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• Re: Ignition Timing Procedure 1986+ Vanagon 2.1L Digifant
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Wed, 23 Feb 2005 19:57:05 -0800
  You would be correct IF you left the temp sender plugged into the ECU. But, by unplugging the temperature sender for the ECU, the...
• Re: Digi- WHAT ??
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 28 Sep 2006 00:37:10 EDT
  ...presumably the digifant gets better fuel economy, but its not much. the digifant seems to be more tempermental and the ECU's can be...
• Re: 1.9 Digifant with poor milage and low top-end power.
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Fri, 26 Feb 2010 07:06:14 -0500
  ...Also check the ground near the > A/C bracket. > > Without the O2 sensor connected, the ECU cannot adjust the mixture, so > it's "running...
• Re: Summer trips w/o problems
  Historical mailing list - Karl Bloss
  Mon, 31 Aug 1998 09:54:23 +0000
  ...I also have Darrel Boehler's Digifant tool along and a spare ECU...just in case. -Karl Karl F. Bloss - blosskf@apci.com or...
• Re: Digifant ECU Chip source located...$260 or less...
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Mon, 31 Jul 2000 10:59:22 EDT
  <<Sounds great, actually, although I am not sure what it does.>> What the chip does is: -remapps the timing curve -change the injector pulses...
• Re: Cost for a used '87 Digifant ECU........
  Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
  Wed, 21 Feb 2001 08:03:40 -0000
  ...Just my .02$ I want to sell my Digifant system to someone here on the list. I don't know how much they should...
• Digifant ECU: Corrosion? And.... Rosin or Heat Damage? PICS
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 6 Jul 2012 18:03:31 -0700
  ...As a preemptive maintenance "strike", opened up my ECU to check condition of ECU PCB and components. This is for a in 1988 stock...
• Re: Idle Relay - Idle Valve match?
  Historical mailing list - Kim Springer
  Sat, 16 Aug 2008 21:21:38 -0700
  ...relays and valves > > and ECUs: Are there certain sets that were designed to go together? > > For the 2.1 Digifant in NA, there's...
• AMP Part Numbers for 25 pin Digifant connector
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 11 Oct 1999 23:43:13 -0700
  ...pin ECUs. I have lots of these connectors here if anyone is interested in them. Here are the specs for the Digifant II system...
• Re: Engine thoughts--now Go Westy engine management system
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Thu, 4 Jan 2018 11:17:59 -0800
  ...New Delphi electronic control unit (ECU)—replaces NLA Digifant ECU and ICU (idle control unit)"* So, I would assume they kept that ECU in...
• Re: alternator to ignition coil???
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Mon, 16 Dec 2002 15:52:39 -0800
  ...alternator to ignition coil??? Hi, Ive been having intermittent starting problems on my 87 digifant. today it died again at work and i didnt...
• Re: What component causes the fuel pump to come on for a second or two when I turn on the ignition to the first position (no cranking)?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Sun, 10 Jul 2016 23:20:24 -0700
  ...This relay powers up the ECU with power from the red wire path I mentioned above. The ECU then turns on the fuel pump...
• Re: ECU Lifespan?--failure prevention
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Johnson
  Thu, 16 Mar 2000 21:51:50 -0800
  ...Darrell Johnson wrote: > > > With Ken's tale of Digifant ECU failure, and many > > others ECU failures I've heard about, it makes me > > wonder...
• Re: 88 digifant O2 readings off
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 4 Jul 2006 14:18:55 -0400
  At 12:33 PM 7/4/2006 -0400, Matt Sutton wrote: > Temp sensor disconnected after start up OK, so you're telling the ECU...
• Re: Digifant Operating Specs
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Sat, 11 Nov 2000 19:43:09 -0600
  ...Once our ecus go into closed loop they tend to stay in closed loop. Once the o2 sensor starts providing the ecu a voltage...
• Vanagon and Westfalia parts FS
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Tue, 22 Oct 2002 15:23:56 -0700
  ...1. '86 -'91 Vanagon Digifant ECU 2. '86 - '91 Vanagon " Idle Stabilizer 3. '82-'86 Westfalia kitchen stove/sink/fridge - this has everything but...
• Re: didijet tool: digitool
  Historical mailing list - Sam Walters
  Wed, 7 Mar 2007 17:54:23 -0500
  The Digitool was built and designed for the Digifant fuel injection system, not the Digijet fuel injection system that came with the 1.9l...
• Re: Another question about O2 sensors..
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Wed, 30 Jul 2014 13:08:17 -0700
  ...Regardless, on a Mk2 Digifant 2 diagram I looked at, this shield runs straight to ECU only. But that pin may have an internal...
• Re: Digifant warming up
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Sat, 23 May 1998 08:31:08 -0700
  ...I >assume, something with the Digifant control unit or its sensors is wrong. >Has anybody a specific clue? > Sounds like it could be a...
• Re: Eurospec problems
  Historical mailing list - Grant Holst
  Fri, 15 Oct 1999 08:17:36 -0700
  David Marshall wrote: > > As per the Digifant wiring diagram that I emailed the list, the Digifant > computer ground pin number 85 on the fuel...
