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  • 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...
  • Digijet ecu pics
    Historical mailing list - Blake Thornton
    Sun, 2 Dec 2001 13:01:04 -0700
    In a unsucessful attempt to find the trouble with my van, I swapped ECU's. I was fortunate enough to have two extra ECU...
  • Re: Soliciting VW Engine Recommendations
    Historical mailing list - SDF ( Scott Daniel Foss )
    Tue, 21 Jan 2014 19:13:12 -0800
    ...Doing this on a 2.1 WBX Vanagon allows one to keep some of > the 2.1 parts. (air cleaner etc.) With Digijet, how...
  • Re: 25 MPG Wasserboxer!
    Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
    Mon, 23 Jun 2008 22:06:23 -0400
    ...The 2.1 AFM > works great with with the digijet harness. On the trip down, I used the > stock 1.9 ECU with a...
  • Re: '83.5 distributor into '78
    Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
    Fri, 08 Nov 1996 08:16:39 -0800
    ...Is it a >"drop-in?" I don't see how it could be a "drop-in" because the Digijet FI system has a coolant...
  • Re: Webber conversion input
    Historical mailing list - Ari Ollikainen
    Tue, 5 Jan 1999 21:35:35 -0800
    ...As I recall from past experience, in general, the aircraft fuel injection systems are mechanical and not electronic (like DigiJet/fant) and are relatively...
  • Re: need 1.9l digijet FI website/info
    Historical mailing list - Tim Smith
    Tue, 29 May 2001 13:24:40 -0300
    At 08:48 AM 5/30/01 -0400, Kenneth D Lewis wrote: >Tim; > How does it run after that i.e. mileage, idle, acceleration...
  • Re: Digijet FI PDF
    Historical mailing list - Doug
    Tue, 5 Jul 2005 20:07:37 -0400
    Thanks Volks, Both copies spoken for! Doug in CT Doug wrote: > Volks, > If someone wants or needs an actual hardcopy (spiral-bound original), > let...
  • Re: Vanagon Syndrome in Digijet?
    Historical mailing list - Sam Walters
    Mon, 20 Jun 2005 13:07:38 -0400
    If there was violent jerking after some serious bumps, it is likely that you have a loose or bad connection somewhere in the FI...
  • Re: I got: 025 906 021C, what did I get?
    Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
    Mon, 9 Oct 2006 14:19:19 EDT
    ...then) Made in Germany 4. TA (logo) (then) Triumph-Adler 5. DIGIJET (The only possible error in the list above is that at #3...
  • Re: AFM Characteristics
    Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
    Sun, 11 Nov 2007 11:16:34 -0500
    It's my understanding that the European 2.1 "Digijet" ECU will work with a US 2.1 AFM and throttle body when set...
  • Oil fill plug stripped
    Historical mailing list - Tim Smith
    Wed, 30 May 2001 09:07:40 -0300
    ...If anyone has a real digijet manual and could scan it and submit to Darrel Boehler for his website that would be great. The...
  • Re: Charcoal Cannister Purpose
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:31:31 -0400
    At 08:52 PM 10/26/2009, neil n wrote: >Bentley shows air cooled, Digijet, and Digifant, charcoal canister >bottom hose connecting to the...
  • New to the list w/ some questions
    Historical mailing list - David G. Hobbs
    Wed, 9 Dec 1998 08:32:04 -0600
    Hello everyone, I am the happy owner of an 85 GL Digijet, and I just signed on to the list. I have a few...
  • Re: Head gasket replacement: how much?
    Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
    Sat, 4 Dec 2004 12:44:35 -0600
    Having never actually run a 2.1 with 1.9 Digijet injection, , I would defer to Dennis' experience in this matter. (I was just...
  • Re: Euro-spec Digifant ECU?
    Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
    Mon, 2 Apr 2007 11:38:04 EDT
    ...From my _Vanagon Items Forsale_ (http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/sales.htm) webpage > ECU, Eurospec, Digijet, 025 906 021 E - $395.00 CND Cheers...
