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• Re: More Fuel Pump Weirdness - Has Mercury gone retrograde again?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 21 Apr 2010 14:04:05 -0700
  ...It's Digifant, just like the Jetta/Golf/Rabbit 1.8liter gas motor uses. If your motor is from a digifant car, it should...
• 2.1L Wasserboxer for sale
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 5 May 1998 17:42:02 -0700
  ...Digifant computer and complete UNCUT wiring harness - Natural Gas conversion kit (allows for gasoline or natural gas opration) - Flywheel - Intake system - Fuel Injection system...
• Re: Fuel Filters vs Fuel Strainers
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 6 Oct 2010 16:17:49 -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: 87 AFM Cold wthr prblm (long)
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Sun, 7 Sep 2003 17:21:22 -0700
  ...The WBX is being adapted to become a air-cooled engine- why not a better fuel injection system? Motronic is the FI system that...
• Re: Need AFM adapter so different aircleaner or cold air intake can be used
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 19 Jan 2009 11:14:24 -0800
  ...I suspect > one problem is the Digifant AFM was plastic welded onto a stock Golf > airbox. > The welding job was not exactly the greatest...
• Re: What year is it really?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Thu, 18 Sep 2003 22:51:05 -0700
  ...has a 2.1L Digifant, square fuses. Sounds like Andy is running a European model with the DigiJet injection system. David Marshall Fast Forward...
• Slight over run popping from exhaust..84 (inline VW with Digifant )
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 3 Aug 2009 16:30:05 -0700
  ...Plus I know there are list members with other similar VW motors and knowledge of the Digifant EFI system. Here goes: This particular motor...
• Re: fuel pump choice? fuel filters
  Historical mailing list - Sam Walters
  Thu, 14 Sep 2006 23:12:57 -0400
  The original set up of the Digifant system (86+) was for two fuel filters, one between the tank and the pump, just like the...
• Re: Eurospec problem
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Wed, 13 Oct 1999 21:57:57 -0700
  There should be two replays for your Digifant II setup. Early systems had one relay controlling the ECU and Injectors and a seperate one...
• Re: Arduino and Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Thu, 14 Nov 2013 22:08:09 -0800
  So what year BMW 3 series? Would that ICU system be worth studying? (in terms of what Brett has found and commented on. Processor...
• Re: Digifant de-evolution?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 29 Apr 2002 16:59:38 -0500
  ...If it is not on the button, then the other components of the system witll cause wierd things to happen. Warm the engine thoroughly...
• Solution for Re: Vanagon Syndrome
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Thu, 6 Jan 2000 06:54:06 -0800
  ...cost reduced" the nice Bosch L-Jetronic >into the "Digijet" and "Digifant" systems. Most of the reduction was in >the ECU, which turned into...
• hi/low idling on '87 2.1L
  Historical mailing list - Richard C Welsh
  Thu, 6 Jan 2000 18:12:51 -0500
  ...has anyone ever done all the Bentley recommended tests for the Digifant system? can I use a standard Ohmeter and some common sense, or...
• Re: '84 westy with "MV" engine number, Is it a 2.1L???
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 3 May 2000 20:49:07 -0400
  At 20:01 5/3/2000, Brian Cochran wrote: >Is there a way to tell what injection system I have by means of components...
• Re: 1.9 in a 2.1
  Historical mailing list - Damon Campbell
  Wed, 18 Feb 2004 17:32:10 -0800
  ...Other than that, just swap all the digifant FI stuff onto that motor, plumb the coolant lines (cooling system is significantly simpler in the...
• Re: Digifant Fuel System Troubleshooting Experience
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Mon, 11 May 2009 21:03:30 -0700
  On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 5:54 PM, Dave Arthur <dave.arthur@nscc.ca> wrote: > > I replaced the relay and connected the pump...
• '97 for sale, continued
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 04 Jan 1995 15:43:05 -0800 (PST)
  ...Bonus points for new registration, higher horsepower engine (can't remeber is it the digifant or digijet?). In CA you have to sell with...
• Damnagon stutter !@#$
  Historical mailing list - Richard C Welsh
  Wed, 7 Jun 2000 17:36:30 -0400
  ...components? -isn't there a over-rev limiter built into the digifant system? if this is engaging at around 4000 instead of 6000 rpm...
• Engine conversions; Waterboxer to:
  Historical mailing list - Damian Shaw
  Thu, 29 Mar 2001 10:54:24 -0700
  ...good FI system, BUT..) because it's not a full engine mgmt system and won't be as smooth as Digifant. Digijet, however, isn...
• Re: Propane / Natural gas power [was RE: re. curious item on ebay]
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 11 Apr 2001 01:17:58 +1200
  >My 1988 Syncro had a dual fuel system in it when I bought it - gasoline and >natural gas. The Digifant system adjusted quite nicely...
