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  • Drowning 85' vanagon
    Historical mailing list - Brian T.
    Thu, 25 Jan 2007 16:40:49 -0800
    ...This is a stock 1.9 digijet motor. It is literally drowning itself with fuel ~ ignition in start / run position puts all four injectors...
  • Re: Upgrading 1.9 to 2.1
    Historical mailing list - Joshua Van Tol
    Thu, 25 Feb 1999 19:07:54 -0600
    ...the 2.1 cooling system and exhaust system, > but use the Digijet electronics. The only necessary alteration you would > need to do is to...
  • Re: So sorry.. Was mistaken again.
    Historical mailing list - mike miller
    Fri, 16 Mar 2001 22:20:41 -0800
    ...We thought it was just the output of a > Digijet computer. > > Hope all is well in Japan with the Japanese Westy Club. > > > tim o...
  • Re: Are all 2.1 engines digifant?
    Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
    Sun, 4 May 2014 20:45:11 -1000
    ...But..... > > I've read of 2.1 engines installed in Digijet Vanagons. The owner > keeps the Digijet system adapting it to the 2.1...
  • '85 weekender...won't start warm..thanks all
    Historical mailing list
    Sun, 31 Mar 1996 18:53:14 -0800
    ...It looks like the problem was a loose or dirty conection at the thermostat to the Digijet computer brain. We have had the van...
  • Re: Question about fuel hose
    Historical mailing list - SyncroHead
    Mon, 25 May 1998 02:45:07 EDT
    ...I was under the impression that because the Digijet > runs at only 35 or so lbs you don't need the expensive fuel injector...
  • FS: 1984 GL in Oregon $500
    Historical mailing list - John Harvey
    Mon, 10 Dec 2001 17:04:50 -0500
    1984 Volkswagen Vanagon GL 1.9L Watercooled - Digijet 4 speed manual transmission Baby/Dark Blue 2-Tone paint Located in Salem, Oregon This van...
  • Re: 1985 Digijet Surging at idle (AFM?)
    Historical mailing list - Walter Evens
    Sat, 16 Feb 2002 10:58:14 -0800
    ...1985 Digijet Surging at idle (AFM?) > > Yes, this device, sometimes called a harness, is the official remedy for > the intermittant loss of power sometimes...
  • Re: ECU relocation / new 1.9 harnesses
    Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
    Tue, 11 Dec 2007 19:20:29 -0500
    ...Now-ECU relocation I am currently in the final stages of development for the 1.9L digijet harness. I am looking at starting production...
  • digijet engine swap?
    Historical mailing list - Marcus Elia
    Mon, 8 Dec 1997 11:39:33 -0400
    ...I assume that the engine you were talking about was the digifant ('86-up)? My '84 of course has the digijet engine, which one...
  • Idle Stabilizer Control Unit, 1.9l Digijet, 2 or 3 models
    Historical mailing list - sam.cooks
    Tue, 26 Aug 2003 20:50:49 -0400
    ...At least one list vendor indicates that this model is good for all 1.9l Digijet systems. I recently acquired my 3rd running vanagon...
  • Wanted Burnt/bad/fried/kaput ECUs
    Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
    Mon, 10 Aug 1998 15:48:18 -0500
    ...a breakout box instead of soldering on the primary circuit board. Digijet or Digifant -- makes no diff in this situation. -- Gerry Gerald Skerbitz <g...
  • Re: Digitool info link
    Historical mailing list - robert shawn feller
    Tue, 13 Jun 2006 14:47:45 -0400
    ...06, David Bohannan <fjazzbass@gmail.com> wrote: > > Anything like this for Digijet? > > On 6/13/06, Thomas Myers <thomas.myers@xerox.com> wrote: > > > > http...
  • Re: AFM related Vanagon Syndrome - occurs in both Digifant and Digijet
    Historical mailing list
    Mon, 25 Sep 2006 01:19:47 EDT
    In a message dated 9/24/06 11:23:21 PM Eastern Daylight Time, sam.cooks@VERIZON.NET writes: > The problem comes from erratic...
