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• Re: Air Cooled Cylinder Head Questions
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Wed, 18 Sep 2002 14:51:54 -0400
  ...You can hook up a jumper wire if they are on the wrong side, but the EFI will mis-meter to the rich (I...
• Re: Fuel Injector (or wiring) Question: Deceleration, Fuel Shutoff Mode
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 27 Jul 2012 15:57:16 -0700
  ...Thanks for the reply. > in a waterboxer Dififant or Digijet EFI system . > the ECU fires all injectors at once. Sometimes called 'batch fire'. Huh...
• 82 Van Computer problem (fwd)
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Wed, 3 Apr 1996 14:17:50 -0800 (PST)
  ...I have an '82 air cooled, 2 litre, automatic bus with EFI. It is fitted out as a camper. During 1993 I had a...
• Re: Vanagon Re-power cheap and reliable...Reply from digest
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Sun, 28 Oct 2007 22:04:29 -0400
  ...The Golf/Jetta digi2 EFI can be wired by anyone with average skills and a Bentley manual. -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto...
• Re: BenT VW items
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Wed, 12 Jun 2019 11:59:11 -0700
  ...SantaFe for whom I just > finished an install > > of the GoWesty EFI + New Injectors so it's just the Rockers I'm interested > in...
• Re: why I discourage people from buying vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Scott - IMAP
  Mon, 4 Jul 2016 18:29:53 -0700
  ...has stock 1.9 Digiget waterboxer ..good for testing EFI parts on Great mobile storage unit, could even be a viable 85 Vanagon with...
• Re: Serious Friday question -- stalling a few minutes after cold start
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 3 Mar 2011 14:11:31 -0800
  ...is for people who don't understand how waterboxer EFI and Electronic Igntiion system work .. or how to test them throughly .. So that leaves...
• Re: O2 Sensorama, was: A few unrelated questions
  Historical mailing list - Dan Erlandson
  Sat, 17 Aug 2002 10:19:22 -0400
  ...Failing to replace The 02 sensor eventually > leads to the van reverting to the very lame "limp home" program in the > EFI ECU. This...
• Teaser <<<< Re: Other engine conversion options?<F>
  Historical mailing list - Bostig Eng.
  Sat, 8 Jan 2005 14:52:11 -0500
  ...some free instruction on basic auto mechanics specific to your vehicle, EFI, and OBDII) I welcome any direct questions via email or phone, and...
• Re: Poor Hot Start Discovery - midway through solution
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Sun, 26 Aug 2012 07:47:12 -0500
  ...cold ) . > I might also check into available voltage during cranking for EFI and > ignition. > I have seen that on n 84 wbxr ..but I...
• Re: Scrambling for an answer ~ bear with me didnt search archives... sticky injector issues
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 5 Dec 2010 16:52:50 -0800
  ...of course EFI injectors are injectors ...whether 1.9 or 2.1 .. but ... seldom do I ever find a vanagon with running , starting , or...
• FW: Welcome to the list, was: This may not work
  Historical mailing list - Christian Owens (Volt Comp)
  Thu, 21 Mar 1996 13:20:34 -0800
  ...Can you tell I don't like EFI yet? I don't know how to fix it if it breaks so I don't...
• Re: Aircooled Westy - fuel problems?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 7 Jan 2002 10:14:38 -0600
  ...leak combined with overheating, but I have very > limited experience with EFI and can't explain the rich mixture. The > stalling / bogging I suspect...
• Re: My recent engine tear-down: All is good again
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 11 Nov 2013 02:00:20 -0500
  ...digifant EFI. Recently I 'lost' two cylinders in this motor after about 50k miles. After getting good advice from people here and doing a...
• Re: Runaway Engine RPMs
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Thu, 10 Oct 2013 22:54:28 -0700
  ...I'm real proud of my 2.1 wbxr running on 85 Digiget EFI and cooling system .. but including 2.1 full intake and...
