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• Re: installed new engine.. now have ecu/fuel pump woes....anyone help me?
  Historical mailing list - Gus
  Sun, 22 Apr 2012 17:10:36 -0400
  ...Went through the bentley manual for testing power and fuel pump relays and both relays failed the tests and the manual says replace ecu...
• ECU needed
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Mon, 5 Oct 1998 08:31:12 -0700
  I need a late-model Vanagon digifant ECU, with part number ending in 022D. Please email me directly if you're parting out a...
• digifant ecu chip
  Historical mailing list - Michael Modl
  Sat, 9 Jan 1999 23:43:01 EST
  The ECU chip and hp kit can be purchased from Kyle Wade at Volks motorsports. See www.volks-motorsports.com or call 408 426...
• Anyone there repairs ECUs?
  Historical mailing list - Sorin Bejenaru
  Sun, 11 Feb 2001 17:11:49 -0500
  I have a few bad ECUs (Vanagon brains) that are bad. Can anyone repair these? Do the bad ones have any value as cores...
• Looking for 1.9l ECUs
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Fri, 29 Jul 2005 06:16:19 -0400
  I am currently looking for some 1.9l ECUs that are in known good condition. Please pmail me if you have some and what...
• Re: What a difference an ECU made
  Historical mailing list - B Feddish
  Mon, 4 Aug 2008 13:31:43 -0400
  ...request permission to haul your ECU along with me on the drive to Bend as a backup? << No problem. I'm glad you were...
• Re: Daily Update On My Injectors
  Historical mailing list - John C...
  Sat, 29 Dec 2007 17:38:35 +0000
  ...First of all Is there power to the dern thing ??? Does th ECU have power? Do the Injectors have power? Start with the crime...
• ECU Wire Corrosion relative to Length and Load (and?)
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sun, 11 Feb 2018 18:13:28 -0800
  ...This is for OBD1 Motronic on an ABA engine swap but the question might apply to the WBX O2 and ECU. I was cutting...
• 2 Reasons for Hacking the Digijet ECU
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Sat, 9 Jan 1999 17:59:55 -0600
  ...So, my idea is to save money when we need to replace our ecu, by using any L-Jetronic ecu, and then remap the...
• Re: ECU Questions
  Historical mailing list - Laurence Smith
  Sat, 20 Oct 2001 00:41:21 -0700
  ...ECU Questions Could a faulty ECU cause poor gas mileage?? Could it cause an engine to run rich and hesitate?
• HELP -- Vanagon won't start
  Historical mailing list - Chris Stinson
  Thu, 25 May 2000 18:57:41 -0400
  ...The lights for coil signal from the ECU and for fuel injector signal from the ECU do not light up (although the coil signal...
• Fried ECU diode...
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Faison
  Tue, 25 Mar 2003 17:11:08 -0500
  Hi All, So my ECU is blowing a zener diode on the ECU PCB. I noticed that one end of the diode connects to...
• Re: More AFM/ECU reverse engineering results coming
  Historical mailing list - jon
  Wed, 20 Dec 2006 18:23:12 -0800
  All of the vanagons I have seen have the ECU under the rear seat, and the idle stabilizer behind the tail light. No big...
• WTB or Borrow Digifant ECU (Vancouver, B.C.)
  Historical mailing list - tabe johnson
  Mon, 30 Aug 2004 13:24:45 -0400
  ...Can anyone: -Loan me an ECU for a week? -Sell me a used ECU? -Direct me to a local wrecker who won't rip...
• '84 digijet ecu
  Historical mailing list - Harry Ruble
  Mon, 4 Nov 2002 13:36:06 -0600
  ...Where is a good source for an ecu for a 1984 1.9 waterboxer? New or used. Thanks, Harry Ruble _________________________________________________________________ Get faster connections -- switch...
• Anyone needs a spare ECU?
  Historical mailing list - Christian Pelletier
  Thu, 14 Oct 2004 10:12:32 -0700
  I have an extra ECU from a Vanagon Carat 90 that I am parting out. pmail if interested...will take best offer. Thanks Christian...
• Re: Technical question re: Injector firing signal
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Thu, 9 Oct 2008 10:55:29 -0700
  My Bentley manual shows that ECU pin #1 gets the signal from the coil. This signal from one of the terminals on the coil...
• Re: Looking for help with California AC Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:40:17 -0700
  ...In other words this ECU is fine. That > would mean that the problem is elsewhere and we are spinning our wheels > with this ECU...
• Re: WAS: Starter Motor... Failure: NOW: 50 Circuit Weirdness. ECU Related?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 15 Dec 2012 00:58:00 -0800
  You could remove that start signal connection from the ECU easily enough as a test to see if the starter then cranks. On the...
• Re: Starting problems with 88 Vanagon, WIKI problems too
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Sun, 16 Sep 2007 13:49:23 -0700
  ...One relay turns on the ECU, controlled by the key switch. The other relay turns on the fuel pump, controlled by the ECU. If...