  • Re: digijet fuel pressure
    Historical mailing list - Dave Baker
    Wed, 1 Aug 2001 14:16:16 -0500
    ...VANAGON.COM Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2001 1:27 PM Subject: digijet fuel pressure I was working on my '84 this weekend, and checked...
  • Re: WBX Digitool/ Digital Engine Analyzer
    Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
    Wed, 18 Jun 2014 10:00:40 -0700
    ...My Boehler tool was set up for Digijet. The VC tool is for Digifant. VC more nicely finished, and easier to use. With long...
  • 88* Pre-ignition problems
    Historical mailing list - Harley Thomas
    Mon, 19 Aug 1996 15:01:11 +-200
    ...1988, 2109cc, 82kW with Digijet injection Engine was completely renovated 18 months ago. My problem is: Pre-ignition under load (pinking). I have checked...
  • Digifant tool
    Historical mailing list - Karl Bloss
    Wed, 23 Sep 1998 10:43:35 +0000
    ...If you want to know more, search the archives in the last few months for Darrell's e-mail address and Digifant or Digijet...
  • Re: Digijet = K-Jetronic?
    Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
    Fri, 21 Jul 2000 08:32:28 -0400
    http://www.conservatory.com/vw/manuals_nyx/ This link takes you to some Bosch FI manuals that also give you a good taste for...
  • 2.1 fits right in
    Historical mailing list - George Thorburn
    Tue, 8 Nov 2005 10:17:17 -0600
    ...I know that the Digijet injection from the 1.9 will work but what all needs to be changed to make this swap complete...
  • Re: need 1.9l digijet FI website/info
    Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
    Tue, 29 May 2001 13:19:51 EDT
    The Digijet is not much different from what was used on the air cooled Vanagons. IIRC (I often don't) the Digijet is an...
  • Re: running rich on Digijet
    Historical mailing list - DeRusha Cazelle Patterson
    Sat, 12 Apr 1997 22:27:25 -0500
    Hey, Well, I made it to Nashville in my '87 w/ 9.1 Digijet (don't ask - it just is). The trip went smoothly...
  • [Fwd: Re: Digitool & Archives, work with 1.9l?]
    Historical mailing list - sam.cooks
    Tue, 9 Dec 2003 10:22:37 -0500
    ...It will also work on digijet units but I don't normally support the digijet configurations. In case you may have missed the fact...
  • Re: Maintenance Saga: '84 Westy
    Historical mailing list - george jannini
    Fri, 13 May 2011 15:20:26 -0400
    ...2.1 L (2100 cc) (112 bhp) (Serial # DJ) 10:1 compression ratio, Digijet injection, only sold in European countries not requiring catalytic converter...
  • Re: Sputtering Fixed!!
    Historical mailing list - Kristin Dewey
    Fri, 20 Nov 1998 16:14:56 EST
    ...Darrell wrote me and said he makes a digijet tool for the (83.5-85), but that it involves sending my ecu across the...
  • Injector resistance
    Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
    Sun, 1 Jul 2001 21:15:25 EDT
    ...The auxiliary air regulator is wired in parallel with the injectors and the connection is hidden inside the loom on the '84 digijet model...
  • Re: weird flooding engine (very weird)
    Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
    Mon, 20 Oct 2003 08:07:07 -0400
    ...A part of regular maintenance calls for a drop of oil on the felt button under the rotor(digijet only). How many people do...
  • digijet woes
    Historical mailing list - jeff seward
    Wed, 18 Apr 2007 23:33:45 -0700
    how likely is it that my fuel injectors are starting to go bad and what are the primary tell-tale symptoms? my 84 GL...
  • Re: 2.2L EuroCars Engine vs 2.1l Boston Engine
    Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
    Tue, 27 Aug 2002 02:08:39 +0100
    >The European 2.1 10 to 1 engine had Digijet and that injection did have a different chip than the Us version 1.9...
  • 40 minutes drive and then cuts out.
    Historical mailing list - Zolly
    Sat, 10 Jul 2010 12:07:05 -0700
    ...The engine is 2.1L, the system is for the 1.9 engine, digijet. I have checked with the digitool all the possible items...
