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• question about thermostat ... or not
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Wed, 3 Mar 2010 07:19:01 -0800
  ...digifant replacement engine (2005) with less than 1000 miles on it ... benny boy says the thermostat is crucial to proper performance of injector system...
• Re: wiring harness, stalling
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 11 Jun 1997 23:37:52 -0700
  ...My understanding is that the harness works with digifant fuel injection systems but not necessary with digijet systems. As a result I have a...
• Re: FAQs-I like it!
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Tue, 19 Jan 1999 20:19:12 +0100
  ...heads, overflow/expansion tanks) > * fuel system (AFM, O2 sensor, temp I/II sensors, ground straps, > stuttering, mention Digifant/Digijet tool) [Darrell, this one has...
• Re: Cooling System Pressure
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Wed, 15 Mar 2000 07:55:15 -0500
  In fact, Digifant tool guru Darrell Boehler has such a setup in his van. I don't remember where he tapped in, but there...
• Re: Vanagon Syndrome is it also known as Digifant Disease, maybe?
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Mon, 16 Jun 2014 07:35:59 -0400
  ...being mentioned as > Vanagon Syndrome... > Thanks, Don Hanson > 84 van, 92 Jetta 8 valve head, 93 Jetta ABA bottom end, digifant II > operating system. >
• Re: O2 sensors effect on power
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 6 Mar 2001 13:57:58 -0500
  ...impossible for a Digifant O2 sensored fuel injection system to >provided more power than a non-senosred digijet, because the digifant >will never set...
• Re: O2 sensors effect on power
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 6 Mar 2001 13:57:58 -0500
  ...impossible for a Digifant O2 sensored fuel injection system to >provided more power than a non-senosred digijet, because the digifant >will never set...
• Re: Digifant Fuel Injection
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 25 Mar 2009 21:49:43 -0700
  ...It's both > Godsend and lifesaver rolled into one.This manual very clearly shows how > the system is built and how it works, and...
• Re: emissions inspection failure(Utah)
  Historical mailing list - Joshua Van Tol
  Wed, 9 Jun 1999 18:46:48 -0500
  ...inthe digifant >> brain. >> >> Any other thoughts? >> Has the fuel pressure ever been checked? How about the temp sensor, AFM, and ignition system? If not...
• Re: re. natural gas, propane
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 11 Jun 2000 19:34:00 -0700
  ...the vehicle considerably and >you have a second complete fuel system should the digifant fail. >In western Canada it seems there are more places...
• Re: duel fuel westy, LPG/propane or gasoline
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Tue, 8 Aug 2000 07:23:35 -0500
  ...Its a duel fuel system so the original digifant is still in place > and functional. You just flip an electrical switch on the dash...
• Re: Fuel Filters vs Fuel Strainers
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Wed, 6 Oct 2010 16:05:33 -0700
  ...as I'm having idling problems, I got out the Digifant Fuel | Injection System manual to study. I found interesting remarks |concerning | the fuel...
• Re: Idle Relay - Idle Valve match?
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sat, 16 Aug 2008 17:07:19 -0700
  ...Are there certain sets that were designed to go together? For the 2.1 Digifant in NA, there's just the B revision and...
• Re: eBay User Reference
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 14 Jan 2003 18:33:39 -0800
  ...This is achieved bymore frequent gathering of engine operating parameters such as fuel quality..." AFAIK, there is nothing in the Vanagon Digifant system that...
• Re: Soliciting VW Engine Recommendations
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 21 Jan 2014 23:54:15 -0500
  ...Digijet and Digifant waterboxer EFI systems are both fine. Each has advantages the other system doesn't have. They're both good. On 1...
• Re: (LONG) Surging Idle fixed! / Surging O2 sensor readings
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Wed, 12 Jan 2000 08:08:39 -0600
  ...Newer systems have smarter ecus and multiple o2 sensors. They turn on the check engine light and keep on going. The digifant is a...
• Digifant connector test results, Das Boot.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Hall
  Tue, 16 Feb 1999 20:19:35 -0600
  ...been testing the connector for the Digifant unit. Bentley section 24.61 Electrical testing, ignition and injection system Test 1---terminals 13 and 14...
• Troubleshooting the Basic Idle Stabilizer System - Part IV
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:38:45 -0500
  Vanagon/Type II Fuel Systems - Digifant TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDELINES Idle Stabilization - Checking Power Steering ___ Engine idling, turn the steering wheel hard left (or right) to...
• Re: 5-cylinder conversion mail list (1)
  Historical mailing list - Michael Modl
  Thu, 12 Nov 1998 01:43:52 EST
  ...However the van digifant pulses the the injectors once for every 2 hall pulses. I think the i5 may run a little rich. In...
• re. curious item on ebay
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 9 Apr 2001 18:07:13 -0600
  ...You also have 2 complete fuel systems available -------- in case something breaks. The digifant ECU still supplies spark however. You can change between fuels...