• Re: glad to meet you
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 25 Nov 2002 22:59:02 -0800
  ...Digifant with the exception of an idle stabilazation control relay . Digifant ll incorporates all control functions in one box. The components : are ECU, Cool...
• Re: Air Intake Project
  Historical mailing list - Gary Lee
  Sun, 27 May 2001 22:43:11 -0600
  ...The ECU does not tell the AFM how far to open. The propane fuel system does not use the digifant ECU at all (except...
• Re: '86 Vanagon Starts, Dies....Revisited (Help!)
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Sat, 15 Jan 2000 20:58:39 -0600
  ...If they click the hall is ok because the digifant ecus use the hall signal to develop the coil and fuel injector signals. Check...
• glad to meet you
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Mon, 25 Nov 2002 19:24:55 -0800
  ...Digifant with the exception of an idle stabilazation control relay . Digifant ll incorporates all control functions in one box. The components : are ECU, Cool...
• Re: need transistor
  Historical mailing list - Pete Cassidy
  Wed, 18 Aug 1999 08:45:56 -0700
  ...It is >used as coil driver on digifant ecus. It has the European nomenclature " >BUV37B ". I don't find it in any of my...
• Mike Millered again!
  Historical mailing list - Matt F
  Wed, 3 Oct 2001 20:26:11 -0400
  ...The Digifant ECU was AFU, I was SOL. To make things worse, my sliding door handle was BenT! I've since installed load D...
• Vanagon Intermittent Misfire
  Historical mailing list - Subject: Vanagon Intermittent Misfire
  Feb. 29, 1992
  ...This resonance causes the air-flow meter to supply an intermittent signal to the Digifant ECU. The ECU will then default to a "no...
• Re: Engine management (manual control of mixture)
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Sun, 16 Jan 2000 08:39:57 -0500
  ...dash and watch the OXS just like I do with my Darrell-o-meter connected to my Digifant ECU. Its simple and cheap. -Larry
• Re: What is happening?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Sat, 5 Jul 2003 21:35:21 -0700
  Joel , I should have mentioned that my system is '91 Jetta-Golf Digifant II which is similar to Vanagon Digifant. My engine is from...
• Re: Cold start valve
  Historical mailing list - Thewestyman
  Sat, 1 Jun 2013 11:40:25 -0700
  ...of Digifant harness. In later years the idle control gets power from the Fuel Pump relay so it only buzzes when the ECU activates...
• Re: Advice on Spare 2.1
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 6 May 2010 17:01:14 -0700
  ...I like it better than Digifant even. Scott www.turbovans.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "B Feddish" <bfeddish@NETREACH.NET> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM...
• Re: taching up and down!
  Historical mailing list - Dirk Diggler
  Mon, 25 Jan 1999 12:31:15 -0400
  James, computers are very simple and stupid, all they now is on/off, do you really believe your ECU lives ? BTW the lights work...
• Re: Who is Mike Miller???......
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Wed, 3 Oct 2001 09:34:15 -0700
  ...uninitiated???? I thought > I'd gotten > comfortable with the list jargon --- ECU, Digifant, Digijet, Digiwife > ---- and > now I am bemused by this new term...
• Digifant Operating Specs
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Sat, 11 Nov 2000 17:47:44 -0500
  ...what O2 sensor output range is considered normal with the ECU adjusting things? I thought that the O2 sensor / ECU combination attempts to adjust...
• Re: Eurospec problem
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 12 Oct 1999 16:49:24 -0700
  People have slammed me for dissing Digifant II in the past. My problems with Digifant II were always hot weather realated. There could be...
• Temp II Sensor, Engine Hot.
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Tue, 24 Sep 2013 14:22:06 -0700
  ...The Digifant manual and archives suggest that when the engine is up to temp, the temp II sensor has no effect on the ECU...
• Re: What voltage do injectors need to fire?
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Tue, 7 Sep 2004 00:11:00 -0400
  ...What voltage do injectors need to fire? > >With the Digifant system, does anyone know what >voltage the ECU sends to the injectors to get...
• Re: To waterboxer or not to waterboxer
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 3 Jan 2000 18:02:20 -0800
  ...similarities >between it and the wasserboxer 2.1's Digifant I (the harness, ECU, and >other electrical components may interchange). Just a thought. > >-Dana...
• Re: O2 Sensor Wire
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Thu, 13 Jan 2005 20:49:32 -0600
  ...I ran it from the ECU > connector > along the outside of the loom to the engine bay. > > ��� Regardless of all my D.I.Y...
• Re: Digifant FI System Pro Training Manual PDF
  Historical mailing list - jbclem1
  Mon, 20 Jun 2005 15:49:12 -0700
  ...Even has a drawing of the fuel map that > the ECU uses for it's operation. > > Any ideas where to give this thing a...
• Re: checking coil and icu?
