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  • Re: FS: ECU and AFM for 2.1L
    Historical mailing list - Tom Stone
    Sun, 28 Apr 2002 19:40:18 EDT
    ...It will basically be a 2.1 digijet. Tom '71 Westy, '85 Westy, '91 Carat, '81 VW Diesel Pickup
  • Re: advance mechanisms on digijet distributor?
    Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
    Wed, 27 Apr 2005 11:24:36 -0700
    ...understand the various mechanisms that > control the timing on the early digijet. There is: > > * Static setting (just the twist of the distributor - > sets the...
  • Re: 84 digijet misfiring!?
    Historical mailing list
    Wed, 26 Nov 1997 21:37:54 -0500
    Yes the intake leak check intales something like using some type of combustible gas around the intake hoses and waiting until you hear the...
  • Re: Digijet Timing Info
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Sun, 10 Jun 2001 11:14:40 -0400
    At 03:26 AM 6/10/2001, Mark Ingalls wrote: >So when I found a free hour and 1/2 today I took the...
  • Vanagon/Subaru Deep Thoughts
    Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
    Thu, 31 May 2001 15:28:48 -0400
    ...Would it be possible to use the Subaru engine, but incorporate the stock Digijet FI system? There would be some obvious problems with the...
  • Slow Cranking Initial Start
    Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
    Mon, 4 Feb 2002 11:03:49 -0500
    If my '85 Digijet stalls after the first initial start, it sometimes will crank much slower and is difficult to re-start. It cranks...
  • Re: Gas question, seriously folks
    Historical mailing list - James
    Sun, 15 Dec 2013 13:31:23 -0500
    ...to 1985 models, which used a fuel injection system known as "Digijet" (Digital Jet-tronic) > � 1.9 L (1,913 cc) (59 bhp) (Serial...
  • Gunky gas (was 84 digijet misfiring)
    Historical mailing list - Marcus Elia
    Tue, 25 Nov 1997 21:38:46 -0400
    I would like to thank everyone who sent me suggestions on my problem; I really am flabbergasted at the sheer volume of knowledge and...
  • Re: Digijet ECU
    Historical mailing list - Jeff Farris
    Tue, 13 Oct 1998 09:33:15 -0500
    I thought I saw a rebuilt ECU at either Volks Motor Sports or Bus boys for $575 I went through this process a couple...
  • Re: Digijet Tool?
    Historical mailing list - Carl Turner
    Thu, 19 Nov 1998 18:26:48 EST
    In a message dated 11/19/98 2:39:10 PM Mountain Standard Time, midwesty@midwest.net writes: > The tool also features a breakout...
  • Re: emergency--gasoline leak
    Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
    Sat, 27 May 2000 13:22:07 EDT
    ...If you want to lower the fuel level before you move the van, the Digijet system, at least, has a pressure test point in...
  • Re: Best Year Vanagon
    Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
    Mon, 19 Nov 2007 08:30:22 -0500
    I believe the digifant an improvement over the digijet with the elimination of the mechanical advance, funky idle valve(and associated yards of vacuum...
  • Re: 1985 Vanagon 1.9l Digijet No Start
    Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
    Mon, 7 Nov 2022 14:22:52 -0500
    ...1985 Vanagon 1.9l Digijet No Start Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2022 07:11:18 -0500 Hi All, Looking for suggestions/next steps. Pearl...
  • Re: 1985 Digijet Surging at idle (AFM?)
    Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
    Sat, 9 Feb 2002 23:43:38 -0600
    ...1985 Digijet Surging at idle (AFM?) >Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2002 21:32:01 -0500 > >Hi, > >The van has been surging for a certain...
  • Re: Red Tornado Engine (ALT impoved bracket!)
    Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
    Mon, 22 Jan 2007 09:23:47 -0800
    ...Red Tornado Engine (ALT impoved bracket!) Hi Ken To use the Europe/BB ECU, because i have tons of spare/new Digijet parts, not...
  • V'gon upper respiratory difficulties
    Historical mailing list - Woody Halsey
    Tue, 9 Jan 2001 10:24:42 EST
    I have read with sympathy recent posts about hiccoughing and hestitating in the Digijet and Digifant systems. Those who were on the list a...