  • Re: Anyone Tested a 2.1 AFM on 1.9 Digijet?
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Wed, 21 Jun 2017 13:06:38 -0400
    ...will properly (provide correct > > inputs to ECU) on a 1.9 Digijet engine? > > > > Thanks > > > > Neil. > > > > -- > > Neil n > > > > Blog: Vanagons, Westfalia, general <http://tubaneil.blogspot...
  • Re: Oops, was: Re: Exhaust struts
    Historical mailing list - gerry rafferty
    Fri, 14 May 1999 21:52:16 -0700
    ...To clarify- I replaced my exhaust system on a 83.5 digijet van. If you have a Bentley manual- see page 26.7 (It...
  • Power Chip for Digijet Vans now available!
    Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
    Tue, 27 Aug 2002 11:08:46 -0400
    ...This chip is more agressive in the fuel mapping and would be an upgrade for anyone with the Digijet system (83-85 here in...
  • Re: Generic ignition coil on 1.9?
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Sat, 19 Nov 2016 18:08:40 -0500
    ...actually see that somewhere- I can't seem to find it in either the Digijet >or Digifant section... > >Thanks > >Dave >85 GL 1.9er
  • Re: Digijet rough/wandering idle and bucking at slower speeds
    Historical mailing list - George Laubach
    Thu, 26 Sep 2013 22:48:36 -0500
    Thanks Jim for confirmation that jiggling ECU connector should not impact "idle-ability". The fact that I do indeed experience "junk" when I jiggle...
  • Re: Is my 83.5 Westy really 83.25?
    Historical mailing list - Meier Michael
    Tue, 7 Apr 1998 10:09:50 +0200
    ...So you still got the 2.0 aircooled injections until the 1.9 digijets arived (option in europe). Sounds strange, but that's it...
  • Fix Those Exhaust Leaks!
    Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
    Mon, 27 Nov 2000 14:42:01 -0500
    ...I am guessing the Digijet was adding extra fuel to compensate for this leak? Jay '85 Westy
  • Re: 2nd request, where's my fuel pump relay?
    Historical mailing list - James Creech
    Tue, 19 Dec 2000 15:11:56 -0500
    ...According to our Great Master Bentley, this is true for your '84 Digijet as well as the later Digifants (at least thru 89). Jim...
  • Re: 2.2L EuroCars Engine vs 2.1l Boston Engine
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Thu, 25 Dec 2003 23:30:46 -0500
    ...Ken wilfy and I are looking into more copys of the digijet chip and we will be offering them soon. The camshaft I use...
  • Idle Stab - contradiction
    Historical mailing list - Rocko Flamefart
    Thu, 26 Dec 96 14:27:23 -0600
    ...the Digijet system DOES have some form of electronic idle control... the infamous box on the firewall with 2 plugs in it. it stabilizes...
  • Using O2 sensor for fuel mix adjustment?
    Historical mailing list - Johan Nyberg
    Mon, 13 Oct 1997 20:27:13 +0100
    ...As my '86 Digijet Caravelle doesn't have one of those sensors, I'm thinking of using an external one. 1:st question: Which...
  • How does one get a battery to charge up to where it is supposed to??
    Historical mailing list - Jonc
    Mon, 26 Jun 2000 06:46:44 -0400
    In my 85 digijet Westy I have a new 90 amp alternator (10 months old) a new battery (41-4/810CA) 2 days old...
  • Re: Rev Limiter? - Revisited
    Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
    Thu, 23 Nov 2000 15:31:01 EST
    << The Digijet has a limit too >> The rev limiter on the 1.9L of which I have knowledge is in the form of a...
  • Re: nominal digitool readings with digijet
    Historical mailing list - James A Barnes
    Wed, 11 Jul 2001 21:39:55 -0600
    Steve, Temp 1 and temp 2 start at same value. Temp 2 slowly drops to .24v, fully warmed. O2 signal starts at .33v, slowly...
  • Re: 84 not refiring , still flooding ?
    Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
    Sat, 8 Feb 2003 07:12:36 EST
    ...Apparently when the Digijet ECU fails, the injectors are powered open all the time and flooding occurs when you crank it. I found out...
  • Re: 1985 Digijet Surging at idle (AFM?)
    Historical mailing list - Bradley Flubacher
    Sun, 10 Feb 2002 09:06:14 -0500
    ...1985 Digijet Surging at idle (AFM?) Hi, The van has been surging for a certain time now. I checked for vaccuum leaks and found...
  • Re: vanagon Digest - 14 Nov 1999 to 15 Nov 1999 - Special issue
    Historical mailing list - Lance LeBaron
    Tue, 16 Nov 1999 06:58:20 PST
    ...My 1.9L Digijet Vangon is running rich also. My injector seals look like crap. How could bad seals cause the van to run...
  • Re: digijet fuel pressure
    Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
    Wed, 1 Aug 2001 18:09:12 -0500
    > >At 03:16 PM 8/1/2001, Dave Baker wrote: >>On the subject of O2 sensors, mine is disconnected on my 85 Westy 1...
  • For Sale: 85 Vanagon engine parts
    Historical mailing list - Aaron
    Wed, 12 Jan 2005 23:06:19 -0800
    ...I have just pulled my '85 1.9 Digijet vanagon engine and have all parts available. Included are: 2 - ecu's (one has a...
  • Re: Heh -- I'm such a ninnyhammer
    Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
    Sun, 3 Aug 2008 21:00:37 -0400
    Mike Elliott wrote: > For you guys that work on 1.9L Digijet engines -- what are the "knobs" I > use for the tuning? Timing is...
  • Re: ?utf-8?Q?Re=3A_Are_all_2.1_engines_digifant=3F?=
    Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
    Mon, 5 May 2014 05:44:47 -0400
    ...But.....=0A=0AI've read of 2.1 engines installed in = > Digijet Vanagons. The owner=0Akeeps the Digijet system adapting it to the 2...
  • Re: 2.1L in an '85?
    Historical mailing list - Jim Thompson
    Wed, 23 Jul 1997 10:29:07 EDT
    ...I used the existing Digijet instead of carrying over the Digifant with no apparent problems surfacing. I don't expect any as I have...
  • Hello, I'm a new boy here...
    Historical mailing list
    Wed, 15 Jan 1997 00:00:20 +0100
    ...The last item is my reason for owning and maintaining a '86 Caravelle C, 112 hp 2.1 litre, mostly "Pastellweiss", no catalyst, Digijet...
  • Re: Rough running after hitting rev limiter
    Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
    Wed, 3 Apr 2002 14:10:39 -0700
    ...lose power (I assume there is a rev limiter in the digijet system that does this). After this, it runs rough and has very...
  • West Texas Trip
    Historical mailing list
    Mon, 29 Sep 1997 23:24:20 -0400
    ...a waiver tommorrow to buy time to figure out why Mr. Digijet does not want to behave. Guess I will have to become a...
  • surge/hesitation
    Historical mailing list - Martin
    Fri, 21 Jan 2000 16:58:30 -0600
    Hi, Are the waterboxers prone to intake icing? Both my 85 digijet and 87 digfiant have been acting up when cold (less than 25f...
  • Another call for dead ECUs
    Historical mailing list - Damon Campbell
    Thu, 15 Jan 2004 22:14:33 -0800
    Hello Listmembers, I was wondering if there were any dead ECUs floating around out there? Digifant, Digijet... i don't really care, but i...
  • Re: Volkswagen Vanagon/Type II Fuel Systems Pro Manual
    Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
    Sun, 23 Oct 2005 14:25:03 -0500
    ...I have a >PDF of the Digifant portion, but AFC and Digijet have been left out. Finding >the dead tree version is already nearly...
  • Re: Drowning 85' vanagon
    Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
    Thu, 25 Jan 2007 21:19:24 -0500
    ...Vanagon syndrome for several weeks. > > This is a stock 1.9 digijet motor. > > It is literally drowning itself with fuel ~ ignition > in start / run...
