relay_Schematic_Parts List?
  Historical mailing list - Pat Spragge/RFAN
  Fri, 16 Oct 2015 14:08:10 -0700
  Does anyone have a schematic/parts list for the Idle Control Module/relay in the later Digifant systems? Looks like there is a transistor...
• Bentley page 24.45
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 12 Dec 1996 19:51:46 -0800
  ...What I am specifically after is the "resistance dependent on temperature of air flow sensor" chart for digifant injection. Thanks! Jim
• Want the Aussie Digifant Power Chip? You will need this...
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Mon, 20 Aug 2001 14:20:39 EDT
  An 022D Bosch ECU. I have one, the ECU that is, for sale. It is a 1995 Bosch ECU, tested for several months to...
• tack/dwell hookup
  Historical mailing list - Pat Callaghan
  Mon, 28 Oct 2002 08:06:04 -0800
  I am wondering the correct hookup for my Sunpro tach/dwell? This is on a 87 Westy with Digifant control. I want to make...
• Re: runs rough in rain
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 27 Feb 1997 13:39:27 -0800
  ...Is the above for > an 86-91 with the digifant system or pre 86 with the digijet (which I remember > had a separate idle...
• Re: Digifant performance stuff.
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Tue, 14 Nov 2000 08:08:10 -0500
  ...The digifant system will go out of closed loop when at full throttle or the full throttle switch is transferred. Listee Kay Fremgen from...
• Re: Digifant without Throttle Position switch???
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 22 Jun 2010 00:50:59 -0400
  ...This van was built in October 1985; is it possible there was a version of digifant without the TPS? Happy Trails, Greg Potts www...
• Re: ECU Repair
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 17 Mar 2000 06:42:29 EST
  ...See his website, <A HREF="http://scribers.midwest.net/midwesty/vw/Vanagon/DigiFantTool/">Digifant Tool</A>, for complete information on the Digitool and how...
• Re: MOD Re: wtf? lol
  Historical mailing list - Peter DiFalco
  Wed, 2 Jun 2010 14:11:04 -0700
  ...1.9L tranny CV VC digifant ECU SVX FLAPS OEM speedo doka ATF...
• Bentley page 24.45
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 13 Dec 1996 17:28:57 -0800
  ...What I am specifically after is the "resistance dependent on temperature of air flow sensor" chart for digifant injection. Thanks! Jim
• Re: AFM upgrade - digijet?
  Historical mailing list - Blake Thornton
  Sun, 20 Jan 2002 09:21:08 -0700
  > By the way, while some of the info in the archives on this topic refers > only to Digifant, the Service Bulletin from April 30...
• Re: Continued Bucking - Digifant readings
  Historical mailing list - Douglas Ford
  Sun, 20 Jan 2002 19:31:15 -0500
  Jeff, Here's the URL for Digitool 1.0 http://www.loam.org/vw/Vanagon/DigiTool/DigiTool1.0/index.htm here's the URL...
• Re: Digifant II in a Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Sat, 18 Sep 2004 01:36:24 -0400
  At 01:58 PM 9/17/2004 -0700, Robert Lilley wrote: >What would be needed? one vanagon, one donor car, two Bentley manuals, one...
• Vanagon Shop in L.A. ?
  Historical mailing list - Matt Sutton
  Sun, 18 Dec 2005 06:59:35 -0500
  ...Anyone know of a good, smart shop out there? It doesn't sound sychro specific, just standard digifant FI problems. thanks, Matt Sutton Brooklyn...
• Digifant stock timing = poor performance?
  Historical mailing list - John Haddad
  Thu, 1 May 2003 20:18:59 -0400
  I was feeling so virtuous after setting my Digifant 2.1 to the stock timing setting. I unhooked the TS2, and while throttling to...
• Re: Digifant performance stuff.
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Tue, 14 Nov 2000 06:43:26 -0600
  ...The digifant system will go out of closed loop when at full throttle or the full throttle switch is transferred. Listee Kay Fremgen from...
• what motor parts interchange???
  Historical mailing list - Street Bugs
  Tue, 17 Dec 1996 02:15:50 GMT
  ...from what i understand i have a 2100cc in my 86 vanagon with digifant set up. im familiar with the aircooled vw but not...
• Digijet in Bosch Parlance
  Historical mailing list - Pavneet Arora
  Wed, 22 Oct 1997 16:32:32 -0400
  ...Bosch Fuel Injection, and while there are some references to Digifant and Digifant II, I am trying to find out where my 1984's...
• Re: Sputtering Fixed!!
  Historical mailing list - Karl Bloss
  Thu, 19 Nov 1998 11:06:55 -0500
  ...If you don't know what I'm talking about, search the archives for Darrell Boehler and/or Digifant tool. -Karl <nofill> Karl F...
• Re: Will 90 Cabrio ISV Control unit fit 87 Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
  Wed, 23 Apr 2003 16:28:06 +0000
  Unless in fact if he is talking about a later '90 with digifant injection. if it has digifant it will work just fine. Chris...