  • fuel pumps and stuff
    Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
    Mon, 1 Apr 2002 15:39:43 -0800
    What is the difference in fuel pumps across the volkswagen line? (fuel injected, specificially a2 or a2, digijet/fant). Why? I know that the...
  • Set Timing: Digijet w/ Automatic
    Historical mailing list - Mike D.
    Wed, 11 Feb 2004 13:46:05 -0800
    I have a Bently, but am a little unclear on the proper procedure for setting the timing on my 85 Westy (automatic), would appreciate...
  • Re: 1985 Digijet Surging at idle (AFM?)
    Historical mailing list - Larry LALOFS Joan Alofs
    Sat, 16 Feb 2002 12:30:15 -0600
    ...1985 Digijet Surging at idle (AFM?) > > > > As long as you have that AFM apart why not do the AFM upgrade with that $1 > > capacitor...
  • for all the New People: bosch fuel injection info
    Historical mailing list - J. Walker
    Thu, 15 Sep 94 11:41:00 CDT
    ...diesel (1981-1983) gasoline (1993 eurovan, 1991-1986 vanagon (digifant), 1985-1983 vanagon (digijet), 1983-1980 vanagon (air-cooled), 1979-1974 buses) other folks...
  • from wannagon to multivan
    Historical mailing list - Meier Michael
    Wed, 29 Oct 1997 18:33:11 +0100
    ...Today I've got my '89 Multivan Syncro 2.1 digijet, 54k mls, power steering, cruise control, 2500 kg towing-bar, carat alloys. A...
  • Re: AFM spring tension
    Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
    Sat, 3 Mar 2001 19:47:55 -0700
    ...AFM spring tension Volks Folks, I have the AFM from my Digijet 85 GL in front of me. I am interested in seeing if...
  • Digijet --> Carberator
    Historical mailing list - Russell Patten
    Sat, 24 Jul 2004 17:14:04 -0500
    I just got back from the local motor-vehical graveyard and somebody had put a holly carb on a 1.9L engine. The injectors...
  • Re: ECU firmware location
    Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
    Sat, 15 Sep 2007 09:31:56 -0400
    ...anybody know if the firmware for our ECU's (Digifant or Digijet) > resides completely on the 2732 EPROM or is part of it contained...
  • 1985 Digijet misfire
    Historical mailing list - Ignace Speybrouck
    Thu, 30 May 2002 00:06:09 -0400
    Tonight I changed the intake gasket on both side. To do so, I disconnected the plug wires. Those wires are about a year old...
  • [1985 Digijet] Need help diagnosing no injector power
    Historical mailing list - Dan Brideau
    Wed, 30 Apr 2003 21:50:27 -0400
    Hello, I have an '85 (WV2XB025XFH081554) that will not run. It _will_ run on starting fluid for a few moments, but that's all...
  • Measuring engine RPM based on Hall sender/coil signals
    Historical mailing list - tinker man
    Thu, 13 Sep 2007 15:44:15 +0300
    Hello Volks, I have a 1990 2100cc Digijet engine (European model). I want to measure engine RPM without a strobe light, by connecting a...
  • Re: Just Say NO OK Vanagoners, Thanks to everyone who replid
    Historical mailing list - John Anderson
    Sun, 16 Aug 1998 23:45:40 -0400
    ...couple years back (admittedly weak coil), have also tried them in Digijet, Digifant vans and numerous FWD VW applications, following the mileage carefully on...
  • Exhaust struts
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Thu, 13 May 1999 12:25:13 -0400
    Volks -- Bentley shows three struts on the left-hand side exhaust for the DigiJet. I have two: from bracket on collector pipe to #4...
  • Re: 112HP @ 4800RPM on a stock WBX?
    Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
    Sun, 26 Mar 2000 05:57:29 +0200
    ...It uses it's own Digijet injection system, and has no cat. or O2 sender. See http://members.tripod.com/perlindgren/wbx.html for...