  • Re: Pig Tail for early vans?
    Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
    Wed, 26 Aug 2009 18:07:59 -0700
    ...vans? > > >> They are not. >> >> Air-cooled: AFM system >> 1.9 waterboxer: Digijet >> 2.1 waterboxer: Digifant >> >> Jim My mistake... AFC, not AFM. See fuel...
  • Re: timing settings...
    Historical mailing list
    Fri, 31 Jan 1997 15:24:41 -0800
    ...Looking at the Bentley for the digijet, you are correct - the idle stablizer should be disconnected AND the two plugs should be connected together...
  • Road Trip update
    Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
    Wed, 15 Nov 2000 20:40:57 -0500
    ...http://www.enter.net/~bloss/vwtrek I'm at Darrell Boehler's right now, who fixed me up with a Digijet tool. We also...
  • Vanagon Toys FS
    Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
    Mon, 12 Dec 2005 10:43:42 -0500
    ...alloys in like-new condition- $595 for a set of four. Digijet Performance ECUs- $200 (I only have three left) Just wanted to let...
  • Re: digitool
    Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
    Tue, 12 Sep 2006 11:30:39 -0700
    Is there a similar tool for DigiJet? I've got weird FI problems in my 85, would be wonderful to make (or borrow) one...
  • Red Tornado Engine (ALT impoved bracket!)
    Historical mailing list - Benny boy
    Mon, 22 Jan 2007 02:51:40 -0500
    ...a fully rebuilt VW 2.1L wasser with stock 1.9L cooling system and Digijet FI, an European ECU from BB... http://www.benplace...
  • Re: 2.1L into '84 Westy project - Cooling system question
    Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
    Thu, 3 Jul 2008 17:08:14 -0700
    ...http://www.oldvolkshome.com/19to21.htm The only other mod I've made is upgrading the Digijet ECU to the European Digijet model ($250...
  • Re: Idling problem at certain RPM in '84 --> Computer?
    Historical mailing list - John
    Mon, 4 Oct 1999 13:50:48 -0400
    ...to replace. > > Thanks. > > Justin Hi Justin, I think that replacing the Digijet Control Module might be premature....... If the closed throttle contacts are shorted...
  • Re: AFC
    Historical mailing list - Michael Pabst
    Sat, 1 Jan 2000 15:13:04 EST
    ...Their fuel injection control unit is slightly different and called digijet (83-85) and digifant (from 86 - don't ask me how the (ele...
  • Re: gas prices- a canadian perspective
    Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
    Sun, 6 Mar 2005 22:35:41 -0600
    ...I don't think the Digijet,or Digifant would be able to handle the correct volume of fluid required to make the engine run...
  • Re: (Fuel filter) What a Long Strange Trip It's Been
    Historical mailing list
    Mon, 11 Nov 1996 12:32:29 -0500
    ...I am pretty sure I have a Digijet (aren't all 83-85 H20 boxers Digijet) which says to have either one or the...
  • cheap fuel pressure gauge
    Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
    Wed, 13 May 1998 09:59:24 -0700
    ...Typical pressures in the Vanagon are under 40 psi, so this gauge is adequate for the Digijet and Digifant systems (some FI systems run...
  • Re: 1.9 fuel pump won't work
    Historical mailing list - Dan N
    Thu, 28 Mar 2019 17:42:10 -0700
    ...And even when I get it going from the battery, the injectors > are not spraying. > This is a 1.9 Digijet system. > I have...
  • Re: Computerized Gauge Setup
    Historical mailing list - Roger Bowman
    Thu, 4 Nov 1999 08:56:44 -0800
    Is the VW digifant/Digijet system OBD compatible? If so, where is the connector to interface the OBD computer to the vehicle computer? Where...
  • Centrifical Advance Sticking?
    Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
    Tue, 29 Jan 2002 13:15:10 -0500
    What would the symptoms of a stuck centrifical advance be? I have an '85 1.9l Digijet and have heard the centrifical advance weights...
