Search messages and discussions

Search preserved mailing-list messages and current email and website contributions. Current posts are searchable before weekly archival. Recovery gaps remain possible. Words are matched together; try fewer terms if needed.

Page 12+: 60 results shown for ECU.

Source-balanced relevance: matches from both collections are interleaved, with source dates breaking ties. Restoration time is not the original posting date.

• Re: FOR SALE: '82 Vanagon w/'98 Jetta TDI Engine
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 31 Aug 2005 08:24:30 -0700
  ...The gasoline wbx with Digifant has a 25 pin ECU. The early simpler VW TDI has a 68 pin ECU. The later VW TDI...
• Re: Vanagon Starts, Dies....Fix Coming Soon?
  Historical mailing list - David Dustan
  Thu, 20 Jan 2000 06:23:36 -0800
  ...After you open the >ECU you will see a couple of large components. In my ECU they tried to >minimize vibration damage on those...
• Jetta relay questions (Vanagon conversion)
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:31:00 -0700
  That 94 Jetta ECU has 68 pins and it looks like more than 40 are used. In contrast the waterboxer 2.1 ECU has...
• Re: ECU's - don't ask me the hard questions!
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 18 Aug 2017 20:33:28 -0500
  ...Swap the ECU's, and neither car >> will >> run. Explain that one! >> >> John >> > >
• Re: [WetWesties] Followup: ECU Tester donations and PIF
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Thu, 24 Dec 2009 08:56:56 -0800
  ...ECU Tester donations and PIF Folks, thanks for bidding on the ecu testers. the 83-85 tester sold for $187.50 and the 86...
• Wanted Burnt/bad/fried/kaput ECUs
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Mon, 10 Aug 1998 15:48:18 -0500
  If anyone has some fried ECUs that they'd like to get rid of, I'd sure appreciate hearing about it. I really like...
• screeeeeech
  Historical mailing list - Steve Sandlin
  Tue, 19 Oct 1999 22:03:48 -0500
  ...He replaced the ECU. but not the alternator, and blew another ECU. You might want to take the alternator off and have it tested...
• Re: alternator to ignition coil???
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Mon, 16 Dec 2002 13:55:05 -0800
  ...am i risking any kind of coil or ecu damage by driving home with the wire attached from the alt to the coil?>> Answer...
• Re: Tiptronic
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sun, 11 Sep 2005 09:52:14 -0700
  On 9/11/05, Raimund Feussner <rfeussner@gmx.de> wrote: > > The tiptronics are electronically controlled and depend on their > respective engine ECUs. So the...
• Re: Resoldering PCB on Bosch ECU for 1.9L engine
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 18 Jun 2011 15:59:43 -0700
  I heard about a guy that repairs porsche ecu's. he said the only thing that ever really went wrong with them was the...
• Re: ECU fixed! was: spare ECU?
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Thu, 15 Apr 2010 14:26:57 -0600
  Mark, did you vaccum out the old solder? I'm curious because I have a small stack of ECUs in the gai-rage. Miguel...
• Re: Mailing from Japan
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Mon, 9 Apr 2007 11:25:56 -0700
  ...Looking at Python Injection's price list for rebuilt ECUs, they range as low as $150 to $800 for VW models. This ECU is...
• Re: Wire harness grommet at Firewall
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Fri, 10 Apr 2020 10:22:10 -0700
  ...If it doesn't strain the wires, connector too much, leaving the harness wire length "long" to ECU may allow the ECU connector to...
• Was Ticking ECU, now ECU internals
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Strickrott
  Tue, 26 Feb 2002 15:12:41 -0500
  ...My ECU is fine and I hope it will stay that way for many years, but at some point I want to have the...
• Re: Euro-spec Digifant ECU?
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Mon, 2 Apr 2007 17:20:17 -0400
  ...Euro-spec Digifant ECU? > Yes it is. I have it installed on "Ole Putt" with my Digijetted 2.1. > Mileage figures compiled so far...
• ECU fixed! was: spare ECU?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 15 Apr 2010 13:11:53 -0700
  So, my friend dropped by this morning with his bad ECU. I plugged it into my 87, sure enough fuel pump cycled with key...
• Re: ECU: 022D vs 022X vs 022DX ??
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Wed, 9 Nov 2005 22:27:48 -0500
  Malcolm, the definative answer is that they had two part numbers for the 2.1l Vanagon ECUs between 86-91 (all the years they...
• 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: O2/ECU Coaxial wire...
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 8 Mar 2001 10:24:00 EST
  You could go to the connector at the ECU, pull the cover off and test the middle green wire and the outter ground wire...
• Re: Smoke & mirrors ? ebay 1.9 euro spec ecu
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Tue, 16 Jan 2007 17:04:03 -0500
  ...Smoke & mirrors ? ebay 1.9 euro spec ecu > And my DJ 2.1 engine calls for Premium fuel. However that is relevant? m > > --- Jeffrey...
