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• Re: Our beloved digifant
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Tue, 18 Jul 2000 10:41:50 EDT
  ...The ECU and O2 sensor deal in micro-voltages and a splice in can createa voltage drop and affect the output reading by the...
• ECU
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Wed, 27 Nov 2002 19:24:35 -0800
  <html><div style='background-color:'><DIV>Is anyone out there unhappy that they paid for the australian ecu chip? Is anyone happy? </DIV></div...
• Actual Vanagon content!!
  Historical mailing list - tmiller
  Sun, 25 Apr 2004 19:10:53 -0400
  Has anyone tried to use a Digifant ECU for the same year VW Golf or Jetta? I was specifically curious about the use of...
• Re: Immobilizer
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 11 Jan 2004 10:37:43 -0800
  ...No IMMO 80 Pin ECU 1999 Model Year K-Line IMMO 121 Pin ECU 2000 Model Year Can-Bus IMMO 121 Pin ECU 2001...
• Re: More AFM/ECU reverse engineering results coming
  Historical mailing list - -------------------------
  Wed, 20 Dec 2006 21:18:42 -0500
  "What confuses me if why they didn't simply put that functionality in the ECU???" VW Did in the Golf and Jetta 88-92...
• Re: 84 Westy ECU woes & JC Whitney
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Wed, 23 Jun 1999 17:33:50 -0500
  ...84 Westy ECU woes & JC Whitney > > > > > > > My mechanic says the ECU is dead in my 84 1.9L wasserboxer. Prices in my > > > part of...
• Rebuilt ECU'S availible for 86 & up Vanagons!!
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 08 Jul 1997 20:03:56 -0700
  ...I have a option for those of you who need or want a different ECU. $285.00 for the Rebuilt Ecu. I need a...
• Re: Vanagon Starts, Dies....Fix Coming Soon?
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Wed, 19 Jan 2000 18:26:46 EST
  ...After you open the ECU you will see a couple of large components. In my ECU they tried to minimize vibration damage on those...
• Good news for 1.9l T-A ECU owners
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 30 Dec 2010 14:03:54 -0500
  I've recently looked at my first Triumph-Adler 1.9l ECU, out of Sally, an '85 with about 300,000 miles -- and the...
• Re: ECU: 022D vs 022X vs 022DX ??
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Thu, 10 Nov 2005 09:34:39 -0800
  ...While I am interested in Syncro ECU, and specifically wheather European syncro ECUs are different from N American ECUs. My initial post only asked...
• '86 ECU (digifant) needed!!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Tony Moore
  Wed, 5 Feb 1997 10:14:47 -0500
  Hi All! No luck yet finding an ECU for my wifes 'new' '86. Checked everything and indeed it is the ECU (thanks everyone for...
• digifant ecu still needed :-(
  Historical mailing list - Tony Moore
  Tue, 11 Feb 1997 12:52:09 -0500
  ...So, I'm still in need of a digifant ECU from the years '86-'91. A couple of you said you may have one...
• '87 ECU problem resolved
  Historical mailing list - Neil Wigley
  Mon, 22 Nov 1999 17:56:13 -0800
  ...Sent the ECU to Darrell for his magic, got it back, things seemed okay, but my FLAM insisted something was still wrong because his...
• O2 sensor coax wire testing
  Historical mailing list - Laurence Smith
  Tue, 22 Jan 2002 02:45:59 -0500
  ...Another question...the O2 sensor voltage is definitely produced by the sensor - correct? Not the ECU. The ECU picks up this voltage and looks...
• TIICO/OBD2 - Parts
  Historical mailing list - Cookson, Noel
  Tue, 11 Jun 2002 14:00:30 -0500
  Listers, Has anyone out there succeeded in using an OBD2 scan tool on their tiico? I recently added the OBD2 connector to the ecu...
• Re: 2.2L EuroCars Engine vs 2.1l Boston Engine
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Tue, 27 Aug 2002 08:24:59 -0400
  Clive I have an oxy monitor on my dash and I can see the ECU going full rich much sooner and staying there during...
• Re: Engine stumbling, hesitations... again
  Historical mailing list - Karl Bloss
  Mon, 9 Mar 1998 08:19:34 +0000
  Steve, > Ummmmmm Karl?......*classic* sign of ECU failure....it tends to be a thermal > problem and I've limped 'em home by pulling the...
• Re: Engine stutters, tach nosedives. Then, just as suddenly, it's normal again.
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 28 Feb 2009 07:48:03 -0500
  ...The tach is driven off the coil primary negative side, which the ECU ignition drivers pull down toward ground and release in order to...
• ECU or Harness or AFM plug Malfuction Question
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Thu, 7 Jun 2001 21:59:06 -0800
  ...The connectors on the harness point to the ecu, on some models didn't have strong clamping, subsequent harness connector had addition compression rings...
• Re: More AFM/ECU reverse engineering results coming
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Wed, 20 Dec 2006 18:29:45 -0800
  ...Mark ------------------------- wrote: > "What confuses me if why they didn't simply put that functionality in the > ECU???" > > > VW Did in the Golf and Jetta...