• Re: Engine alternative (inline four) a bit long
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Mon, 13 Apr 2009 11:26:00 -0400
  ...while i haven't worked on this engine and fuel management system it is very close to the digifant II it seems. you want...
• Re: Digijet Tool?
  Historical mailing list - Carl Turner
  Thu, 19 Nov 1998 18:26:48 EST
  ...sort of parts list and plans deal you made for the digifant tool on the web page? I would certainly consider building one! I...
• Re: Inline 4 Recommendation
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Mon, 1 Mar 2004 22:14:46 -0500
  ...Digifant Golf and Jetta from 1988 thru 1992. Electrically you have to do some wiring, but much more compatable with exicting fuel system. No...
• Re: diesel to gas swap
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 18 May 1999 11:36:06 -0700
  ...me! I believe the newer Motronic engine management system is superior to the Digifant II system). At the time I saw the conversion the...
• LP tank and Skylight
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Seitz
  Thu, 10 Jun 1999 16:19:33 -0500
  ...The > Digifant control module(DCM)is the most reliable part of the system and > like any computer it conforms to the GIGO rule. Prior...
• New Fuel Inject Test Data
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 09 May 94 22:28:38 EDT
  ...If you do not own the factory training manual I mentioned, and you have a Digifant system (86-91), send me private e-mail...
• V'gon upper respiratory difficulties
  Historical mailing list - Woody Halsey
  Tue, 9 Jan 2001 10:24:42 EST
  I have read with sympathy recent posts about hiccoughing and hestitating in the Digijet and Digifant systems. Those who were on the list a...
• OXS sensitivity
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Fri, 27 Jul 2001 14:30:00 -0400
  ...Today I had the leak fixed and the van purrs like a kitten :-) Just thought you should know how sensitive our OXS/Digifant system...
• Re: 2.0L I4 Opportunities
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 14 May 2013 08:46:53 -0700
  ...Converting the Digijet to Digifant seemed to > me to be an unproductive and costly step. I choose to use the engine > management system that...
• Re: ECU firmware location
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Sat, 15 Sep 2007 09:31:56 -0400
  ...getting in-depth into embedded systems design, but does > anybody know if the firmware for our ECU's (Digifant or Digijet) > resides completely on...
• Bucko update
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Fri, 29 Nov 2002 12:32:52 -0800
  ...Jetta Digifant 2, this may be of some interest to you. In fact, I wonder if anyone has switched their Vanagon FI system to...
• making a little headway but need advice
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Sat, 7 Dec 2013 12:48:12 -0500
  ...I believe I have assembled it with all the Injection system and ignition system complete. My progress was cut short by a vehicle accident...
• Re: Anyone seen Gowesty's Digifiant replacement?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Tue, 17 Jul 2018 22:03:00 -0700
  ...with their high compression engines due to the fact that the digifant > system doesn't have a knock sensor. I think thats a really...
• Tachometer Signal ?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Wed, 29 Dec 2004 19:04:44 -0800
  ...from my Motronic engine? I changed the fuel injection system last year from Digifant 2 to '95 Motronic and since I don't have...
• Re: I-4 conversion general info
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sun, 25 Oct 2015 11:58:17 -0700
  ...a diesel vanagon....The engine management system is almost identical too..between the vanagon and the digifant jetta, rabbit, cabriolet motors....Parts are mostly...
• Re: Eurospec Conversion: Digifant Comment
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 29 Jul 1998 12:36:49 -0700
  ...The only trouble I've had with the Digifant system was a "balky" AFM last winter. The old "bend contact so that it is...
• Re: Just Say NO OK Vanagoners, Thanks to everyone who replid
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Sun, 16 Aug 1998 23:45:40 -0400
  Stick with the Supers, the Platinums tend to foul and like splitfires are only of real gain on weak ignition systems. The best choice...
• Re: Engine thoughts--now Go Westy engine management system
  Historical mailing list - Jason
  Sat, 6 Jan 2018 09:55:54 -0500
  ...I've played with quite a few standalone EFI systems in past, they were certainly less money. One time we played with injectors on...
• Re: My New Bentley
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 7 Apr 2013 11:58:25 -0700
  ...Vanadium carbide, an inorganic compound; Vancouver Canucks, a NHL hockey team; Vehicle code, a motor vehicle traffic legal system" ........etc. They have them at...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 29 Nov 2000 - Special issue (#2000-343)
  Historical mailing list - Damian Shaw
  Wed, 29 Nov 2000 15:13:41 -0700
  ...It really caused my FI system some grief since I couldn't get the throttle switch to adjust properly. The adjustment for the idle...
• Re: Fuel Filters vs Fuel Strainers
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Wed, 6 Oct 2010 18:13:12 -0500
  ...as I'm having idling problems, I got out the Digifant Fuel >>> Injection System manual to study. I found interesting remarks concerning >>> the fuel...