• Re: Euro-Drive: UPDATE 87 Volkswagen Vanagon, dies
  Historical mailing list - yahi
  Mon, 21 Feb 2000 19:33:08 -0800
  ...1 L > > Trans: Standard > Mileage: 150,000 mi > VIN: WV2YB0257HH073807 > Fuel: EFI > Ignition: Hall Unit > Emissions: Ca Emissions > > Symptoms: dies > Occurs: After 30 miles...
• Re: Analog TPS fitted to a WBX throttle body?
  Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
  Wed, 11 Feb 2004 07:48:17 +0000
  ...a 1.9l? The > > volumetric efiiciency will be drastically changed > > from the displacement > > variation. Are you giong to recurve the distributor? > > > > Why exactly are...
• Re: Runaway Engine RPMs
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 10 Oct 2013 21:57:58 -0700
  ...Heck, it warms itself up at 3000rpms before the EFI closes down the enrichment mode. It also makes the same HP as a Vanagon...
• Re: air cooled flooding
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Tue, 11 Dec 2007 11:40:11 -0800
  ...all grounds for EFI weirdnesses. I happen to have a used double relay for a non-california air cooled vanagon, btw. It 'might' be...
• Re: Carb conversions?
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Wed, 16 Aug 2006 21:09:46 -0400
  ...products/images/99217.090.jpg > > I take it you're an EFI fan. Thanks for the counterpoints. Most appreciated. > > Dennis Haynes <dhaynes@OPTONLINE.NET...
• Re: Buying a Van
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 14 Apr 2011 01:07:39 -0700
  ...Good info on > the difference between CIS and EFI. I'll look to see. From what I > know on the tranny, the transaxle on...
• Cat dead?:, was: O2 Sensorama
  Historical mailing list - Ron McLean
  Sun, 18 Aug 2002 06:36:06 -0700
  ...Failing to replace The > 02 sensor eventually > leads to the van reverting to the very lame "limp > home" program in the > EFI ECU. This...
• Re: Vanagon Re-power cheap and reliable...Reply from digest
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sun, 28 Oct 2007 19:27:19 -0700
  ...swap, especially with a Diesel donor van. > > The Golf/Jetta digi2 EFI can be wired by anyone with average skills and a > Bentley manual...
• Re: Minimum spares kit. Was: Alternator Brushes Wore Out Pretty Darn Quick
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Mon, 29 Aug 2011 20:09:14 -0700
  ...bad in the last 2 or 3 years...among > maybe 70 EFI vanagons. > One was just a couple of months ago. > I seriously carry...
• Re: Throttle Idle RPM question
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Thu, 1 Oct 2009 17:21:30 -0700
  ...minds than mine may give you a better answer soon, but ... EFI, or electronic fuel injection, by definition controls most aspects of fuel injection...
• Converting EFI to Carberator
  Historical mailing list - Ari J. Posner
  Fri, 5 Mar 2004 20:08:00 +0000
  <html><div style='background-color:'><DIV class=RTE> <P>Is it possible to make this conversion? I read somewhere that Vans in Germany ran...
• Re: Vanagon Syndrome is it also known as Digifant Disease, maybe?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 16 Jun 2014 06:20:26 -0700
  ...I am not very familiar with all the internals, parts and the mechanisms of the EFI.... Mine have never really screwed up and so...
• Re: VW inline four-bangers
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 4 Aug 2008 16:33:38 -0700
  ...to be made - carb to intake manifold. >> >> personally, 'I wouldn't'...........EFI is infenitely superior to carbs, >> and once dialed in, and understood of...
• Re: more trouble with Billy
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Sat, 6 Mar 2004 20:13:27 -0500
  ...Try: > > > > http://www.251.org/digitool.html and search the > > > > archives for digitool" This is truly a great > > > > invention for you EFI types. Malcolm...
• Re: Looking for a project?
  Historical mailing list - T Collins
  Mon, 6 Apr 2020 20:59:49 -0400
  ...However I strongly recommend the GW EFI upgrade. Even with the > mild compression increase of the 2.3L you increase the chance of > pre...