• anyone in northern Colorado (Fort Collins area) with an '86-'91?
  Historical mailing list - most david
  Wed, 18 Jul 2007 17:43:14 -0700
  ...I'm in Fort Collins, and it has been suggested to me that a problem with my ECU may be causing power to be...
• Re: Drivability fix , I think
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 22 Apr 2023 13:47:54 -0700
  ...After a fair bit of work I found a bad joint in ecu. >>> >>> That was 4 years ago, the ecu fix. >>> >>> This last winter...
• Re: ECU: burned parts. PICS (Jetta Engine in Vanagon)
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 15 Sep 2014 13:09:53 -0700
  ...I guess $12/yr for ECUs, that could be affordable..... I am joking here in a way that points out how cheap parts are...
• Re: Technical question re: Injector firing signal
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Thu, 9 Oct 2008 22:54:36 -0700
  ...A bad coil may still produce some sparks but sends noise to the ECU which will be filtered out by the ECU leaving no...
• Re: [Syncro] Need 2.1 WBX ECU in the bay area
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Wilsher
  Wed, 21 Mar 2012 14:35:49 -0700
  ...Putting in a different (used) ECU completely took carte of it. I never opened up that bad ECU, but suspect it was a case...
• Re: Is ECU involved in getting power to fuel pump when turning ignition switch on?
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Tue, 24 Jul 2007 11:59:13 +0000
  David, if you do find you need a new ECU we have them rebuilt with a one year warranty for $250 plus a $100...
• Re: 85 Vangon revs drops, revs drops, revs drops, and then dies after a few minutes of this cycle
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 25 Jan 2011 00:06:31 -0500
  ...If yes, shut off > ignition and check for zero ohms between pin two and ECU connector > pin 15. If ok, find a working ECU...
• Re: ECU Recall?
  Historical mailing list - Tony Moore
  Sun, 9 Feb 1997 11:19:44 -0500
  ...ECU's. > > > > I've confirmed that VW did revise the digifant several times throughout > > each production year and that all Vanagon Digifant ECU's...
• Re: Vanagon ECU Y2K Compliant Fix !(F)
  Historical mailing list - Ari Ollikainen
  Fri, 26 Jun 1998 17:59:25 -0700
  ...There is a better solution in the works which will require you to affix your cellphone onto the cover of the ECU box, register...
• Re: Good source for an ECU for an '85 GL Westy?
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Fri, 19 Oct 2001 14:17:00 -0700
  ...My friend (the previous owner) > had his mechanic diagnose this problem as a bad ECU. From what I've read > on Vanagon.com and...
• Emergency - Need ECU
  Historical mailing list - Jim Thompson
  Mon, 8 Sep 1997 15:27:56 EDT
  My attempts to locate an ECU have been met with stone walls everywhere I've called. I've got everything else being FEDEXed overnight...
• Re: Digijet ecu failures --- Help !
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Sun, 12 Sep 1999 13:07:41 EDT
  ...I havent yet understood how a short to ground can cause the failure as the ECU switches the injectors to ground anyway and a...
• Re: [F] Good source for an ECU for an '85 GL Westy?
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Fri, 19 Oct 2001 15:54:42 -0700
  chmod 666 ECU or better chmod 777 ECU kill -9 windows ;) happy friday -- Joseph Fortino fortino1@onebox.com - email (510) 360 -7829 voicemail/fax...
• Re: Another question about O2 sensors..
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 30 Jul 2014 05:45:15 -0700
  ...My assumption for connecting the single wire Bosch sensor like this, with just the one signal wire attached back to the ECU is that...
• Re: 1.9 WBX ECU or AFM
  Historical mailing list - B Feddish
  Thu, 22 Oct 2009 12:51:03 -0400
  ...1.9 WBX ECU or AFM We are looking for good used ECU and AFM to treat an intermittently-stall-out-and-not-start...
• Removing ECU Difficulties
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Sat, 15 May 1999 10:30:16 -0500
  ...Can anybody help me out with this? What is the easiest way to remove the ecu in an 84 Westy? I tried to remove...
• Re: 85 ecu 025-906-021 vs 025-906-021c
  Historical mailing list - TC
  Mon, 14 Nov 2005 12:08:01 -0800
  > I bought a 025-906-021C ecu (black plastic case) > a few days ago as a spare > So today as a test I pulled...
• Re: Heh -- I'm such a ninnyhammer
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Mon, 4 Aug 2008 21:40:09 -0700
  ...Lately I have been generally curious about how engine ECU's work. I found this page. http://zone.ni.com/devzone/cda/tut/p...
• WTB: 1.9 ECU for 83 to 85 van
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Wed, 4 Aug 2004 08:09:02 -0700
  Does anyone have an ECU for a 83 to 85 van that you are willing to sell (non-Calif)??? If so. Please p-mail...
• Re: Fuel Pump No Juice
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 12 Apr 2011 12:07:54 -0700
  ...The fuel pump Relay is energized by the ECU suppliing ground to the fuel pump relay. ( if you found that wire at the fuel...