• Re: start - won't sart - solution
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 22 Aug 2003 23:37:46 -0500
  Ahhhh! JR mark drillock wrote: >The ECU is deeply involved with ignition in 1986 and newer model >Vanagons with 2.1 Digifant. The signals...
• Megasquirt ABA block?
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Sun, 14 May 2017 09:45:09 -0400
  I currently have an ABA 2.0 with 1.8 head running Digifant II. TT 260 cam and adjustable cam gear made a difference...
• Re: Digifant Fuel Injection
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Wed, 25 Mar 2009 20:31:44 -0700
  What FI Manual? Could you be a bit more specific? Jim On Mar 25, 2009, at 9:54 AM, John Rodgers wrote: > > In response...
• Re: Wasserboxer Distributor into A/C 2.0
  Historical mailing list - Don Gibbons
  Tue, 28 Apr 1998 07:32:28 -0400
  If you mean a 2.1 digifant distributor then check if there is any centrifigual advanve mechanism. I believe these later dist's had...
• FS-Bentley's Shop manual
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 28 Aug 1998 10:58:14 EDT
  I ended up with an extra Bentley's Vanagon shop manual, covers 80-84, air cooled and watercooled (digijet FI not the later digifant...
• Re: 2.1 digifant stalls
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Wed, 22 Sep 1999 21:47:34 +0200
  gregory wrote: > i wish the archives were up again, i know i see this kind of prob over > and over againon the list. I...
• Re: Does anyone have the URL for the digitool page?
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Tue, 28 Sep 1999 15:52:32 -0400
  ...DOH! http://scribers.midwest.net/midwesty/vw/Vanagon/DigiFantTool/
• Fw: Digitool address
  Historical mailing list - Ron Olsen
  Sun, 2 Apr 2000 09:01:25 +1000
  ...Digitool address > Here is the address to Darrells web site: > http://scribers.midwest.net/midwesty/vw/Vanagon/DigiFantTool/ > David
• part # help
  Historical mailing list - Mark Cumnock
  Mon, 9 Aug 2004 09:53:50 -0400
  I am looking for a fuel pump relay for my Digifant II set up. The relay is a Kracker, I wish it was a...
• Vanagon AC Service Manual
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 23 Jun 2005 07:59:05 -0500
  Is there such a thing as a Vanagon AC Service Training Manual similar to the the Digifant FI Service Training Manual? Also, same goes...
• Re: Digifant ECU question ....Suffix D or not
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 11 Jan 2011 07:21:12 -0800
  All of the 2.1 Digifant can use the same replacement ECUs. The 86/87 initially had different ECUs ending in 022. The later...
• Re: Idle issues
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Mon, 18 May 2020 09:35:08 -0700
  ...The Digifant I California description here speaks to smog related stuff: http://www.a2resource.com/electrical/management/digifant1.html I recall older shop manuals...
• Re: Interesting Web Site Found- Vanagon Pro Manual
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Wed, 13 Sep 2000 21:51:33 -0700
  ...also posted there are *two* professional training manuals for Digifant and > also a subsequent Digifant driveability notice that went out to the > dealers. To...
• Re: Digifant II quirky issue. 3000 RPM rev limit?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Wed, 10 May 2017 09:24:51 -0700
  ...It's an ABA block with > 1.8 head running Digifant II. The engine acts like it has a rev limiter at > 3000 RPM...
• 87 Digifant idle problems
  Historical mailing list - Bj�rn
  Fri, 19 Dec 1997 13:23:02 -0800
  Hello again, Thanks for all responses regarding my quest trying to resolve my 87 Digifant hesitation problems on warmup - especially when the engine is...
• Re: Conversion Choices
  Historical mailing list - george jannini
  Sat, 1 Sep 2012 11:13:55 -0400
  ...Multiple motors Ford ZTEC << You missed mine, a VW inline gasser, ABA 2.0 block, 1.8 head, Digifant II engine management. Geo/ATL
• Re: digijet tool
  Historical mailing list - marcus
  Fri, 17 Jul 1998 23:30:09 -0700
  ...Marcus > All the while you were talking about the Digifant tool I was wishing for > one for the Digijet. Please Please, keep me informed...
• Re: Generic, three wire, O2 Sensor choice for digifant?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:01:28 EDT
  <<And will they work with the turbo mufflers on your performance exhaust set up? mike 87 westy>> Yes, no problem because the O2 sensor...
• Re: Our beloved digifant
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Tue, 18 Jul 2000 09:00:51 EDT
  I am refering to any O2 sensor that you cut the OEM harness to install the new one...Clip the old one out... I...
• Re: Our beloved digifant
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Tue, 18 Jul 2000 10:41:50 EDT
  I had the splice in and it did not work correctly. I put in the OEM sensor and it worked. The ECU and O2...
• Actual Vanagon content!!
  Historical mailing list - tmiller
  Sun, 25 Apr 2004 19:10:53 -0400
  Has anyone tried to use a Digifant ECU for the same year VW Golf or Jetta? I was specifically curious about the use of...
• Re: Runaway Starter Saga Continues
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 5 Nov 2013 13:59:07 -0800
  On 86-91 Digifant vans the separate brown wire from the distributor harness bundle is not needed for making spark. It is used for...