  • Euro Digijet Tuning
    Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
    Tue, 14 Jan 2003 13:41:34 -0500
    ...a trade off to the added hp created by the Euro Digijet ECU I am using in my '85 stock 1.9l wbx. Simplest...
  • Re: Injector Wiring Order?
    Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
    Mon, 6 Oct 1997 22:59:42 EDT
    ...specific order that the injectors must be wired >on an '84 digijet model? I would have thought that they >needed to be wired in...
  • Re: Timing on rebuilt engine
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Sun, 23 May 1999 23:43:14 -0400
    At 15:39 5/20/99 -0400, David Beierl wrote: >Volks -- I'm working on a newly rebuilt 1.9l Digijet which was working...
  • Re: Send in the Grounds...
    Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
    Thu, 17 Jun 1999 22:00:14 -0500
    ...On a digijet (83.5-85), be sure your ecu is good and tight in the mounting frame and the frame is attached well...
  • Re: Idle stabilizer
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Sat, 12 Jan 2002 18:49:28 -0500
    ...Todd, this refers to the Digifant idle stab valve with controller, *not* the Digijet idle stab timing-adjuster. Completely different animals. david -- David Beierl...
  • Re: Vacuum Brake Booster
    Historical mailing list - Helen Fahy
    Fri, 23 Aug 2002 11:10:46 -0400
    ...This warning functionality, internal master cylinder seal failure, was dropped starting with the '85 Digijet models. The models listed above with the three terminal...
  • Any way to trick the Digijet ECU into generating injection pulses without the RPM/ignition signal, for test bench purposes?
    Historical mailing list - tinker man
    Sat, 2 Jun 2012 12:08:59 +0300
    Hello Volks, I have a few defunct Digijet ECU's I'm trying to repair for a backup and need to test them on...
  • Fuel filter/engine code.
    Historical mailing list - Jim Cain
    Sat, 26 Feb 2000 09:26:38 -0500
    ...How do I find the engine code referred to in the books? Do I have digifant or digijet? I bought a new fuel filter...
  • What are symptoms of a bad auxillary air regulator
    Historical mailing list - roger sisler
    Thu, 24 Aug 2006 13:03:12 -0700
    Well,the continuing problems with the digijet fi system has brought me to ask about this item. I have stalling at cold engine. When...
  • Re: Argh. It's a sign
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Sun, 5 Nov 2000 21:52:59 -0500
    ...They are very similar, use the same engine (1.9l with "Digijet" engine control system). The '85 sliding door is of the new type...
  • Re: Connectors for Fuel and Ignition wiring harness Digijet 83.5 - 85
    Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
    Wed, 12 Mar 2003 07:18:55 -0800
    Also try suppliers such as Wurth Fastener. They used to carry these connectors, haven't checked in quite a while. Z --- Mark Belanger <belanger...
  • Re: vanagon syndrome-- need capacitor
    Historical mailing list - Mark Cumnock
    Thu, 9 Jun 2005 13:41:14 -0400
    ...on a note of the syndrome it does affect a digijet system, and a digifant system , and it doesn't matter if it is...
  • Re: On being well grounded
    Historical mailing list - John Haddad
    Sun, 10 Jun 2001 18:14:05 -0400
    ...The digijet ECU grounds through > the > case to the frame of the van. > > So I ground down to bare metal on the upper ECU...
  • Temp II Again
    Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
    Wed, 25 Oct 2000 11:51:07 -0400
    ...My '85 Digijet always seems to run rich at both start-up and hot. I thought of trying several different resisters, 500, 750, 1000...
  • Re: need 1.9l digijet FI website/info
    Historical mailing list - Kenneth D Lewis
    Wed, 30 May 2001 08:48:14 -0400
    Tim; How does it run after that i.e. mileage, idle, acceleration emmisions etc.? Good Luck and Drive Safely Ken Lewis 86 Crewcab,60...