• Re: Resoldering PCB on Bosch ECU for 1.9L engine
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Sun, 19 Jun 2011 07:16:22 -0500
  That's pretty much what goes wrong with all Bosch ECUs. It's amazing that they are so reliable that solder fractures finally do...
• Re: Digijet ecu pics
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 2 Dec 2001 18:07:46 -0500
  At 03:01 PM 12/2/2001, Blake Thornton wrote: >So, both ECU's work (and neither fixed my problem), but what gives. I...
• Re: So thar I was: Now-ECU relocation
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Wed, 5 Dec 2007 12:32:33 -0800
  ...Now-ECU relocation > If I was making a 1.9 waterboxer into my 'go anywhere , do anything' world > class vehicle, I'd move the...
• Re: Won't spray gas, won't start
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Tue, 2 Dec 2008 15:53:13 -0800
  One thing you did not say you have checked is the wiring between the coil (terminal 15?) and the ECU. This is the wire...
• Re: Technical question re: Injector firing signal
  Historical mailing list - B.J.R.
  Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:28:15 -0700
  ---DIGITAL VOM METER ATTACHED TO PIN #1 FROM THE BACK SIDE WITH ECU CONNECTOR COVER REMOVED AT ECU SHOWS A MOMENTARY (2-3SECS) 5V...
• Re: VW relay #53, 141 951 253B
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Wed, 1 Jun 2016 20:16:13 +0000
  ...Or  an error? Though this is a 86 Digifant, it names the ECU relay as a "Digijet" . Hmmm-I'm not familar with the...
• 90 Jetta ECU Digifant II for sale
  Historical mailing list - Robert Zezoff
  Thu, 24 Aug 2000 15:51:36 -0700
  ...90 Jetta ECU Digifant II for sale, $50. It is nice to have a spare one. Bobby Folsom CA 82 Westy http://www.jps...
• ECU Upgrade chip
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Fri, 7 Dec 2001 19:45:34 -0800
  Has anyone purchased an ECU upgrade chip and decided not to install it, or has a used one. I am considering doing the upgrade...
• ECU schematic
  Historical mailing list - Dave Vieira
  Sat, 21 Jun 2003 12:16:33 -0700
  ...is it possible to get a schematic for an ECU for an 84, 1.9 Vanagon ? ===== Dave Vieira Hamilton, Ontario Canada __________________________________ Do you Yahoo...
• Temp sensor for ecu on '88
  Historical mailing list - BajaLeo
  Tue, 12 Jul 2005 17:56:11 -0700
  Can someone tell me where the temp sensor for the ecu is located on an '88? I think my buddy needs a new one...
• Re: Spare ECU
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 1 Mar 2011 17:42:06 -0800
  ...Spare ECU My spare ECU has done 100k of driving under the rear seat and never been needed...(knock on wood) Jason On Sun...
• Re: ECU: 022D vs 022X vs 022DX ??
  Historical mailing list - Larry Johnson
  Thu, 10 Nov 2005 18:17:30 -0500
  The Bosch number is 0 261 200 065 for the Digifant 0 25 906 022 This ECU came from a '86 Syncro Doka Larry...
• Re: Wiring color question
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Mon, 21 Oct 2013 11:20:58 -0700
  ...Was recalling my Motronic ECU while composing my reply. I may be misunderstanding, but if you're thinking of connecting a brown/white from...
• Re: Tiptronic
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Wed, 14 Sep 2005 22:39:49 +0200
  If you talk about the 996 Porsche, the tranny ECU is definitely connected to the engine ECU! It gets rpm, calculated torque, speed, engine...
• Re: O2 sensor necessary or jumper the wires on 85 GL 1.9
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 27 Jun 2010 00:23:04 -0400
  ...If I temporarily jumper the wire so it would >seem connected to a sensor would the ECU the assume the o2 is >functioning properly...
• Mystery Electrical Trouble Solved!!!
  Historical mailing list - Steven Dodson
  Thu, 8 Aug 2002 17:44:06 -0400
  ...It was in fact the ECU. "Inga" was a totally changed Vanagon with the new (er) ECU installed. There imediately was a significant change...
• Drowning 85' vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Brian T.
  Thu, 25 Jan 2007 16:40:49 -0800
  ...I've swapped out the ECU and AFM (AFM was a known good unit ~ ECU was claimed good at my local VW only salvage...
• Re: Still Running Rich
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Sat, 19 Apr 2008 13:31:14 -0700
  ...The OX sensor reads the exhaust fumes and signals what it sees to the ECU. The ECU then turns down all the injectors for...
• Re: Wet weather power loss
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 7 Apr 2001 02:10:49 -0400
  ...Lambda sensor -- bad sensor (unplug it should make situation stable as ECU goes closed-loop -- voltage at ECU should remain steady near half volt...
• Re: Technical question re: Injector firing signal
  Historical mailing list - B.J.R.
  Thu, 9 Oct 2008 15:18:12 -0700
  ...If you get sparks that means the > Hall Effect > Unit is working in sending the signal to the ECU. If the > ECU is not...
