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• Re: Westy mechanical training.....
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon man
  Sat, 7 Sep 2002 16:31:11 -0400
  ...1) Filling and bleeding the coolant system (Bill Kasper a natural for this) 2) Digifant system - Where everything is located 3) Bypassing sensors in...
• Re: Inconsistent stumbling on resume throttle..Was "vanagon syndrome?"
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 24 Jun 2014 22:22:48 -0700
  ...with my 88 GL and 2.1L WBX and the Digifant FI system. >> Would run along fine - then start chugging and lugging - turn of...
• Re: Darrell Boehler's digifant tool
  Historical mailing list - Dave Bayer
  Mon, 13 Jul 1998 14:54:14 -0700
  ...The one thing that keeps popping into my head on this is introducing RF noise into the system. Is there anyway to shield a...
• Re: Vgon syndrome on 1.9 WBX
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Wed, 14 May 2003 13:08:33 -0400
  ...I've never tested a Digifant one, but on L-Jet systems that was normal. It'd ramp up, then drop, ramp up, then...
• Re: black box above coil
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 23 Apr 2003 15:00:03 -0700
  For a compression test on a Digifant pull the ECU relay. This will disable the ignition, injectors, and fuel pump. To avoid having to...
• Gas Mileage: Observations.
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 8 Oct 2014 08:50:11 -0700
  My Digifant VW inline four (ABA from a 92/93 Jetta) again has an operative Oxygen sensor working with the Digifant engine management system...
• Re: nominal digitool readings (digifant)
  Historical mailing list - Mike Finkbiner
  Thu, 12 Jul 2001 16:22:43 -0000
  ...On my '87 digifant system, the temp 2 drops to as low as .08 when very warm, but generally seems to run about .10...
• re:Carb vs FI in Vanagon
  Historical mailing list
  12 Dec 95 18:56:00 +1800
  ...is diesel, fuel system mods would be required? Some, yes. >Also, what would be involved in converting my 2.1 digifant to carburation? >What...
• Re: inline 4 exhaust systems?
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Sat, 24 Nov 2001 08:28:28 -0800
  I cranked mine over, 1.8 RV Digifant 2, for the first time a couple of days ago. The fuel pump doesn't run...
• FIX: 87 Vanagon: Hesitation
  Historical mailing list - Jim A
  Thu, 25 May 2000 19:06:33 -0700
  ...to warm runs great the rest of the time.its a digifant system . these have alot of promblems with the control unit i've...
• Re: : Re: Tag an SUV today
  Historical mailing list - Dave Bayer
  Tue, 26 Dec 2000 19:32:41 -0800
  ...By today's standards (OBD II), > digifant/digijet is very dirty. Modern vehicles pollute much less than > vehicles of 15 years ago. The vanagon...
• Re: Cutting out
  Historical mailing list - G.M.Bulley
  Sat, 23 Nov 2002 06:40:44 -0500
  ...The vanagon has a cabriolet engine in it and has the digifant engine maintenance system. Ok here is the problem when i mashed the...
• Re: .... Porsche 6 cyl heating van
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Thu, 6 Jan 2000 19:21:16 EST
  Todd; Why not add a oil to water heat exchanger like the one on the digifant system i.e. the box sandwiched between the...
• CARB VS FUEL INJECTION
  Historical mailing list - Russell O. Gunter
  Thu, 18 Feb 1999 20:53:08 EST
  ...too hard to find considering the age. Digifant parts easier to find but more expensive. Both systems work equally well. In the web site...
• Re: Step up the idle
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 21 Aug 2007 10:07:37 -0400
  ...88 Tristar #7 > > > >Not sure what engine management system you have but I thought the Digifant >ECU did all the idle compensatiing for the...
• Re: duel fuel westy, LPG/propane or gasoline
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Wed, 16 Aug 2000 01:55:37 PDT
  ...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: Euro-Drive: 84 Volkswagen Vanagon, No-start/Poor-idle/Stall
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Sat, 9 Sep 2000 14:25:13 EDT
  If that problem is on an '84, then it is likely to be Digijet not digifant. I had a similar problem with my '84...
• 2.5 litre upgrade kit
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 28 Dec 1995 00:34:33 -0500
  ...up the Digifant, The Digifant will compensate. The >response may not be that great during warm-up, but once the system goes >closed loop...
• Re: New Engine Needed
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Bell
  Fri, 26 Apr 2002 10:45:08 -0500
  ...necessarily cheapest) way. > 1) Closed loop engine management system. > 2) Digifant or better fuel injection system > 3) Stock tach and gauges work > 4) Stock...
• Re: Speaking of idle stabilizers ...
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 25 Oct 2012 00:30:43 -0400
  ...Even Digifant should be doing a fuel cut off closed throttle @1800 rpm. Temp 2 sensor-connector, wiring. Shared by both ECU and idle...
• 87 Non-Start:Digifant Problem?