• Re: Throttle Body Question
  Historical mailing list - David Clarkson
  Sat, 18 Jun 2011 17:06:01 -0400
  ...The fuel system is Digifant. The throttle body lays transverse over the engine. From the Right hand side of the firewall, through a hole...
• Re: What voltage do injectors need to fire?
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Tue, 7 Sep 2004 00:11:00 -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: I-4 ecu woes?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Wed, 24 Oct 2001 20:09:52 -0700
  ...My engine management system is 1989 golf GL Digifant II. I have checked my wiring harness to insure that all wires go to the...
• Re: '86 idles rough with white smoke at start
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 10 Jan 1997 15:32:05 -0800
  ...Anyone want to correct me where my understanding of the Digifant system isn't quite right? dave
• Re: Engine stops running at red lights
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 26 Mar 2000 21:42:23 -0600
  ...or WBX) Unless your engine was modified with carburetors, there should be only a Digifant Fuel Injection System present. It is pretty straight forward...
• Re: making a little headway but need advice
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sat, 7 Dec 2013 11:42:04 -0700
  ...I believe I have assembled it with all the Injection system > and ignition system complete. My progress was cut short by a > vehicle accident...
• idle problem - fixed
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 16 May 2005 16:22:49 -0700
  Hi, of interest to I4 owners, esp Digifant... I fixed a nagging idle problem that started a couple of weeks ago. The symptoms were...
• Re: While were talking mixture
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 13 Apr 2006 06:20:40 -0400
  ...While were talking mixture I know when the Digifant system is in the warm-up cycle that, just like the carb models with chokes...
• New Engine Needed
  Historical mailing list - Cookson, Noel
  Fri, 26 Apr 2002 06:41:48 -0500
  ...1) Closed loop engine management system. 2) Digifant or better fuel injection system 3) Stock tach and gauges work 4) Stock AC, Power steering...
• Re: 81 aircooled won't start when cold
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Thu, 23 Dec 2004 10:56:42 -0500
  ...The 2.1L 86-91 (digifant) does not. I don't no about The 83-85 Digijet? Craig Oda wrote: >Does the vanagon waterboxer...
• Re: idle stablizer/its only another part (Good Info Here!)
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 20 Dec 2002 12:44:56 -0600
  ...for me) to read at the address >below about the entire digifant system: > >http://insel.heim.at/madeira/341126/FAQ_Ruckeln_mypage.html > >Unfortunately...
• Re: Carb vs. FI in Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 12 Dec 1995 09:26:00 -0400 (EDT)
  ...turbo is diesel, fuel system mods would be required? Also, what would be involved in converting my 2.1 digifant to carburation? What sources...
• Re: trying some new timing settings...
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 30 Jan 1997 17:46:11 -0800
  ...1L digifant engine. Not sure if this is the same as on the 1.9 digijet engine (the 85 had the digijet system right...
• Re: Problem, New Rebuilt Engine, Running Rich, What's Wrong?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
  Mon, 20 Jul 2009 12:23:35 -0400
  ...If the > setting is > close the O2 system should bring mixture into line when warm. > > The Temp 2 sensor is not on the engine...
• Re: Boston Bobs day at the dyno
  Historical mailing list - Marshall
  Thu, 20 Dec 2001 22:15:03 -0600
  This is an interesting topic - how much headroom does DigiFant/DigiJet have for performance increase? According to that Bosch book on fuel injection tuning...
• Re: 2.1 VS 1.9 AFM
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Sun, 25 Jul 2010 19:59:41 -0700
  ...1.9 Digijet and 2.1 Digifant sysrtems are the typical apple and orange, oil and water, etc. If your 1.9 system in...
• Re: Black Vapor and Rattle. And other stuff.
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 8 Nov 2014 08:04:01 -0800
  ...My Digifant engine has begun to occasionally idle very low, like just above dying...this began after an O2 sensor swap from a heated...
• Re: Rough Idle / motor mounts
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Wed, 21 Oct 1998 09:31:49 -0400
  ...I've found that it sometimes helps to run a bottle of >Techron or other fuel injection cleaner through the system. This doesn't...
• Re: Speaking of idle stabilizers ...
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Wed, 24 Oct 2012 20:55:32 -0700
  ...My apologies for not mentioning - 2.1L digifant. The AC system is stock '85. >> >> I know the IS should maintain around 850. It doesn...
• Re: Digifant start up question> RPMs 'hunt around'
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 12 Jul 2011 21:49:11 -0700
  ...take Digifant waterboxers.. they'll run with many things out of whack.. but to be 'really, really right' .. it ALL has to be really...