• Re: '87 Westy Weekender owner needs help!!!!!! 2.1L wbx running rich??? ideas??
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 15 Jul 2005 22:09:33 -0700
  ...After starting the engine the ECU always IGNORES the signal from the OX sensor until the reading the ECU sees from the TempII sensor...
• Re: Single wire Oxygen sensor: Substitution report..
  Historical mailing list - Craig C Forney
  Fri, 31 Oct 2014 15:48:32 -0700
  I am not sure if it would cause any damage to the ECU, but I would be wary of putting 12V on the oxygen...
• Re: Cold start issue
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Mon, 6 Jun 2011 13:08:38 -0700
  ...Prior to starting this morning I unplugged the connector from the ECU and measured the sensor resistance. Then plugged it back into the ECU...
• Re: Losing power...update
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 27 Sep 2005 12:56:04 -0700
  ...The ECU ignores the O2 sensor until the Temp2 sensor tell the ECU that the engine is warmed up. Then the ECU monitors the...
• Re: 90 Jetta ECU Digifant II for sale
  Historical mailing list - Dave Caston
  Fri, 25 Aug 2000 02:02:29 -0400
  on 8/24/2000 6:51 PM, Robert Zezoff at shilohz@jps.net wrote: > Sorry to bug the list, but.... > 90 Jetta ECU Digifant...
• Re: Question About ECU Programing
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Thu, 30 Oct 2003 22:17:21 -0800
  ...Question About ECU Programing if you are talking about a vanagon, then what you are describing doesnt have any effect. batteries are disconnected all...
• ECU: 022D vs 022X vs 022DX ??
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Wed, 9 Nov 2005 19:07:17 -0800
  I have done my homework and search the vanagon archives AND the yahoo syncro lists for the differences in ECUs I have found different...
• WTB: Need ECU for 85
  Historical mailing list - David Bohannan
  Mon, 12 Feb 2007 14:50:28 -0500
  Anyone have a spare known good ECU for a 1985 w/1.9? My spare/primary for Goldy has gone MIA (long story)... Help...
• Re: Engine died up date
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 29 Mar 2020 12:26:26 -0700
  ...No movement on tach >> >> Still no gas smell from tailpipe >> >> Next is to examine ecu , esp the ecu ground . >> >> Thanks again for all the...
• Re: ECU and connector wire request.
  Historical mailing list - Dan Beatty
  Tue, 5 Dec 1995 19:59:39 -0600 (CST)
  ...to do this i need a spare, fried is fine, >ECU for the connector and a spare, Fried is Fine, wiring harness or >just...
• Vanagon Starts, Dies....Fix Coming Soon?
  Historical mailing list - David Dustan
  Mon, 17 Jan 2000 20:19:10 -0800
  ...Tonight we found the wiring to the ECU was fine but removed it from the bulkhead under the seat and the bus started reacting...
• FS: 2.1L ECU and Suspension parts...
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Thu, 23 Aug 2001 22:55:11 EDT
  ...2.1L ECU for Vanagon 1986 to 1991- 022D Aussie Powerchip UPGRADABLE (It CAN take the chip but DOES NOT HAVE ONE)- ECU was...
• Re: need CA ECU and OXS relay?
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Tue, 17 Sep 2002 13:32:29 -0400
  I believe I have a good ECU for $200. Let me know if you are interested. Thanks, Ken Wilford John 3:16 http://www...
• Electrical Saga Continues
  Historical mailing list - Rico Dagastino
  Fri, 15 Mar 2002 19:33:21 EST
  ...Does the ignition module, which is connected to the ECU by a white wire, trigger the injectors by sending an electrical charge from the...
• ECU Part #?
  Historical mailing list - Jay Brown
  Thu, 15 May 2003 12:33:13 -0400
  I have a chance to pick up what I beleive to be a spare ECU for my '85 Westy. Before I commit to it...
• Saw a 85 W/a 1.9 today.It has ,what seemed like a digifant ECU
  Historical mailing list - roger sisler
  Wed, 30 Aug 2006 15:51:26 -0700
  What is this thing? It looks like the ecu that late post 85 Vanagons have under the rear seat.It was in the engine...
• Re: 87 Vanagon hesitation chapter (3)
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Fri, 14 Aug 1998 21:05:43 -0500
  ...If we soldered a wire to the ECU cable wire that goes to pin 19 and use a ring type connector under a ground...
• Re: Any way to trick the Digijet ECU into generating injection pulses without the RPM/ignition signal, for test bench purposes?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 13 Jun 2012 03:23:25 -0400
  ...There is a 'start signal' input to the >ecu , but for that to cause the injectors to get triggered without >also knowing that the...
• Digijet ECU variants
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Thu, 12 Oct 2000 14:29:29 -0400
  Does anyone know the model number variants of the Digijet ECUs and what model years they were used in? For example, I know there...
• Re: So,what is this thing/
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Fri, 1 Sep 2006 16:05:55 -0400
  It looks to be interchangable with regular ecu's.The attaching clip was the same.Looks neat,though. I heard of a ecuthat gave...