• Throttle stop switch? Stumbles on resume throttle..
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 10 Mar 2013 06:44:21 -0700
  ...There seems to be a couple of very different ones used on various Digifant systems. Can someone guide me as to how to test...
• idle/full throttle switch replacement
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Wed, 5 Aug 1998 22:19:46 -0500
  I confirmed the death of my idle/full throttle enrichment switch on our Digifant after Darrell's ECU tool found that, i.e. it...
• Re: fwis, this is how I bleed the radiator
  Historical mailing list - George Wietor
  Sun, 21 Oct 2001 17:03:10 -0700
  ...Bleeding coolan- Where do you apply the suction? TIA< George --- Robert Zezoff <shilohz@JPS.NET> wrote: > I have an 82 diesel to 92 digifant...
• Used ECU for '87 Vanagon [WC]
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Tue, 3 Jan 95 8:55:34 PST
  So Gene Sady says: > Greetings, > I'm in dire need of a Digifant ECU for an '87 Vanagon. The > part number is "025 906...
• Re: Vanagon idle hunting
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Wed, 13 Apr 94 16:32:44 CDT
  ...that's what they kept telling me, too!!! >'87 models come with the Digifant system, Right? . Looks as if the coolant > temp sensor I...
• Re: 1.9 WBX fuel injectors
  Historical mailing list - Dave Arthur
  Tue, 8 Sep 2009 15:24:13 -0300
  ...The YELLOW body I believe is for a Digifant ('86 up) system D On 08/09/09 2:37 PM, "T Collins" <tonycollin@GMAIL...
• Re: 1.9l-strange throttle response
  Historical mailing list - Robert Steven Fish
  Thu, 16 Jan 2003 20:41:29 +0100
  ...Apparently the warm engine (or even just warm summer temperatures) does not require such intense FI adjustments to be made by the Digifant system...
• Re: 1990 2.1L Digijet European Caravelle wiring diagrams
  Historical mailing list - T.M.
  Mon, 3 Sep 2007 01:01:57 -0400
  ...digifant system where both the fuel injection as well as ignition are handled by the ECU. The quirk is that my Digijet system has...
• Re: Digifant component comparison between Jetta and Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - mdrillock
  Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:58:11 -0800
  ...I am going to assume this for my use (yours too > if you agree) > > "Similar vintage Digifant systems appear to share the same components...
• Re: Digifant Fuel System Troubleshooting Experience
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Mon, 11 May 2009 19:19:18 -0700
  ...Digifant Fuel System Troubleshooting Experience To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Date: Monday, May 11, 2009, 5:54 PM I hope I never get to...
• Re: Fuel Filters vs Fuel Strainers
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Wed, 6 Oct 2010 19:01:48 -0400
  ...as I'm having idling problems, I got out the Digifant Fuel > Injection System manual to study. I found interesting remarks > concerning > the fuel...
• Re: Wanted 1.6 diesel parts
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Thu, 27 Sep 2001 20:54:11 -0700
  Why carbs?? The Digifant II injection system works very well, burns cleaner and much more efficient. Also there is a built in knock sensor...
• Re: Digijet Digitool Info
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Mon, 5 Mar 2001 07:03:05 -0600
  ...It will also work on an L-jetronic or digifant 2 system. Hooking a led circuit (light emitting diode) direct to coil minus takes...
• 2.5L 120HP waterboxer.....that runs on 91 octane......90mm stroke by 94mm bore....and pases smog...hmmm?
  Historical mailing list - Smola, Tony
  Fri, 15 Mar 2002 22:58:59 -0600
  ...7mm of crank......did the cam change?.......Is the Digifant a better FI systemfor producing HP?.....Is the distributor advance curve better?.....compression jumped...
• Re: VANAGON syndrome
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Mon, 17 Nov 2014 14:47:12 -0500
  ...gmail.com> wrote: > It's only with the 2.1's Digifant system, '86-'91, and documented in the > Bentley on page 24.57...
• Re: What voltage do injectors need to fire?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 6 Sep 2004 23:35:04 -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: Soliciting VW Engine Recommendations
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( Scott Daniel Foss )
  Tue, 21 Jan 2014 17:31:34 -0800
  ...and Digifant EFI. I think ..'for you' .. a good solid 2.1 wbxr long block which can run just fine on Digijet EFI would...
• Re: Idle Stabilizer System Delete. Cause Bog Off Idle?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 12 Apr 2015 09:19:52 -0400
  ...Idle Stabilizer System Delete. Cause Bog Off Idle? Hi all. This is for an '88 2.1 WBX with Digifant. The idle stabilization valve...
• Re: Injector Color Codes, Yellow for 2.1
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Sat, 20 May 2006 08:16:32 -0400
  ...injectors are for AFC systems (air cooled vanagon and late buses with FI) Yellow (gold?) injectors are for Digijet/Digifant engines (1.9 and...