• Re: Hall Sender Videos
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 29 Nov 2013 13:58:59 -0500
  ...is this a bad way (risky) to test if power is coming >from ECU? This same wire connects to the idle control unit. He...
• O2 Sensors, and harness connetion failure
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Tue, 6 Mar 2001 09:10:46 -0800
  I posted that O2 sensor provides corrective data, to the ECU. The O2 sensor doesn't control the ECU, engine, or the AFM. The...
• O2 Sensors, and harness connetion failure
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Tue, 6 Mar 2001 09:10:46 -0800
  I posted that O2 sensor provides corrective data, to the ECU. The O2 sensor doesn't control the ECU, engine, or the AFM. The...
• Carat - no start.
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 5 Aug 2017 21:10:31 -0500
  Found it necessary to swap the operative ECU's between my two vehilcles. Both have operative 2.1 L engines. Last night the CARAT...
• ECU federal vs california
  Historical mailing list - Jason Yasment
  Wed, 18 Apr 2001 00:16:59 -0700
  Are there any differences between the federal and california ECUs for the '83.5-'85 Digijet? Thanks, Jason Yasment '84 Westfalia (PRC Digijet) __________________________________________________ Do...
• Re: ECU reset, O2 voltage stability
  Historical mailing list - jon
  Tue, 13 Feb 2007 22:41:12 -0800
  ...I've never tried resetting an ECU. Heck, I've never even experienced a bad ECU (now I am asking for trouble). Sure, I...
• Re: More AFM/ECU reverse engineering results coming
  Historical mailing list - jon
  Tue, 19 Dec 2006 16:22:41 -0800
  I forgot to say THANK YOU to all the folks that have sent in their defunct AFMs and ECUs. It really has made this...
• Re: Technical question re: Injector firing signal
  Historical mailing list - B.J.R.
  Wed, 8 Oct 2008 11:02:20 -0700
  ...Does ECU see ignition is turning or AFM is taking in air??? Where is the signal sent to the ECU from distributer??? I dont...
• Re: start - won't sart - solution
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Fri, 22 Aug 2003 17:57:56 -0700
  ...Generally, the ECU's in the Vanagons are very robust and very rarely go bad. If the ECU has a role to play in...
• Re: Digifant Electrical Experts: New Harness + 4 Pin Hella 53 Relay for ECU?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Mon, 28 May 2012 18:52:16 -0700
  ...Second, the > change to the more complex ECU relay with diode did not occur exactly on the > 88 model year break so your 88...
• Re: 2.1L engine won't fire
  Historical mailing list - Jason
  Wed, 22 Mar 2017 20:30:08 -0400
  Unplug the ECU in the offending van and check all the pins/contacts (both sides of the connection). Re-seat it and try again...
• Re: OXS ground
  Historical mailing list - Michael Hart
  Sun, 31 Jul 2011 12:48:57 -0700
  ...Trying to track down poor mpg (16-17 down from ~20), using ecu monitor from Volkscafe. OXS ground reads ~0.30-0.45 negative...
• Re: Drivability fix , I think
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sat, 22 Apr 2023 14:21:33 -0600
  IMHO it might very well be a good idea to run a ground wire all the way from the ECU to Eng Block & Eng...
• Re: Random Instant Shutdown
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Wed, 24 Oct 2012 15:37:56 -0600
  ...Look at the ECU or > the > power feed to the ECU. I have seen and fixed numerous intermittent and > solidly dead waterboxer vans by...
• Re: ECU firmware location
  Historical mailing list - tinker man
  Sun, 23 Sep 2007 10:58:23 +0200
  ...Actually, it should be the easiest because it's just translating a hot wire sensor signals to the ones the ECU expects, which can...
• Re: Technical question re: Injector firing signal
  Historical mailing list - B.J.R.
  Thu, 9 Oct 2008 08:35:08 -0700
  ...that one white wire going to the ignitor had been pushed back out of the plug ........that's the wire that singals the ECU...
• ECU q's
  Historical mailing list - Tony Moore
  Thu, 30 Jan 1997 12:35:19 -0500
  Does anyone know if an ECU from an '84 with a 1.9L and a/c will work on an '86 with a 2...
• ECU - Keep it cool (?)
  Historical mailing list - Jim Kennedy
  Wed, 28 Apr 2004 16:34:19 -0700
  Vanagonians, I saw a reference to ECUs having "thermal stress". I do know they run hot in a location with poor ventilation. Any insight...
• Re: New Info RE: Can't Search Archives: 1.9 stalled at speed, won't restart...
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Mon, 15 Nov 2004 00:25:23 -0600
  Dave, The early ECU plugs have a preponerance of shaking loose from the connection point at the ECU. Check that connection, make sure it...
• Re: Spare ECU
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 26 Feb 2011 22:26:22 -0500
  At 12:07 PM 2/26/2011, Paul wrote: >So I take it that most of you care a spare ECU, right? I have...