  Historical mailing list - Jfp w/2 wbxs
  Tue, 6 Aug 2002 03:02:41 +0000
  Hi Matt, My experience is based on the Digifant 2.1L system but all breakerless systems work similarly. Using a quality DVOM: Check the...
• Re: Another question about O2 sensors..
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 30 Jul 2014 16:49:00 -0700
  ...the ECU end for grounding the coax shield. But yours is a 49-state model, according to the 15+ different inline 4 Digifant wiring...
• Re: hot chip
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Wed, 20 Sep 2006 12:03:43 -0400
  ...in the Digifant ECU. Then there is this: > > > > > > > http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/VW-VANAGON-1986-1992-PERFORMANCE-CHIP-2-1L-DIGIFANT-I_W0QQitemZ250030906381QQihZ015QQcategoryZ33597QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem...
• Re: Digifant ECU: Corrosion? And.... Rosin or Heat Damage? PICS
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 8 Jul 2012 14:49:49 -0400
  ...Every 2.1l ECU I've opened has had some rework, I think. Some may be from the production line. The Bosch units in...
• Re: Another call for dead ECUs
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 16 Jan 2004 09:52:39 -0600
  ...Listmembers, > >I was wondering if there were any dead ECUs floating >around out there? Digifant, Digijet... i don't really >care, but i want...
• Re: ECU firmware location
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Fri, 14 Sep 2007 23:22:00 -0700
  ...design, but does > anybody know if the firmware for our ECU's (Digifant or Digijet) > resides completely on the 2732 EPROM or is part...
• Re: need I -4 stuff
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Thu, 12 Jul 2001 00:25:58 EDT
  ...sensors, MAF meter, pressure regulator and ECU) for around $100 at a local yard. Better than the Digifant and even more superior when compared...
• Re: Who is Mike Miller???......
  Historical mailing list - Mick Kalber
  Wed, 3 Oct 2001 16:41:40 -1000
  ...uninitiated???? I thought I'd gotten > comfortable with the list jargon --- ECU, Digifant, Digijet, Digiwife ---- and > now I am bemused by this new term...
• Re: WANTED: Pictures of Syncro engine compartment
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Sat, 26 Jul 2008 15:50:08 -0400
  DJ-code is a European WBX with 112 hp and a DIGIJET ECU. The engine code is at the base of the oil breather...
• oxygen sensor test
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 6 Jan 1997 16:35:27 -0800
  ...Anyone know where I can borrow a properly working Digifant ECU to compare against in the Bay Area? dave
• Re: Digifant ECU: Corrosion? And.... Rosin or Heat Damage? PICS
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 8 Jul 2012 09:30:03 -0400
  ...and hoped to help - I'm guessing that's an 022D ECU with some surface-mount components on the back of the big board...
• Checking TEMPI & TEMPII sensors.
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Tue, 15 Aug 2000 17:10:12 EDT
  ...From the ECU's connector hold one of your VOM's leads on pin six. Alternately compare readings between pins nine and ten with...
• Re: Vanagon's and Carburetors - Again
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Wed, 13 Aug 2008 11:27:33 -0400
  ...And I doubt whether a well tuned carbureted waterboxer would be THAT much more polluting than a digifant with a failing ECU or worn...
• O2 Sensor Wiring (excerpt from Dealer Service memo)
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Wed, 7 Mar 2001 07:18:18 -0800
  ...The O2 sensor doesn't control the ECU, engine, or the AFM. The O2 sensor harness, has been written up in the technical bulletins...
• Re: 84 Westy ECU woes & JC Whitney
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Wed, 23 Jun 1999 17:33:50 -0500
  ...I bought a digifant ecu for $65 last year while junkyarding in SLO (California central coast). Sometimes we get lucky. I have also bought...
• Re: Darrell Boehler's digifant tool
  Historical mailing list - Dave Bayer
  Mon, 13 Jul 1998 14:54:14 -0700
  >| Basically, what Darrell does is >| solder a cable with a inside the ecu, with a female connector on the other >| end. He then constructs...
• Re: black box above coil
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 23 Apr 2003 15:00:03 -0700
  For a compression test on a Digifant pull the ECU relay. This will disable the ignition, injectors, and fuel pump. To avoid having to...
• Re: Lowering Coolant Pressure for Headgaskets
  Historical mailing list - Mark B. Magee
  Sun, 17 May 1998 20:00:22 -0500
  ...Remember, the entire Digifant system is reliant upon 195 deg F water temp for proper (ops normal) feedback to the ECU. Anything lower than...
• Re: Love that Digitool!
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Fri, 21 Jan 2000 07:35:33 -0600
  ...It is the same as the digifant digitool except it has different wiring to the ecu. I also make an adapter for people with...
• Re: Wiring for Canadian 1991 Westy with daytime running lights and (not related) loose wire GR/W wire behind fuse panel.
  Historical mailing list - Jimmy Johnston
  Fri, 27 May 2016 15:01:57 -0400
  ...You can see it on Bentley page 97.123 where it connects to the Digifant ECU pin 20 and to a dash MAL-IND...