• Re: Technical question re: Injector firing signal
  Historical mailing list - B.J.R.
  Thu, 9 Oct 2008 08:14:48 -0700
  ...One of the two injector leads is supplied with +12v and the other will be grounded by the ECU when the ECU fires the...
• Re: Fuel Injector (or wiring) Question: Deceleration, Fuel Shutoff Mode
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 27 Jul 2012 15:57:16 -0700
  ...Thanks for the reply. > in a waterboxer Dififant or Digijet EFI system . > the ECU fires all injectors at once. Sometimes called 'batch fire'. Huh...
• Re: No Start Scenario
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Wed, 11 Mar 2015 20:45:05 -0700
  ...ECU supplies >> ground to FP relay which energizes relay. >> I'm unclear as to whether or not + at ECU relay 86 is supplied to...
• Re: Spare ECU
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Wed, 2 Mar 2011 22:21:58 -0800
  ...Spare ECU > > > My spare ECU has done 100k of driving under the rear seat and never > been needed...(knock on wood) > > Jason > > > On Sun...
• More AFM/ECU reverse engineering results coming
  Historical mailing list - jon
  Tue, 19 Dec 2006 16:16:31 -0800
  I have made great progress in reverse engineering AFMs, ECUs and other funny business in the Digifant injection system. It's classic 80's...
• Re: Euro-spec Digifant ECU?
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Mon, 2 Apr 2007 09:33:36 -0700
  Frank - John was asking for a DigiFANT, not DigiJET ECU. $395 (CND) ($341.68 USD) sounds like an awful lot for a Euro DigiJET...
• Re: ECU or O2 sensor ?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 1 Jun 2005 00:06:09 -0400
  ...The PO's mechanic (also a PO) says it needs a new ECU. The black wire to the O2 sensor was unplugged to fix...
• Re: Left head ground
  Historical mailing list - Laurence Smith
  Tue, 17 Feb 2004 23:50:25 -0500
  Terminal 19 on the ECU is the ground wire for the O2 wire's outer sheath. It provides the sheild needed for the low...
• Re: Digijet ECU
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Tue, 13 Oct 1998 14:00:30 -0400
  ...they DON'T sell the ECU from 1986 on (ie. Digifants). Check out their catalog. MJS At 11:55 AM 10/13/98 -0400...
• Re: new to list
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Sun, 18 Apr 1999 05:48:58 +0200
  ...VW has already made a statement that none of the ECUs in any VW, Audi, Seat or Skoda will be affected by the Y2K...
• Re: does anyone have a 85'ECU to try swapping and or purchase
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Sat, 15 Nov 2003 16:58:50 -0800
  ...does anyone have a 85'ECU to try swapping and or purchase HI, still having issues with the 85' I'm pretty much left...
• Re: ECU and Throttle Question
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Wed, 4 Aug 2004 06:24:05 -0400
  ...Re: [VANAGON] ECU and Throttle Question > At 01:44 8/4/2004, you wrote: > >into the engine that was being wasted? Or does the...
• Re: ECU: burned parts. PICS (Jetta Engine in Vanagon)
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sun, 14 Sep 2014 09:41:49 -0700
  Upon seeing the ECU, the first reaction of a mechanic at a VW bus meet I went to recently (Catherine Creek Oregon) was that...
• Internal Pictures of ECU's and ISCU's
  Historical mailing list - tinker man
  Mon, 17 Sep 2007 06:04:20 +0200
  Hello again, In this never ending saga of analyzing the various versions of ECU's and Idle Stabilization Control Units (ISCU) used in our...
• Re: Fuel pressure too high
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 6 Mar 2018 16:21:08 -0500
  ...ECU relay is controlled by 15 circuit (ign switch) skinny black wire from coil positive to ECU relay pin 86. Fuel pump relay is...
• Re: Vanagon !
  Historical mailing list - Jim Kennedy
  Mon, 26 Apr 2004 08:13:09 -0700
  ...Actual Vanagon content!! The golf/ Jetta ECU uses an external spark control. Why I don't know. It may be because they also require...
• Re: The two throttle valve switches, redux
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Wed, 26 Sep 2007 07:25:55 -0700
  On 9/26/2007 6:28 AM Richard A Jones wrote: >> We know that the ECU >> decides that a low Pin 4 + rpm < 1500...
• 86 ECU
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dearing
  Wed, 15 Jul 2009 10:15:12 EDT
  hey guys I have a couple of ECUs that are bad. who fixes these babies or who has a good used one for sale...
• Digijet ECU
  Historical mailing list - Terrence Tickle
  Tue, 13 Oct 1998 11:55:20 -0400
  All, Does anyone know of a source (other than junkyards, which is, of course, a possibility) of an ECU for a 1983 Vanagon, watercooled...
• Re: 89' Wolfsy - Vanagon Syndrome
  Historical mailing list - Ed Hinchey
  Mon, 14 Jul 2003 11:34:53 -0400
  ...Did you rtry replacing the ECU?? What year is your Westy?? I have an extra ECU or two laying around I could send one...