• Re: Spare ECU
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 27 Feb 2011 10:32:20 -0800
  It's my understanding the ECUs seldom fail..so seldom that while I have one, (for diagnostic reasons) but I usually leave it home...
• Near (computer) death experience
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Tue, 3 Jan 1995 09:05:22 CST6CDT
  ...I checked the ECU trouble code and it showed either the temp sensor (NOT! wouldn't make the car completely dead) or ECU failure...
• O2 sensor function
  Historical mailing list - Jfp w/2 WBXs
  Wed, 27 Nov 2002 01:51:22 +0000
  Hi Steve, Your observations do indicate a rich engine not a bad ECU. The O2 sensor is a Galvanic voltage generator producing a low...
• LIST vendor help needed ECU 1.9l
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Mon, 25 Aug 2003 13:43:58 +0000
  hello and good morning, could a list vendor or person out on this list have an ECU to test with I have a 1...
• Re: Question about testing O2 sensor with digital meter
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 26 Sep 2008 12:51:38 -0500
  Yes, it's hooked to the ECU. Jim On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 12:48 PM, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net> wrote: > At...
• Re: ECU problems tied into Weird Hesitation / Loss of Power
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sun, 31 Oct 1999 09:13:12 -0700
  ...ECU problems tied into Weird Hesitation / Loss of Power > Almost never, perhaps, but regarding my thread last week (Weird > hesitation/loss of power in...
• Re: ECU reset, O2 voltage stability
  Historical mailing list - jon
  Tue, 13 Feb 2007 14:39:11 -0800
  ...I have read many differing > > statements about resetting or clearing the memory of the ECU. Does the ECU > > have any kind of static RAM...
• ECU Help in Mesa AZ
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley (WV)
  Fri, 5 Aug 2005 23:29:54 -0700
  I have a 1998 VW OEM 022D ECU. I am running the Aussie performance chip in it fine. I have now tried 5 different...
• Re: 84 Westy & ECU replacement confusion - help!
  Historical mailing list - Ed Berlett
  Sat, 26 Jun 1999 11:24:56 -0400
  There is a list member who does ECU repairs. Check the archives. It has been discussed just recently, (within the last month). Just search...
• Re: Train YOUR vehicles to get better gas mileage (it's Fryeday)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Foss - Shazam
  Fri, 30 May 2008 18:20:41 -0700
  ...say the ECU blows out, you don't just get a new one and pop it in, like you could for a Waterboxer Vanagon...
• Re: Random Instant Shutdown
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 24 Oct 2012 17:31:38 -0400
  ...Look at the ECU or the power feed to the ECU. I have seen and fixed numerous intermittent and solidly dead waterboxer vans by...
• Re: Mustn't it be the ECU?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 2 Sep 1997 03:29:13 UT
  ...When these ECU go bad, you'll know it. ECU caused poor running is usually caused by it getting poor information. Dennis -----Original Message...
• Re: Fuel Injector (or wiring) Question: Deceleration, Fuel Shutoff Mode
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 27 Jul 2012 16:06:13 -0700
  ...I had the ECU open recently, but don't really know what the various components do. But Googling now...... This Megasquirt ECU image indicates...
• Re: Question About ECU Programing
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Thu, 30 Oct 2003 22:19:38 -0800
  ...Question About ECU Programing Let me pose a hypothetical to the list: I'm familiar with the instructions for 'reprogramming' the ECU after the...
• Re: Euro-spec Digifant ECU?
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Mon, 2 Apr 2007 13:43:01 -0700
  ...Euro-spec Digifant ECU? > > The european market used Digijet for the 2.1 engines digfant was to my > understanding export only > So the Upgraded...
• Re: ECU Problems?
  Historical mailing list - Caston/Payne
  Fri, 17 Sep 1999 21:52:26 -0400
  ...Check the wiring for continuity by the pin checks at the ecu wiring harness. Check the ground for corrosion loose connections. Check the plugs...
• Re: ECU NEEDED - me too!
  Historical mailing list - Marla Stelk
  Mon, 28 Apr 2003 10:22:10 -0400
  I need one, too, if you find any extras - I think my bad ISV fried my ECU - now my van won't start at...
• testing 84 ECU into 85?
  Historical mailing list - BILL
  Sun, 27 Jun 1999 17:54:28 -0600
  Does anyone know if you can put an 84 ECU into an 85 to see if it's any good? TIA Bill VWWESTY "I...
• I am looking for a WORKING use ECU, cheap...
  Historical mailing list - Ben huot
  Tue, 25 Jun 2002 11:51:35 -0400
  Hi guys, i want a spare Digifan ECU for my 87GL, anybody got one! I would appreciate any info or tip on where to...
• Re: ECU & Coolant Temp Sensor
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 11 Mar 2011 11:19:58 -0800
  hi, re Does the stock sensor give temperature readings to the ECU? I'm wondering if this is one of the reasons why my...