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• Re: high Idle / stabilization control question
  Historical mailing list - jon
  Sun, 11 Mar 2007 16:50:21 -0800
  ...90 Multivan > > > On Mar 10, 2007, at 1:31 PM, Mark Keller wrote: > > > The idle stabilzation unit on the digifants is in the ECU. >
• Re: The "Other" Vanagon Syndrome, Part II
  Historical mailing list - Harald Rust
  Tue, 30 Sep 2003 21:33:44 -0700
  ...All Vanagon Digifant Fuel Injection Engines CONDITION After driving for 1/2 to 2 hours at a constant speed, vehicle experiences lack of power...
• Re: The Waveform is Different. Was: Extra Grounds on 1.9l
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Fri, 14 Apr 2000 10:49:24 -0700
  ...One of the considered candidates to go in my '90 is the Digifant II or CIS-E...and yes...there...just coming over the...
• Re: Digitool, don't leave the driveway, without it
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Sun, 13 Feb 2000 20:25:19 -0500
  ...http://scribers.midwest.net/midwesty/vw/Vanagon/DigiFantTool/ > I obviously haven't been reading every message in every thread... how do I > contact Darrell...
• Who is Mike Miller???......
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Wed, 3 Oct 2001 10:27:00 -0400
  ...I thought I'd gotten comfortable with the list jargon --- ECU, Digifant, Digijet, Digiwife ---- and now I am bemused by this new term. Is...
• Re: ECU Question.... Same ECU in a 1987 as in a 1990 Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Wed, 25 May 2005 15:56:36 -0700
  ...Basically, any 86-91 Vanagon Digifant ECU should interchange with any other from the same period. > Is the ECU in a 1987 the same...
• Re: Westy has been sitting a while.
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Tue, 30 Aug 2005 23:13:42 -0500
  <<My 84 Westy, with a Digifant II I4 conversion, has been sitting a couple years without running. How likely is that the injectors will...
• Re: Vanagon Syndrome is it also known as Digifant Disease, maybe?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 16 Jun 2014 06:20:26 -0700
  ...Could you tell me the difference between Digifant I and II ? Have you checked the throttle switch with an ohmmeter? Larry A. I am...
• Digifant start up question> RPMs 'hunt around'
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 12 Jul 2011 18:22:57 -0700
  ...The engine managment is Digifant II. The motor is an inlne VW, but all the stuff is identical to a vanagon...in fact, I...
• Re: Fuel pressure too high
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Tue, 6 Mar 2018 14:01:37 -0800
  ...and Digifant >> relay; ignition off or on, you should see battery voltage at each relay 30. >> With key turned to ignition on, Digifant relay...
• Re: Cold Morning Puzzlement Part Deux
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Thu, 17 Feb 2000 08:27:20 -0500
  ...The Digifant has one switch for both; the Digijet has two. The Digifant's is below the throttle assembly, but fairly easy to get...
• Re: Anyone seen Gowesty's Digifiant replacement?
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Thu, 19 Jul 2018 07:44:41 -0400
  I will be looking at Megasquirt options in the near future. Digifant II on my ABA conversion is reliable, but I am looking to...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 10 Sep 2015 to 11 Sep 2015 - Special issue (#2015-319)
  Historical mailing list - Chris Szpejankowski
  Sun, 13 Sep 2015 11:22:35 -0400
  ...23:02 Steven Mills <StevenM@RED-ROCK.COM> napisał(a): >> Has anyone ever converted a 2.1 ltr digifant over to carberators and do...
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  Historical mailing list - Scott DeSanti
  Tue, 16 Jun 1998 11:12:39 EDT
  Hello Again Volks, Here's a Digifant question relating to 02 sensors. Does the O2 sensor light activate solely due to the odometer device...