• Re: Hot oil -- good idea to change, I reckon
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 7 Sep 2011 15:22:38 -0700
  ...and with 2.1 engine running on Digijet EFI .. Really good power and torque and perfectly matching gear ratios.. plenty speed.. never got below...
• Re: Van Died @ 70 MPH. Why? (Jetta conversion)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 25 Aug 2011 03:12:33 -0700
  ...got going mode' is stronger for a short period in an EFI fuel system like this. > whether the shut off was abrupt or 'soft...
• Re: no fuse for fuel pump? Adding fuses.
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 12 Mar 2023 13:26:36 -0500
  ...GoWesty EFI adds fuses for the pump, ignition, and ECU. > > For the power steering switch the connectors originally had covers. Most > are broken and...
• Help diagnose Cinco
  Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
  Tue, 25 Oct 2005 12:06:56 -0700
  ...Other folks have suggested "bad grounds" / EFI as the problem. The fact that the car did start after being towed and sounded totally normal...
• Slight stumble on "resume throttle" (Digifant EFI van)
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 10 Mar 2012 10:07:49 -0800
  I just finished my winter Snowbird trip with a beautiful drive from the California low desert through the high deserts and along the east...
• Re: Conversion Kits: Beware 1991 Clean Air Act!
  Historical mailing list - Chris & Aimee
  Thu, 18 Sep 1997 09:54:17 -0700
  ...al., >> Be careful, -very- careful in considering removing your EFI for carbs. >> New EPA standards are being forced in from the Feds US wide...
• Re: Any Guesses ~~ Now For Sure Your Turn Please ~ Update
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Wed, 7 Jul 2021 11:52:08 -0600
  ...Westy a few Years ago so as to install a GW EFI & also a spare ECU & >>> >>> Idle Control Relay just incase ~ For a few...
• Re: Eric's van is running again
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
  Tue, 3 Nov 2020 06:23:59 -0800
  ...I like the new GW EFI setup juxtaposed with the well worn idle control valve...the new and the old. Lastly I was kind...
• Re: Aircooled Westy - fuel problems?
  Historical mailing list - Adam Puzerewski
  Mon, 7 Jan 2002 15:58:45 -0500
  ...I suspect a vacuum leak combined with overheating, but I have very limited experience with EFI and can't explain the rich mixture. The...
• was: RE: 6 guys and vanagon x-country-UPDATE now:the great Megasquirt debate
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Sat, 13 Jun 2009 00:05:33 -0400
  ...but I'm always interested in EFI systems and 'real good reliability and longevity' .........and simplicity. what I often hear is that someone has...
• Re: Won't Start in St. Helena, Napa County
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Mon, 1 Dec 2014 14:35:27 -1000
  ...even shops do that ! ..some ) it's really a very simple EFI system too. usually it doesn't take long at all to identify...
• Re: Vanagon Re-power cheap and reliable...Reply from digest
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Sun, 28 Oct 2007 12:09:20 -0700
  ...I strongly dislike the CIS fuel injection ones - real messy layout in a vanagon, but the EFI ones......the one I'm most familiar...
• Re: Minimum spares kit. Was: Alternator Brushes Wore Out Pretty Darn Quick
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 29 Aug 2011 23:58:52 -0400
  ...bad in the last 2 or 3 > years...among maybe 70 EFI vanagons. > One was just a couple of months ago. > I seriously carry...
• Re: installed new engine.. now have ecu/fuel pump woes....anyone help me?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 22 Apr 2012 14:28:08 -0700
  ...if you look at your ignitor ( assuming you retained the complete 1.9 EFI and igntion ) you will see a white wire , ( of about...
• Re: No Start Cause: Relay Failure. PICS, Thoughts.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 6 Feb 2013 14:47:09 -0800
  ...What is a 'wall wart" anyway .? is that like worts on your wall or what ? Every EFI system ECU I have ever seen energizes...
• Re: 84 Pretend Vanagon (Toyota)- don't knock 'em!
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 13 Jun 2001 19:27:39 +1200
  ...wanna jpeg of a full-time luxury SWB 4x4 3.0 EFI turbodiesel Hiace Super Custom, just ask and I'll send it). Back...