  • Re: Sudden drop in milage
    Historical mailing list - Peter Cassidy
    Fri, 27 Oct 2000 09:36:06 +0100
    ...muffler/tail piece and readjusting the idle / timing., >My 83.5 digijet Wasserboxer runs better than ever, EXCEPT for a reduction in >MPG (From...
  • anybody wanna buy a blue 84 1.9 digijet vanagon. (please!)
    Historical mailing list - John Dagastino
    Wed, 31 Jul 2002 05:19:54 -0700
    i need something more reliable to commute to fedex in memphis in. commuting in a vanagon is no fun. from munford, 30 miles or...
  • Re: Vanagon Toys FS
    Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
    Wed, 14 Dec 2005 07:12:40 EST
    ...ok what kinda performance on our 1.9's are we talking here hp or better mileage ? TC, these Euro Digijet ECUs will make...
  • Occasional Rough Running '86
    Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
    Fri, 11 Nov 94 13:27:28 PST
    ...Now I don't believe you have a Digifant engine and I'm not even sure yours is a Digijet either. Joel will probably...
  • Misc. Vanagon parts FS
    Historical mailing list - karl
    Mon, 12 Jul 1999 23:45:56 -0400
    ...4-speed trans (parts box, missing a few gears, good R&P), $50 AC condenser, $25 Digijet computer, $50 Radiator+fan, $50 grille, $20...
  • P/S Switch
    Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
    Thu, 28 Sep 2000 10:26:10 -0400
    ...The book clearly shows two valves for the Digijet (one each for A/C and one for P/S) but my engine appears to...
  • Digitool building and group entertainment.
    Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
    Sun, 26 Nov 2000 20:27:04 -0600
    It is windy, cold, and dark in the mid-west right now as I am drafting up what, why, and where for my digijet...
  • Re: 2.1 Upgrade for '85 Westy?
    Historical mailing list
    Wed, 13 Mar 2002 10:48:56 EST
    ...These are actually larger in inside diameter and would give you some more intake air flow while still plugging into your digijet harness. Just...
  • Re: what controlls the fuel pump
    Historical mailing list - Justin M. Mayrand
    Fri, 18 Apr 2003 10:35:19 -0400
    ...Mayrand 1980 Westy "SuperVan" On Friday, April 18, 2003, at 06:36 AM, joe brown wrote: > If I recall correctly.... > On the 85 digijet...
  • Re: tech asst in WI or MI, fuel filter location
    Historical mailing list - Sam Walters
    Wed, 8 Sep 2004 16:42:47 -0400
    ...AC, p 20.2 - 20.3 and 20.4 Digijet, 20.16 - 20.17 and 20.18, both the small plastic cube like filter...
  • home engine repair happenings: first "trip" and digijet fun (questions)
    Historical mailing list - Brian Cochran
    Sat, 10 Mar 2001 11:43:47 -0800
    ...NOW--I've started to educate myself on the digijet system (fun--not) and I realized that green "box" on the wall of my...
  • All 2 Speed Radiator Fans Use Internal Resistor?
    Historical mailing list - neil n
    Sun, 10 Feb 2013 13:00:55 -0800
    ...In Bentley, I see that the diesel and Digijet fan motor have a low speed resistor. The 2.1 fan only shows connections at...
  • Re: fuel managment system
    Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
    Thu, 14 Feb 2013 19:48:43 -0700
    Stock '85 should be digijet, for what it's worth. Karl Wolz Sent from my electronic umbilicus On Feb 14, 2013, at 6:57...
  • Re: 1.9 WBX ECU and AFM needed.
    Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
    Tue, 10 Aug 2010 05:30:44 EDT
    ...From my _Vanagon New Parts_ (http://frankcondelli.com/sales.htm) webpage > ECU, Eurospec, Digijet, 025 906 021 E - $395.00 CAD >>>>>>1.9 WBX...
  • idle/full throttle switch replacement
    Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
    Wed, 5 Aug 1998 22:19:46 -0500
    ...they stay with the 2 accessible switch system like on the Digijet <grumble>.) I know Bill Dummitt told me that many of the vans...