• Re: Digitool
  Historical mailing list - David Bogle
  Thu, 14 Oct 1999 22:27:45 -0400
  ...http://scribers.midwest.net/midwesty/vw/Vanagon/DigiFantTool/ Possibly Darrell still makes these for us small-parts-solder-challenged. Parts run less than $50...
• Re: Was engle 100 cam in a waterboxer Now more than you ever wanted to know about WBX cams
  Historical mailing list - John Connolly, Aircooled.Net
  Sun, 11 Apr 2004 11:51:04 -0600
  I have used the Web 107i successfully on 2.1 digifant engines. This cam has 0.430" lift with 1.1 rockers, and has...
• Re: How long to expect a Cap and Rotor to Last
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 16 Aug 2004 18:34:10 -0400
  ...Just out of curiosity, how many miles should I expect the distributor cap and rotor to last in a '90 2.1L w/Digifant?
• What is Function of temp sensors? (Digifant)
  Historical mailing list - tabe johnson
  Sun, 5 Sep 2004 13:26:05 -0400
  Hi, On my '87, there are two temperature sensors on the black plastic housing by the left front corner of the engine bay. There...
• Re: DEAR GOD Re: timing belt
  Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
  Tue, 29 Jun 2004 03:41:58 +0000
  ...You specifically stated that you had in your hand a 3 (yes, THREE) wire ISV for a Digifant. You stated it was factory and...
• Re: 2.0L I4 Opportunities
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 14 May 2013 08:46:53 -0700
  ...Keeping the Digifant II and the 8-valve cross flow head meant I had to do no messing around with different non-VW mounts...
• Re: 1.8 to 2.0 aba swap
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 30 May 2012 09:16:48 -0700
  ...A stock ABA distributor needs > some modification to work with a digifant system. Or you can modify the > digifant distributor, take your pick. > > Another...
• Re: digifant ecu still needed :-(
  Historical mailing list - Tony Moore
  Thu, 13 Feb 1997 06:29:32 -0500
  ...Tonya Pope <galba@premier.net> > To: tony@moorelab.com > Subject: Re: digifant ecu still needed :-( > Date: Wednesday, February 12, 1997 6:49 PM > > Tony...
• Re: Troubleshooting Question
  Historical mailing list - Denys Mueller
  Wed, 15 Oct 1997 12:53:40 -0700
  ...All Vanagon Digifant Fuel Injection Engines CONDITION After driving for 1/2 to 2 hours at a constant speed, vehicle experiences lack of power...
• Re: Ignition Timing Procedure 1986+ Vanagon 2.1L Digifant
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Wed, 23 Feb 2005 19:57:05 -0800
  ...Ignition Timing Procedure 1986+ Vanagon 2.1L Digifant Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2005 14:17:40 -0500 From: tabe johnson <xtabe@YAHOO.COM> Subject...
• Re: Surging engine
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sat, 17 Oct 2009 15:04:01 -0700
  ...In comparison to CIS, Digifant is a much more modern engine management system. And I bet this would be much less money than the...
• Re: Digifant problem update
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Sat, 15 Jun 2002 16:37:28 -0700
  ...15, 2002 2:16 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Digifant problem update Well, worked ALL DAY on my 88. Here is what...
• Re: Essential Tools
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 15 Apr 2003 20:56:55 -0600
  ...Then I would have a place to put the 85'th wire!! <Grin"> John Rodgers 88 GL Driver Stan Wilder wrote: >Boehler Digifant DigiTool...
• Digifant timing issues- no ide
  Historical mailing list - Dan Richelson
  Mon, 3 Oct 2005 10:22:08 -0600
  ...I replaced the 2.1 liter Digifant and put a 2.1 with only 86k miles on it. I did head gaskets, water pump...
• What IS Vanagon Syndrome, exactly?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 18 Oct 2013 07:44:34 -0700
  ...I just saw a few posts about a Digifant inline VW powered vanagon traveling the southwest, like I soon will be doing again... He...
