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• Re: Fuel Injectors
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 21 Mar 2013 22:58:29 -0700
  ...No cold start injector on waterboxers, 83 and up, with Digijet EFI. Generally ..air-cooled vanagons are dying out, lI'd say. Waterboxers are...
• Re: AFM intermittancy result?
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"
  Thu, 12 Aug 2010 07:07:29 -0700
  So a small bad spot on the AFM track would cause the ECU to shut off the injectors, resulting in a full lean condition...
• Re: still can't pull CIS injectors!
  Historical mailing list - Matt Ratto
  Mon, 30 Dec 2002 17:09:08 -0800
  ...I pulled the fuel line off and found a nut that fit the injector thread. Then I put the closed side of a box...
• Fuel injector rings
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 4 Jul 1999 01:01:54 -0400
  I recently replaced fuel hosing, using Bus Depot hose (not Continental but looks the same) and keeping the metal rings on the injectors. While...
• Electrical Saga Continues
  Historical mailing list - Rico Dagastino
  Fri, 15 Mar 2002 19:33:21 EST
  ...However, the injectors are not firing. My question is: Does the ignition module, which is connected to the ECU by a white wire, trigger...
• Re: Intermittent running problem.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Jowell
  Thu, 28 Apr 2016 06:13:07 -0400
  Checked injectors for leakage. They are perfect with no drips etc. Checked temp sensor that is new and it is working. Worked on the...
• Re: making a little headway but need advice
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Sat, 7 Dec 2013 14:33:08 -0500
  ...It seems I have just 1 injector out of the 4 that is pulsing fuel, on l/h bank, so I have 3 injectors...
• Re: Gasoline additives
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Thu, 20 Dec 2001 23:15:51 -0600
  Once a month add a pint of Gummout to the gas--it'll keep your injector's clean as a whistle----- Then if you...
• Re: 88 Vanagon gl "issues": replacing fuel lines
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Mon, 5 Mar 2007 17:06:44 -0800
  ...I have had a couple Vanagons that still passed California SMOG testing easily at 250,000 on original injectors. Techron fuel injector cleaner once...
• injector resistance
  Historical mailing list - Bradley Flubacher
  Sun, 1 Jul 2001 14:59:02 -0400
  I measured the resistance on my injectors and it turned up high (17-18 ohms ea.) What is this inidicative of? Definitely a problem...
• fuel pressure on return to tank
  Historical mailing list - azsun99
  Tue, 18 Dec 2007 18:57:37 -0700
  ...the same as, or less than, the injector side of the system, i.e. between the fuel pump and the injectors? Thanks, Jerry
• Re: Rich on side, lean the other?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sun, 16 Sep 2007 08:38:50 -0400
  VW wasserboxers do indeed fire all injectors at once ... unlike the Subaru engines which fire them sequentially. Think of the wasserboxer as being similar...
• Re: 2.1 WBX Warm Start Troubles
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 1 Nov 2016 15:41:45 -0700
  Mike, You say "the Fuel Pressure Regulator works correctly.But....The residual fuel pressure test was unsatisfactory until I clamped off the fuel injector...
• Re: Looking for a good fuel injector rail- East Coast preferred
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 28 Sep 2009 21:14:02 -0400
  ...Looking for a good fuel injector rail- East Coast preffered Hi everyone, So after my rebuilt engine went in, drove it for 400 miles...
• Re: '83 wasserboxer wiring harness melted!
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Mon, 1 Feb 1999 21:12:16 -0600
  ...it seems that the fuel injector wires on that side of the engine can get pinched between the air filter box (the black plastic...
• Re: woe is me
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Wed, 8 Nov 2000 08:14:18 -0800
  ...woe is me > Well, I bought a nice new set of injectors for my 1.6L NA diesel vanagon > westfalia yesterday. I was using...
• Re: Hose on Fuel Injectors - replaceable?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 8 Oct 2004 12:42:12 -0500
  ...Hose on Fuel Injectors - replaceable? I removed my hoses at the fuel injectors by carefully cutting them out using a #11 exacto. This allowed...
• Re: 2.1 WBX Warm Start Troubles
  Historical mailing list - Michael Magnani
  Thu, 3 Nov 2016 19:07:35 +0000
  ...Now I"m going to check my new fuel injectors per Bentley 24.56 Mike M On Tuesday, November 1, 2016 3:45 PM...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 3 Mar 2014 to 4 Mar 2014 (#2014-134)
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Henderson
  Wed, 5 Mar 2014 05:36:36 -0600
  ...http://www.ebay.com/itm/Fuel-Injector-Pigtail-Wiring-Connector-Plug-83-91-VW-Vanagon-T3-Transporter-/351008673391 --VOLKSWAGEN VANAGON Standard Motor Fuel Injector...
• Re: [T2] Fuel injector bracket???
  Historical mailing list - Karl
  Tue, 13 Feb 2001 15:14:13 -0800
  [...] > I pulled my injectors out of my 1980 vanagon 2.0L. I bought new ones, but, > they have a metal ring that holds them...