  Historical mailing list - Doug Warren x2760
  Tue, 25 Mar 1997 17:11:45 EDT
  BAWANADO an '87 WWW sits listless in the driveway her fuel injection system suspect by this fair-weather DIYer. Symptoms leading to total dismay...
• Re: ECU reset, O2 voltage stability
  Historical mailing list - jon
  Tue, 13 Feb 2007 11:31:09 -0800
  ...The Digifant I uses a 6803 microcontroller (processor). It has a whopping 128 Bytes of RAM (yes, bytes), 64 big bytes of that is...
• Re: My Westy abandoned me for the second time this year :(
  Historical mailing list - Ed McLean
  Fri, 1 Jun 2001 21:50:40 -0400
  ...I believe the voltage was high enough to run the starter but not high enough to run the FI/Ignition digifant system. To check...
• Re: Turning kills engine--??
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 11 May 2007 13:47:48 -0400
  ...If you are not seeing this problem don't >worry about it. > The Digijet fuel system has no way of adjusting the idle. When...
• Wasserboxer reputation (Long)
  Historical mailing list - Jfp w/2 WBXs
  Sat, 7 Dec 2002 22:57:18 +0000
  ...More often than not, the incompetent mechanic simply condemns the WBX and/or the Digifant system as a poorly designed loser technology and waxes...
• Re: FAQs-I like it!
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Tue, 19 Jan 1999 11:28:36 PST
  ...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: Fuel pumps
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Fri, 12 May 2006 08:12:23 -0700
  ...The Golf pumps > described above were for the mechanical K-Jetronic system and produced 6.5bar to operate the fuel distributor. The Digijet/Digifant...
• Re: Soliciting VW Engine Recommendations
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( Scott Daniel Foss )
  Thu, 23 Jan 2014 13:01:50 -0800
  ...10K laying around. > > Digijet and Digifant waterboxer EFI systems are both fine. > Each has advantages the other system doesn't have. > They're both...
• Re: fuel pump relief valve?
  Historical mailing list - Sam Payne
  Sat, 21 Jul 2007 05:17:54 -0400
  ...It's an excellent book, very clearly written, covers pulsed and continuous FI systems, including the Digifant system. The 'Pulsed Injection--Theory' section has...
• Re: The Waveform is Different. Was: Extra Grounds on 1.9l
  Historical mailing list - Otmar Ebenhoech
  Fri, 14 Apr 2000 10:58:20 -0700
  ...I placed >the ground wire from the Digifant system that is supposed to go to the head >to the body instead. Ground is ground...
• Re: making a little headway but need advice
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Sat, 7 Dec 2013 13:52:57 -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: guess the engine
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Tue, 28 Jan 2003 22:29:43 -0500
  ...GX is from an early A2 GOlf/Jetta, with CIS fuel system. RV late A2 90-92 Golf/Jetta Digifant fuel system. Eric 86...
• Re: Pig Tail for early vans?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Wed, 26 Aug 2009 13:59:45 -0700
  ...talking about the AFM Fix, then it applies equally to the >> Digifant and the Digijet. They are electrically the same and prone to >> the...
• Re: .... Porsche 6 cyl heating van
  Historical mailing list - Todd Francis
  Thu, 6 Jan 2000 21:07:37 -0800
  ...Todd Francis >Todd; > Why not add a oil to water heat exchanger like the one on the >digifant system i.e. the box sandwiched...
• Re: Subaru was: 2.1l engine / Digifant / AC Detail
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Fri, 3 Sep 1999 12:07:48 EDT
  ...I then wired the system up in a hybrid fashion using part of the early Vanagon wiring, included the Digifant control of idle system...
• Re: Digifant FI System Pro Training Manual PDF
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Tue, 21 Jun 2005 14:33:59 -0400
  ...It really > > > explains how the system works. Even has a drawing of > > the fuel map that > > > the ECU uses for it's operation. > > > > > > Any...
• Re: I-4 conversion general info
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 25 Oct 2015 08:45:50 -0700
  ...In my hybrid motor, I did have to swap my distributor drive gear, in order to keep the digifant engine management system....Techtonic's...
• Need HELP! please - tracking down a relay part number
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 22 Mar 2000 08:42:46 -0500
  ...I tracked the problem down to what Bentley calls either the: "digifant control unit relay" on page 97.124, or the "current supply relay...
• Re: Natural Gas Conversion Kit
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 31 Mar 1998 23:14:05 -0800
  ...As far as the Digifant system is concerned it thinks it is burning a lower octane gasoline. >If you have any pic's of...
• Re: High performance fuel rail system.
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Sun, 16 Feb 2003 06:45:12 -0800
  ...In other words if the digifant system were to run at 50 psi, instead of 36 psi, then the pluse cycle could be shortend...