• Re: Conversion Choices
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 1 Sep 2012 09:16:12 -0700
  ...Multiple motors Ford ZTEC << > > You missed mine, a VW inline gasser, ABA 2.0 block, 1.8 head, Digifant > II engine management. > > Geo/ATL >
• Re: No Oil filler cap=poor idle..observation on Digifant..
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Fri, 24 Jul 2009 18:56:38 -0400
  Don Hanson wrote: > Anyone else encounter this "Other" Vanagon Syndrome , illustrated (sort > of) by this incident? The plastic part of the oil fill tube...
• Re: Running Hot
  Historical mailing list - Karl Bloss
  Mon, 6 Apr 1998 09:10:08 +0000
  > so, the question, where does your temp gauge needle sit on your perfectly > operational digifant powered vanagon? When the weather's cool, it sits...
• Re: Plugs...The best plugs around
  Historical mailing list - Modl6971
  Wed, 13 May 1998 01:34:01 EDT
  ...triple electrode plugs that you can use in a 2.1 digifant vanagon motor. You know the one's that Bosch makes. Thanks, Joe...
• Parts WTS and WTB
  Historical mailing list - ed
  Mon, 4 Sep 2000 22:40:30 -0400
  ...result of my Tii conversion, I have some parts for sale: Digifant ECU, idle controller relay, Syncro airflow meter and airbox (with good air...
• 89 Westy engine replacement
  Historical mailing list - zephyrman
  Fri, 28 Sep 2001 13:39:06 -0500
  ...remanufactured engines in their Vanagons? Particularly, replacement for the 2.1 digifant engine. What about your warranty experience? Any shared experience with A.T...
• 5 speed question
  Historical mailing list - Mark Cumnock
  Sun, 4 Apr 2004 21:52:15 -0400
  ...re-gearing? I have an 84 with a 2.0 Jetta Digifant II .I travel with a very heavy loaded Westy for weekend trips...
• Re: Digijet Diagnostic Tool?
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Sat, 31 Jul 2004 21:50:59 -0500
  ...Digijet Diagnostic Tool? Volks, Are there any diagnostic tools that would be similar to the one that Darrell Boehler made for the Digifant available...
• Re: Won't Start - Advise needed
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Mon, 20 Jun 2005 23:55:00 EDT
  ...On 18-Jun-05, at 1:57 PM, Jeff Gilbert wrote: > Hi, > > My digifant wont start . . . . >> I bet he doesn't get a drop...
• Re: What IS Vanagon Syndrome, exactly?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Sat, 19 Oct 2013 15:50:29 -0700
  ...I never have experienced it with either an I4 digifant in my vanagon (totally non stock air intake before afm) or in my wbx...
• Re: Isolating an idle problem?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 22 Dec 2014 09:26:17 -0800
  ...Isolating an idle problem? Does Don's engine use an ICM? I don't recall Digifant on the 8V inline engine having that as...
• Re: Techron Saved My Tush (Was:Bus Bummed By Bad Gas)
  Historical mailing list - Frank E. Terhaar-Yonkers
  Fri, 17 Nov 1995 12:02:54 -0500
  ...I've had much the same experience lately - (See posting, New Digifant Bogon) intermittant missing, bucking etc. Chalked it up to something electrical, rather...
• Re: I-4 conversion
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Tue, 8 May 2001 11:16:20 EDT
  ...Now, I believe the pressure rating for the vanagon digijet and digifant systems is the same as for the digifant Golf, so it may...
• Re: I-4 conversion general info
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sun, 25 Oct 2015 11:58:17 -0700
  ...If you stick with a stock inline cross-flow motor (92 and older?) and start with a decent digifant Vanagon, you could probably do...
• Re: 1.9 to 2.1 conversion, swapping harness/ecu
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Tue, 14 Apr 2009 07:59:17 -0400
  ...Is the 1.9 temp II sensor > compatible with the digifant, just a matter of extending the wires to reach > the stock 1.9...