• Preaching to the Choir: Fuel Lines
  Historical mailing list - Clark, Patrick
  Sun, 22 Oct 2000 22:07:02 -0700
  ...Then finally I poked an prodded the fuel regulator ('89 Digifant) and viola-- I notice the fitting turning moist and yes it's fuel...
• Re: 3rd stage cooling fan relay (for a/c)
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 17 Apr 2001 20:47:13 -0400
  ...wrote: >For Digifant Vanagons (and probably others) there is a 3rd stage cooling >fan relay used with the a/c system. (Vans without a...
• It works again
  Historical mailing list - Jack Pronovost
  Tue, 26 Mar 2002 11:29:52 -0800
  ...Diagnosed to the digifant fuel injection system. decided to replace one part at the time and see if it was cured. First ignition wires...
• Re: Another call for dead ECUs
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 16 Jan 2004 09:52:39 -0600
  ...I'd really like to keep the whole new EFI >system looking as stock as possible, and this will go >a long way towards...
• Re: ECU firmware location
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Fri, 14 Sep 2007 23:22:00 -0700
  ...getting in-depth into embedded systems design, but does > anybody know if the firmware for our ECU's (Digifant or Digijet) > resides completely on...
• Re: Need AFM adapter so different aircleaner or cold air intake can be used- to cone or no!
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Tue, 20 Jan 2009 05:02:15 -0500
  ...the SAAB engine management system for the Turbo 3A project. Also, the Audi 3A manifold significantly out-flowed the digifant unit. Did the same...
• PANIC!!!!!!!!!!!! Das Bot just quit on me!! Fuel starvation or fried Digifant?? HELP!!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Hall
  Wed, 20 Jan 1999 18:08:37 -0600
  Greetings Volks, While doing the bleed the cooling system jive this afternoon, my 1986 Westy just flat quit on me. Sort of a sputter...
• Re: Anyone seen Gowesty's Digifiant replacement?
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Thu, 19 Jul 2018 12:15:50 -0400
  ...08:49: > > Have you look at the system that Marco has developed? It is not California certified, but seems to be well thought out...
• Cutting out
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Sun, 1 Jul 2001 03:44:07 EDT
  ...My engine management system is Digifant ll, which is 88-92 Jetta-Golf (I have an I-4) The 1.9 WBX has a...
• Re: Fast Forward's "undercover" TDI project for the Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 31 Mar 2006 21:04:06 -0800
  David, Why not say how far the engine is tilted (in degrees) and if you use the diesel carrier system and bellhousing or its...
• Re: Are all 2.1 engines digifant?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sun, 4 May 2014 11:09:32 -0700
  ...There are methods and specs shown in Bentley for testing the IS system. mA measurements when loads (AC, PS etc.) are put on the...
• Fw: necesito acesoria
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Mon, 24 Jan 2000 07:16:37 -0600
  ...Ayudeme please, indicandome, the points that I must review and its ecificaciones, and recomendandome algun good book on fuel inyection for the systems digifant...
• Re: diesel gas conversion - fourth day
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 5 May 2002 21:19:42 -0700
  Just did my Syncro 16 to a Digifant II head / injection system and a 2.0L Audi 80 block. FRAME MODIFYING: Best tool to...
• Re: FAQs-I like it!
  Historical mailing list - Steve Macaulay
  Tue, 19 Jan 1999 14:12:23 -0800
  ...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: FI Explanation
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Mon, 29 Jun 1998 07:21:58 -0500
  ...fi systems . The L-jetronic very well and mentions the digijet is similar. The bosch motronic very well also and mentions the digifant is...
• Re: Placement of Fuel Filter
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Mon, 16 Jul 2001 12:35:21 -0400
  ...Placement of Fuel Filter Shawn Wright wrote: <snip> Anyone know why the fuel filter is placed after the pump in the digifant system? I...
• Re: Bucko update
  Historical mailing list - John S. Klun
  Sat, 30 Nov 2002 16:33:09 -0700
  ...Jetta Digifant 2, this may be of some interest to you. > > In fact, I wonder if anyone has switched their Vanagon FI system to...
• Re: 1990 2.1L Digijet European Caravelle wiring diagrams
  Historical mailing list - Kim Springer
  Mon, 3 Sep 2007 11:51:17 -0700
  ...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: Baseline readings for Digitool Diagnostics?
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Thu, 1 Jun 2006 21:31:24 -0500
  ...Mine is the Digijet version so the readings may not match perfectly to your later model Digifant. I asked basically the same question about...
• Re: Engine swap - I4 - which angle, motor and FI?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Sun, 13 Mar 2005 01:32:59 -0500
  ...The easiest way though is to change the head to a 88 -92 Golf/jetta digifant system. Eric 86-VW4x4 vw4x4@fyi.net 86...