• Green Fuel Injector
  Historical mailing list - McComas_Glenn
  Fri, 3 Mar 2000 07:11:21 -0500
  ...How long have you owned this vehicle?? Is it possible the previous injector got crudded up & was replaced with the green one?? Have you...
• Re: Digijet Fuel Injectors
  Historical mailing list - Don Deitke
  Mon, 22 Dec 2003 08:37:06 EST
  Joe,s Van ~~~~ We have new Bosch injectors for $76.99 or generic new for $42.99 both for the 83 Westy // Merry Christmas...
• 85 Vanagon 1.9l ? - Fuel injector loose
  Historical mailing list - AAG - Larry Word
  Sat, 25 Mar 2006 19:57:15 -0500
  I was changing my fuel lines and notice that one of my F.Injectors "moves" around in its harness and also away from the...
• Fuel injector cleaning in So Cal (whither Coast Fuel Injection?)
  Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
  Mon, 23 Jul 2007 12:56:47 -0700
  ...Can anyone recommend a fuel injector cleaner in So Cal / San Diego area? thx!
• Re: start - won't sart - solution
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 22 Aug 2003 21:40:19 -0700
  Check the injector spray pattern while you are cranking the engine. There should be no spray with just the key on and then it...
• Re: No injector spray pattern
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Mon, 28 Sep 2009 12:28:46 -0500
  ...Turns out, fuel stopped at the injectors. I should have > figured that out sooner but I was pretty frustrated and started playing > "swap-tronics...
• Re: 1987 2.1 WBX oil buzzer comes on after hiway usage...
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 4 Mar 2015 15:58:56 -0600
  I send my injectors to RIch at CRUZIN PERFORMANCE. They come back clean, tested, new pintles installed uand a performance report. $20/ea. Plus...
• Re: Fuel Injectors
  Historical mailing list - Dan Andrews
  Fri, 22 Mar 2013 14:49:45 +1100
  Hi Mike, Might be a model thing, but my 1982 T3 has 5x injectors - one for each cylinder and a central 'cold engine' injector...
• Re: Wow, disaster anytime now ...
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 26 Feb 2013 13:25:09 -0800
  That would have to be that the injectors are being held open continuously .. due to ... bad ecu. I have seen it on a 1...
• Re: Dead 83.5 Westy (injector power)
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Ensing
  Sun, 24 Jun 2007 14:23:13 EDT
  ...Finally, I installed some used injectors and presto it worked! As a mechanic I would have sworn under oath previously that all four injectors...
• Fuel injector cleaning
  Historical mailing list - Steve Gough
  Mon, 7 Jul 2003 12:33:30 -0700
  After having problems with my FI system, I sent my 2.1L injectors to a company in Michigan, "Cruzin' Performance." The service was very...
• Re: Fuel pressure & injectors
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 9 Aug 2001 09:52:36 -0500
  ...I now use a ten foot rubber hose, an electrical extension for my injector wires and do this way out from the Westy. Stan...
• Re: Fuel Injectors
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Wed, 15 Nov 2000 10:09:36 -0500
  ...wrote: > >No, the Tiico engine kit re-uses the stock waterboxer injectors. > > > >----- Original Message ----- > > > >> Just a quick question here... isn't there new injectors...
• 91 injector seals recall
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Mon, 15 Aug 94 10:22:21 CDT
  does anyone actually have the letter that came with/for/about that recall on the injector seals? would they mind typing it in or...
• Injectors
  Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
  Fri, 11 Aug 2006 09:06:37 -0700
  Any thoughts on replacing injectors after 150k miles? Clean vs. Replace? I remember reading that there are companies that will clean/ refurb yours, but...
• Re: fuel injector hoses, replacing
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Sun, 9 Dec 2007 09:47:37 -0500
  At 09:24 AM 12/9/2007, Karin Baker & Raymond Paquette wrote... >Anybody know of a place near Northampton MA to have injectors >tested...
• Re: Rich on side, lean the other?
  Historical mailing list - Raymond Paquette
  Sun, 16 Sep 2007 08:09:27 -0400
  Scott Can you explain this? It would seem to me that if the injectors all fires at once, then three cylinders would get gas...
• Re: Replace fuel injectors?-Item 2.....
  Historical mailing list - Thomas D. Hanlon
  Mon, 7 May 2001 15:59:57 -0700
  ...I'm putting a new engine in my '86 Westy this > week.Tested old fuel injectors (180K miles, originals)--only one > worked right. My...
• Re: Injector Question
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 22 Sep 2003 17:55:08 -0400
  ...Injector Question Hey all, Does anyone know what the voltage is that is applied to the fuel injectors of a 2.1 ltr wbx...
• Re: injector cleaning
  Historical mailing list - Brien Dews
  Thu, 20 Jul 2006 07:14:34 -0400
  ...http://www.cruzinperformance.com/ On 7/19/06, steve vitale <steve@newsie.net> wrote: > > Has anyone had positive experience with injector cleaning services or...