  • Re: Throttle switch
    Historical mailing list - Nigel Bennett
    Mon, 12 Mar 2001 11:29:12 +0200
    ...I had similar problems on my 2.1 Digijet. Like mine, maybe your system is also feeding excess air past your throttle body which...
  • Re: Throttle Microswitches
    Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
    Sat, 24 Oct 1998 09:41:11 EDT
    John; Page 24.59 for digifant; page 24.33 for digijet in the BGB. Interesting note speaking of idle stop gap : -If too large...
  • Re: Digitool info link
    Historical mailing list - robert shawn feller
    Tue, 13 Jun 2006 14:48:15 -0400
    ...06, David Bohannan <fjazzbass@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Anything like this for Digijet? > > > > On 6/13/06, Thomas Myers <thomas.myers@xerox.com> wrote: > > > > > > http...
  • Re: Smoke & mirrors ? ebay 1.9 euro spec ecu
    Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
    Tue, 16 Jan 2007 17:04:03 -0500
    ...The DJ > > engines use Digijet without an O2 sensor. > > > > Not that it can't be used on a 1.9, but it is not...
  • Re: Love that Digitool!
    Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
    Fri, 21 Jan 2000 07:35:33 -0600
    Hi Richard, I make a 83.5-85 (digijet) version of the digitool. It is the same as the digifant digitool except it has...
  • air flow meter resistance measurements
    Historical mailing list - Tom L. Neal
    Thu, 21 Oct 1999 08:21:26 -0700
    ...On a known suspicious junkyard digijet AFM: Pins 4 and 2: Starts about 0 Moves quickly up to about 1000 Varies back and forth...
  • Rev limits, definitive answer
    Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
    Thu, 23 Nov 2000 15:14:11 -0800
    Nothing is in the Bentley regarding this for the Digijet (there is a 5600 RPM cut out noted for the Digifant), but I found...
  • Re: 1.9 WBX fuel injectors
    Historical mailing list - Dave Arthur
    Tue, 8 Sep 2009 15:24:13 -0300
    '85 Vanagon, US, Digijet Injector PN 025 906 031 I believe they should have a GREEN body. The YELLOW body I believe is for...
  • Re: 84 don't smoke no more!
    Historical mailing list
    Wed, 30 Apr 1997 09:40:51 +0100
    ...After warming Up my 2.5 oettinger WBX with a Digijet, the power and idle goes away and the engine dies. I start it...
  • 84 Vanagon GL For Sale - $ 1,500
    Historical mailing list - Budd Premack
    Fri, 25 Jun 1999 00:38:17 -0500
    ...1.9 L Digijet runs very stong. Blue metallic exterior. Original owner until 1997. The Bad: Exterior has moderate seam rust and some other...
  • Setting timing on '85
    Historical mailing list - Peter Krogh
    Fri, 28 Sep 2001 14:09:53 EDT
    ...Can anyone walk me through timing a digijet engine with a timing light and nothing else? I have a timing light, but have never...
  • Re: O2 Sensor Wire
    Historical mailing list - Matt Sutton
    Thu, 13 Jan 2005 20:46:33 -0500
    ...nonsense, and looking at page 24.20 in the Bentley (for Digijet now): Check the ECU connector at pins 5 and 7(5 is...
  • new horns saved my ass today
    Historical mailing list - Smola, Tony (NBC,KNBC)
    Sun, 18 Mar 2001 18:04:49 -0500
    ...Malibu Tony 85' Westy Bilsteins, MXT's, 6-degrees BTDC on my 1.9 L digijet...... Because e-mail can be altered electronically, the...
  • Re: 1.9 to 2.1 conversion question
    Historical mailing list - Chris S
    Fri, 17 Apr 2009 21:03:58 -0400
    ...Reason to stay with Digijet/1.9 setup: > -Less expensive exhaust system > -More reliable and simpler FI system > -More Digijet used part available and...
  • Re: Digijet Timing Marks
    Historical mailing list - Paul Borghese
    Tue, 1 May 2001 10:26:07 -0400
    ...groupstudy.vanagon Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2001 8:40 AM Subject: Digijet Timing Marks > Last night I scratched a TDC mark straight across to...