• Re[2]: 87 Westy questions
  Historical mailing list - Tom Forhan
  14 Sep 1995 17:43:17 EST
  Tim, Do you have Digifant? Check out Skips page of Technical Bulletins culled by Joel: http://killer-whale.automatrix.com:80/~skip/volkswagen/bulletins...
• ECU Repair
  Historical mailing list - Barry Mercer
  Thu, 16 Mar 2000 20:37:24 -0500
  ...the ECU tool that has created so much chat re connectors et all - how does one read the digifant ECU tool? Would this be...
• Re: FS: ECU and Wiring Harness
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 31 Aug 2002 04:38:57 EDT
  ...so I had > to replace these). > > The ECU is a TA DIGIFANT. > > $150 for the set, plus shipping. > > damn thats cheap! .. im sure youll...
• idle control unit -- digifant
  Historical mailing list - DIGEST Alan Cote
  Tue, 18 Apr 2006 10:36:47 EDT
  I've been diagnosing the infamous high idle problem, which my '86 Westy has. I still need to do a few more tests to...
• FS: complete golf/jetta inline 4cyl motor for vanagon engine conversion..
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 2 Jun 2006 15:57:05 EDT
  ...FI digifant. needs to be picked up in southeast pa would be great for a engine conversion for a vanagon or if anyone needs...
• At Idle: AFM Flap, CO Screw Relationship. Explanation Found
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 6 Jul 2012 13:51:55 -0700
  ...http://www.race.nangreaves.com/golf/FU01/ch7.6.html From that page (Digifant II as used in other VW's but very similar...
• Re: relay problems
  Historical mailing list - Dave Bayer
  Sun, 14 Feb 1999 22:12:18 -0800
  ...A standard relay like the digifant power relay (the other relay in that little black box) will only switch on when current is passing...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 10 Sep 2015 to 11 Sep 2015 - Special issue (#2015-319)
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 13 Sep 2015 09:45:15 -0400
  ...vanagon Digest - 10 Sep 2015 to 11 Sep 2015 - Special issue (#2015-319) > Has anyone ever converted a 2.1 ltr digifant over to...
• 2.1L harness question
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Tue, 8 Mar 2011 15:34:46 -0500
  Hi Volks, On my digifant wiring harness there is a 2-prong connector on the firewall just above the AFM. What does that connect...
• Re: '84 rough running, backfire
  Historical mailing list - John Flaherty
  Fri, 20 Apr 2001 17:01:56 -0400
  ...Almost identical to the Digifant one. In every way but price! What it lacks > is direct ECU control of ignition timing. > Oh, it does...
• Re: Idle speed, racing engine
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Fri, 19 Apr 2002 14:21:23 -0600
  Ben, you just basically put access to the entire Vanagon CD Manual digifant info. in your last post? I'm grateful, Have saved it...
• Re: Needed: ECU
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 23 Sep 2008 12:32:37 -0500
  ...2.1 Digifant. Jim On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 12:28 PM, Larry Alofs <lalofs@gmail.com> wrote: > What year? > 1.9 or...
• Re: Vanagon Syndrome Harness
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Tue, 15 Aug 2000 14:50:39 -0400
  ...The VW bulletin clearly states Digifant >only. What gives? > Jay > '85 Westy >w/digijet ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at...
• Coil boil
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
  Sun, 26 Oct 2014 15:38:52 -0700
  I just recently had some work completed on my Syncro Westy which included a new coil for a 2.1 digifant - when I got...
• Re: Distributor?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 16 Apr 2010 14:53:57 -0400
  ...So I Loren, the 2.1l (Digifant) system does all that in the ECU. The distributor has a rigid shaft, no centrifugal or anything...
• Re: 2.1 digifant stalls
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 22 Sep 1999 17:15:41 EDT
  Your problem sounds electrical in nature to me. Could be the ignition switch (these are notorious for going bad). Do you have a large...