• Re: Minimum spares kit. Was: Alternator Brushes Wore Out Pretty Darn Quick
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Tue, 30 Aug 2011 07:16:56 -0700
  ...bad in the last 2 or 3 years...among > maybe 70 EFI vanagons. > One was just a couple of months ago. > I seriously carry...
• Re: Throttle Idle RPM question
  Historical mailing list - Ramon Hill
  Thu, 1 Oct 2009 22:22:35 -0500
  ...minds than mine may give you a better answer soon, but ... EFI, or electronic fuel injection, by definition controls most aspects of fuel injection...
• Re: Euro-Drive: UPDATE 87 Volkswagen Vanagon, dies
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Tue, 22 Feb 2000 09:55:41 -0500
  ...1 L > > > > Trans: Standard > > Mileage: 150,000 mi > > VIN: WV2YB0257HH073807 > > Fuel: EFI > > Ignition: Hall Unit > > Emissions: Ca Emissions > > > > Symptoms: dies > > Occurs: After 30 miles...
• Re: 84 running issue solved?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Tue, 31 May 2022 12:16:16 -0400
  ...The is a 10% down payment toward the GoWesty EFI. The GoWesty EFI system installed in your 85 included their throttle body as that...
• Re: Poor Hot Start Discovery - midway through solution
  Historical mailing list - George Laubach
  Sun, 26 Aug 2012 08:45:36 -0500
  ...cold ) . >> I might also check into available voltage during cranking for EFI and >> ignition. >> I have seen that on n 84 wbxr ..but I...
• Re: The coninuing distributer saga - LOOONG
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 1 May 2010 18:23:47 -0700
  ...I'm running a 2.1 wbxr engine in my 85 Adventurewagon- with same-as-you Didijet EFI , and the same distributor as you...
• Re: more trouble with Billy
  Historical mailing list - Gary McEachern
  Sun, 7 Mar 2004 07:47:36 -0500
  ...Try: >> > > http://www.251.org/digitool.html and search the >> > > archives for digitool" This is truly a great >> > > invention for you EFI types. Malcolm...
• Re: air cooled flooding
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Zygmunt
  Fri, 14 Dec 2007 04:55:51 -0800
  ...all grounds for EFI weirdnesses. > I happen to have a used double relay for a > non-california air cooled > vanagon, btw. > It 'might' be...
• Re: Poor Hot Start Discovery - midway through solution
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sun, 26 Aug 2012 17:47:50 -0700
  ...Many vehicles won't let you crank unless > the clutch is in. > >> I might also check into available voltage during cranking for EFI and...
• Re: Best van ever designed (was: Why do we love that damn van so much...)
  Historical mailing list - Terry K.
  Sun, 26 May 2002 10:10:22 -0500
  ...Toyota Hiace Engines 2.0 gas 2.4 gas 2.0 diesel 2.4 diesel (turbo oprtion) 2.8 diesel 3.0 EFI turbodiesel...
• Re: Friday NVC-MGB engine that rebuilds itself
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 29 Jun 2012 23:57:51 -0700
  ...Friday NVC-MGB engine that rebuilds itself > > The carbed version of the XJ6 is pretty nasty all right. > The EFI version has to be...
• Any interest in a 1987 Weekender? * Photos *
  Historical mailing list - Detroit Bus
  Mon, 3 Oct 2005 11:16:40 -0700
  ...Experienced Vanagon mechanic spent six charged hours going through the ignition/EFI system. Nearly new engine installed 2003. About 15K on engine, 165K on...
• Re: O2 Sensorama, was: A few unrelated questions
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Sat, 17 Aug 2002 10:23:12 -0400
  ...Failing to replace The 02 sensor eventually > leads to the van reverting to the very lame "limp home" program in the > EFI ECU. This...
• Ultimate Fix #1
  Historical mailing list - Alpha Auto Sales
  Mon, 15 Oct 2001 22:43:47 -0700
  ...One by one I repeated the process on all the ground connectors for the EFI control unit circuitry. While repairing the connector clusters under...