  • Re: Digijet timing
    Historical mailing list - Joe Romas
    Mon, 30 Apr 2001 11:59:55 -0400
    ...COM> Sent: Monday, April 30, 2001 7:33 AM Subject: Re: Digijet timing > HI all, On the question of ignition timing I would urge...
  • Re: Vanagon Syndrome TSB 92-02: Also Applies To Digijet ?
    Historical mailing list - Neil N
    Wed, 21 Jun 2017 14:06:55 -0700
    ...that Vanagon Syndrome can happen on a Digijet equipped >> >> Vanagon? >> >> >> >> I see the upper case Digijet comment in the BTDT web page here: >> >> >> >> http...
  • Re: 1.9 fuel pump won't work
    Historical mailing list - Ryan Cresawn
    Fri, 29 Mar 2019 11:40:55 -0700
    ...And even when I get it going from the battery, the injectors > are not spraying. > This is a 1.9 Digijet system. > I have...
  • Re: Fuel Tank Replaced..
    Historical mailing list - Neil N
    Mon, 4 Apr 2016 21:01:39 -0700
    ...I don't *see* that note for Digifant but it's there for air cooled and Digijet. Scott: good to know of alternative to...
  • Re: Engine electrical power requirements?
    Historical mailing list - mark drillock
    Fri, 21 Aug 2009 06:31:03 -0700
    I provided the info needed to measure it so hopefully someone with a 1.9 Digijet can measure it for us. I don't...
  • Re: ECU q's
    Historical mailing list
    Fri, 31 Jan 1997 19:25:31 -0500 (EST)
    ...The 1983.5 to 1985 vans use an ECU for their Digijet fuel injection that is significantly different than the 1986-1991 Digifant equipped...
  • Re: Major Hesitation and Power Loss
    Historical mailing list - Larry Stichweh
    Sun, 09 Feb 1997 17:21:49 -0600
    Joe Wagner wrote: > > Does anyone know how to adjust the timing on an 85 Vanagon (Digijet). > I have the Bentley manual, but can't...
  • Diesel exhaust system on 84 1.9 l
    Historical mailing list - John M. Moore
    Fri, 4 Aug 2000 13:56:29 EDT
    ...It turns out that my (and at least one other owner of the same year here in Tucson) 84 Westie 1.9l Digijet gas...
  • Re: 1985 Digijet Surging at idle (AFM?)
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Mon, 11 Feb 2002 11:15:16 -0500
    At 09:57 PM 2/9/2002, developtrust wrote: >As long as you have that AFM apart why not do the AFM upgrade with...
  • more idle calcs...test fuel supply
    Historical mailing list - Gregory Smith
    Sun, 25 Nov 2007 20:08:22 -0800
    ...The Digijet system (like L-Jet) recirculates the fuel at a fairly high volume (more than needed for the engine's combustion mix anyway...
  • Re: need 1.9l digijet FI website/info
    Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
    Tue, 29 May 2001 08:30:06 -0400
    http://www.type2.com/bartnik/tech1.htm Scroll to the bottom for the Fuel Injection stuff --- also a link to a scanned Bosch FI...
  • Re: digijet FI adjustments
    Historical mailing list - Geo & Kathleen Hahn
    Sun, 9 Apr 2006 14:40:19 -0700
    Jonce Fancher wrote: >I also have a 84 that will run like a dream but when it warms up it will go into as...
  • Re: radiator fan
    Historical mailing list - Neil N
    Fri, 29 Jul 2016 13:02:52 -0700
    FWIW, looking at '83, '84 Digijet wiring diagram, resistor appears to be inside the fan motor itself. i.e. I didn't install a...
  • Digijet Euro ECU Tuning
    Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
    Mon, 11 Nov 2002 15:39:24 -0500
    ...mixture screw? I am trying to tune with the new HP Digijet ECU in my otherwise stock 1.9l Boston Bob engine. I have...
  • Re: ECU firmware location
    Historical mailing list - David Kao
    Sun, 16 Sep 2007 18:51:58 -0700
    ...So maybe US and Euro > Digijets are completely different animals. I'd like to get an internal > picture of all those. Currently I have...