• Re: Back to Texas but only running on 3 - FIXED!
  Historical mailing list - Dylan Spurgin
  Fri, 21 Feb 2003 10:32:29 -0600
  ...I was following Stan's advice by switching the injectors and once I pulled and switched them the engine started running normally again. Maybe...
• Re: gas fumes/injectors
  Historical mailing list - Karl Bloss
  Sat, 3 Jun 2000 23:43:11 -0400
  ...Then pull out the injectors with the fuel rail attached. They injectors seals might be sticky or stay in the head. The fuel line...
• Re: Miss at idle?
  Historical mailing list - Steven P Smith
  Sun, 15 May 2016 20:19:06 -0700
  ...Then I remembered that the fuel injector for that cylinder had been changed, so I replaced the injector again (turns out the replacement by...
• Re: Fuel Injectors
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 22 Mar 2013 11:49:39 -0700
  ...Took a wile to find it ...like how can you have good fuel pressure on the right injectors but not on the left ones...
• Re: 1987 Syncro-replace fuel lines
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 19 Nov 2006 23:45:35 -0600
  ...They > have a > typical clamp on the end away from the injector, but appear to have some > kind of crimp clamp at the injector...
• fuel lines; the injector side
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Sat, 12 Jun 1999 08:29:20 -0400
  I can see the short hoses between the fuel distributors and the injectors have microcracks, so it's high time to change them. I...
• Re: Injectors Recall
  Historical mailing list - mayfly95
  Wed, 20 Jun 2001 18:37:17 -0400
  ...I guess as a consolation prize they ran my VIN and said that > I had an open recall item and the injectors needed to...
• Re: Injector cleaning results
  Historical mailing list - Damon Campbell
  Sat, 15 Jan 2005 20:25:40 -0800
  So i tried out the cleaned injectors, hoping for the final fix to the lean off-idle hesitation. Better, but not a cure. It...
• Looking for some more air cooled cold start injectors
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Thu, 1 Nov 2018 11:49:16 -0400
  Hi guys and gals, I am in need of at least one cold start injector for an air cooled Vanagon or Bus. Anyone have...
• FS Fuel Injectors
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Sat, 28 Apr 2012 07:38:21 -0400
  For Sale good fuel injectors. I pulled these off an 89 Carat and they looked new. Hoses look great. I used them in my...
• Re: Victor Reinz brand front main seal from engine gasket kit?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 24 Jul 2004 20:58:36 -0400
  ...The injectors also get +12 at the same > times. > >>> > >>> The injectors are not fired by turning this +12 > on and off. They are > >>> fired...
• Re: Rich on side, lean the other?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Mon, 17 Sep 2007 18:56:38 -0700
  ...B-but if the injectors all fire together, then 3 times out of four each injector is looking at a closed valve? If so...
• source for CIS injectors?
  Historical mailing list - Matt Ratto
  Fri, 3 Jan 2003 15:19:52 -0800
  OK! I got the injectors out! (for those of you not following my saga, I had a small problem removing them...) Now I need...
• Re: Anyone with good used injectors?
  Historical mailing list - phil cain
  Sun, 31 Aug 2003 20:40:19 -0700
  Are there any difference in the injector for a 80 2.0 L air cooled engine and yours. I have a few good sets...
• Re: Dead 83.5 Westy (injector power)
  Historical mailing list - Erik Peterson
  Sun, 24 Jun 2007 13:03:53 +0200
  The injectors are relatively new (re-manufactured), they all ohm check good from the ECU (I did all the VO meter checks on page...
• Re: Leaky (dripping) fuel injector? (searched archives some...)
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 11 Nov 2007 09:25:52 -0500
  A leaky injector will not fill the engine with fuel. A ruptured fuel pressure regulator diaphragm, a shorted ECU, and multiple non successful starting...
• Re: size of nut (bolt?) on crankcase pulley?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:57:17 -0600
  ...I next pulled the injectors on one side, and turned on the ignition, and bumped the started. No spray came from the injectors. Because...
• Re: ^_Vanagon^_ ^_Stalls^_ Out While Driving
  Historical mailing list - Markus Benne
  Sat, 26 Apr 2025 17:56:13 +0000
  ...3.   This may be something.  Step 5, injectors.   Resistance is infinite between pins 12 and 14.   Resistance on a specific injector does fall in...
• Re: Injector Color Codes, Yellow for 2.1
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Sat, 20 May 2006 08:16:32 -0400
  ...http://www.californiavan.com/Manuals/Digijet/vanagonDigijetP56.pdf Blue injectors are for AFC systems (air cooled vanagon and late buses with FI) Yellow (gold...
• Re: [1985 Digijet] Need help diagnosing no injector power - solved
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Brideau
  Fri, 2 May 2003 09:30:01 -0400
  Thank you all very much for your help with my injector power problem. The culprit was a loose wire inside a block connector. http...