• Re: digijet FI adjustments-Digifant
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 13 Oct 2004 19:56:17 -0400
  Here is the procedure for the Digifant system. Note that it is easier as there are no vacuum controls on the distributor. Engine close...
• '87 GL passenger van parts for sale
  Historical mailing list - Birkenfeld Jeff
  Mon, 24 Mar 2003 15:16:32 -0600
  ...ECU for Digifant=$50, AFM=$50, A/C system compressor=$50-condenser=$30-evaporator=$30, power mirrors-one is missing glass=$100 for both...
• Question about a VW FOX
  Historical mailing list - roger sisler
  Sat, 5 May 2007 09:29:49 -0700
  ...Has a digifant 2 ignition system. Not too bad a ping, but enough to want it fixed.Maybe a bit better gas mileage.The...
• Re: Hall sender + ignition control unit electronics
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 19 Jun 2012 08:57:17 -0700
  ...piece of cake! >> > >> >> Do I need a Digitool for my Digifant engine system? How much does one of >> those cost? >> >> Don Hanson >> > > From the...
• Re: Powder Coat ????? GO CERAMIC COAT
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Tue, 29 Jun 1999 19:22:55 PDT
  I had my entire exhaust system (started with a new 88 2.1L Digifant exhaust system), the cylinder head sealing surface (eliminates the head...
• Re: WRONG INFO - O2 Sensor, Bucking, etc.
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Wed, 1 Nov 2000 07:55:40 -0600
  ...The minus signal must travel from the sensor device assembly, to the o2 case, to the exhaust system, to the engine, and then to...
• Re: Timing adjustment procedure on Digifant system
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Wed, 20 Nov 2002 11:38:28 -0500
  ...Next morning, Mark asked if he could "take a look" at my FI setup (I had just installed a 2.1 with Digifant in...
• Re: fuel management system
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Fri, 15 Feb 2013 00:36:25 -0600
  ...A.Simmons <dasvwdriver@yahoo.com> > wrote: >>> what, if anything, are people changing to to replace the stock >>> digifant system. (85 van-o-gone) Dan >>>
• Re: Idle Stabilization parts Costs
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Thu, 24 Feb 2011 08:04:01 -0500
  ...There is an open-source answer to the idle stabilizer, it actually replaces the entire electronics of the Digifant system. It's called MegaSquirt...
• Idle Speed Adjustment - Again!!
  Historical mailing list - John H. Rodgers
  Tue, 20 Oct 1998 08:46:00 -0500
  ...I didn't think this fuel injection system (Digifant) would do that. I thought FI with its sophisticated electronic controls eliminated this particular problem...
• CIS Joys! :)
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 8 Mar 1999 20:07:17 EST
  ...So is the CIS system more simple than the Digijet or Digifant systems in our vans? Yes. But is it easier to troubleshoot? Not...
• Help with a fueling problem diagnosis long.
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 28 Nov 2016 08:28:25 -0800
  The Digifant 84 tintop with ABA hybrid gas motor, stuck in there using the Vw diesel mounts and 5 sp trans. Digifant, can be...
• Re: Connector contact intermittant--Digitool to the rescue
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Thu, 17 Jun 1999 16:35:34 -0500
  ...The key is to know your system and normal operating voltages and one can pick up very slight anomalies. Digifant and digijets have very...
• Re: TDI Eurovan
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 4 Jun 1996 14:52:59 -0400
  ...The system is really more comparable to the Digifant system, in that each injector is electronically controlled and uses a wide array of sensors...
• Re: Strange Idle behavior: Cause found
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:03:13 -0500
  ...I posted that my Digifant injected inline VW four banger was > misbehaving. Newer Vanagons share the same injection system, so this may > come in...
• Re: York, PA area - Digitool
  Historical mailing list - Karl Bloss
  Tue, 20 Jun 2000 09:13:10 -0400
  ...problem is that I have the one for the Digifant ('86 & later) fuel injection system and your '84 has the Digijet (assuming factory setup...
• Vanagon FI Test Equip & Sorry
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 13 Oct 1994 10:21:15 -0400
  ...DIGIFANT) I have been doing some analysis of the tools you would want to buy for repairing and maintaining the Digifant fuel injection system...
• hesitation when starting off(accelerating)
  Historical mailing list - John
  Mon, 23 Apr 2001 03:40:45 -0400
  ...When you depress the accelerator pedal, two signals command the Digifant control module to increase RPM. The throttle switch signals the moment of off...
• =?Windows-1252?Q?Re:______Won=B4t_start?=
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Sat, 21 Oct 2000 15:46:27 -0500
  ...bought the Vanagon ! It has a Digifant FI, and I�m not a big fan of FI systems unless they work properly but laws...
• Re: Crummy Vanagon performance
  Historical mailing list - Neil
  Mon, 17 May 2021 11:34:26 -0700
  ...The link you show is for Digifant pro training manual so, no. You want "Digijet". I haven't verified the links but the .zip...