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• Re: 10 year anniversary
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 29 Jun 2004 09:03:48 -0700
  ...Congratulations! A notable mark! Many more happy revolutions! How sweet that >experience flys in the face of wisdom (obscure tranny and digifant comment). > >Frank > > >
• Re: Volkswagen Vanagon/Type II Fuel Systems Pro Manual
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Mon, 24 Oct 2005 13:32:47 -0400
  ...manual complete in electronic format? I have a > PDF of the Digifant portion, but AFC and Digijet have been left out. > Finding > the dead...
• Re: glad to meet you
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Tue, 26 Nov 2002 01:16:11 -0800
  ...Digifant ll is similar to Vanagon Digifant with the exception of an idle stabilization control relay . Digifant ll incorporates all control functions in one...
• Re: What's a Hall sender do?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 8 Apr 2013 18:54:08 -0400
  ...On the Digifant system the distributor simply reports rpm and TDC to the ECU. From these and other inputs the ECU computes ignition advance...
• Re: Digifant 21. MV High Fuel Consumption
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 20 May 2009 01:08:51 -0700
  ...2009 9:31 AM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Re: Digifant 21. MV High Fuel Consumption > > Dave, don't think of it as...
• Re: Help!! Need a Digifant ECM quick
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Mon, 3 Feb 2003 12:50:43 -0500
  ...Help!! Need a Digifant ECM quick Hi all, Well after my '88 Westy died while backing out of a parking space so I had...
• Re: 2.0 ABA inline gas Vanagon. how it works
  Historical mailing list - Jim
  Thu, 21 Oct 2010 04:16:42 -0700
  ...Don't know how it mounts. > Digifant is obviously simpler. Personally I'd source Digifant parts > from a Jetta. There will likely be more...
• digijet tool need help
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Sat, 18 Jul 1998 13:48:06 -0500
  ...I think it will be about 5 volts like the digifant but I need to be positive. TIA Darrell
• Re: Digitool diagnostics
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Wed, 15 Mar 2000 18:14:44 EST
  ...I have one chipped (AMS, Digifant II) ECU and one stock spare that I swap around during trouble shooting. No problem, straightforward if you...
• Re: 1.6L NA d- finding TDC & injection pump q
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Mon, 29 Jan 2001 08:01:07 -0800
  ...I've got the Digifant 2, RV engine, that I am going to install into the Vanagon, on my mind. -Dana- > The one belt...
• Looking for Digijet Manual
  Historical mailing list - Blake Heinlein
  Fri, 3 Aug 2001 11:41:57 -0400
  ...I was able to find the Digifant Manual at: http://www.loam.org/vw/ Does anyone have any advice! Thanks, Blake Heinlein Sacramento, CA...
• (NVC) Re: Who is Mike Miller???.....
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Wed, 3 Oct 2001 14:01:03 EDT
  ...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: ICV or ISCU?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Sat, 14 Apr 2007 20:27:53 -0700
  This is true for early Digifant FI wiring harnesses like 86/87 but it was changed in later years and the harness may have...
• Re: Wasserboxer Distributor into A/C 2.0
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Holser
  Tue, 28 Apr 1998 11:08:52 -0700
  > If you mean a 2.1 digifant distributor then check if there is any centrifigual > advanve mechanism. I believe these later dist's had...
• Re: O2 sensors brand quality difference?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Fri, 25 Jul 2014 14:05:13 -0700
  ...http://ww2.justanswer.com/uploads/THEAUDIDOCTOR/2012-06-13_165237_vanagon.gif I assume Don's version of Digifant (inline 4) uses a similar...
• Re: ECU Lifespan?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Grillo
  Fri, 17 Mar 2000 08:15:23 -0500
  ...John Anderson wrote: > > At 04:14 PM 3/16/00 -0800, you wrote: > >With Ken's tale of Digifant ECU failure, and many > >others...
• Re: Megasquirt ABA block?
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Sun, 14 May 2017 09:57:50 -0400
  ...currently have an ABA 2.0 with 1.8 head running Digifant II. TT 260 cam > and adjustable cam gear made a difference. Good...
• Digifane without Throttle Position switch???
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Fri, 18 Jun 2010 09:04:44 -0400
  ...This van was built in October 1985; is it possible there was a version of digifant without the TPS? Happy Trails, Greg Potts www...
• Re: Looking for a good used Air flow meter 1.9
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dearing
  Tue, 11 Aug 2009 08:33:35 EDT
  ...I'm not sure if those meters are the same as the 2.1 digifants. If they do interchange, then I have 5 or...
• Re: 12 volts in engine compartment
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sun, 3 Nov 2002 11:00:03 -0800
  ...Dunno about the Digifants. The big stud with the 10 ga red wire goes straight to the battery. Jim Malcolm Stebbins wrote: > I think...
• Re: Anyone seen Gowesty's Digifiant replacement?
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Tue, 17 Jul 2018 21:33:07 +0000
  ...for way less than this.  The digifant system is actually very reliable.  Instead, lets create a new system out of parts, and use you...
• Re: 5-cylinder conversion mail list (1)
  Historical mailing list - Michael Modl
  Thu, 12 Nov 1998 01:43:52 EST
  ...However the van digifant pulses the the injectors once for every 2 hall pulses. I think the i5 may run a little rich. In...
• Re: Arduino and Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sun, 17 Nov 2013 12:03:06 -0800
  ...I suspect not on Difijet and Digifant. > > The ECU *could* calculate rate of change of *airflow,* but I don't > know whether it does...
• Re: Air vs. Water - pro's and con's
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 6 Aug 2000 19:00:38 -0400
  At 21:48 8/5/2000, John wrote: >Lastly, and I'm no expert here, Digifant is a true digital >processor(like BMW Motronic...
• airboxes? we don't need no steenkin' airboxes!
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 5 Jul 2001 09:10:28 -0700
  ...Digifant I4 in vanagona and iarbox location my conversion ('92 18008V digifant in '82 westy, transplant done in spring '94), has the throttle valve...
• Re: Fw: necesito acesoria
  Historical mailing list - mike g.
  Mon, 24 Jan 2000 22:38:13 -0800
  ...He'd like a suggestion for a good tech book on the digifant fuel injection system. Thats what I got from it anyway. Mike...
• Re: Fuel pressure too high
  Historical mailing list - Rick Cooper
  Tue, 6 Mar 2018 13:53:34 -0800
  ...So since I do not have power at 30 terminal on the Digifant relay, I must have a break in the line between that...
• My New Bentley
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sun, 7 Apr 2013 10:49:17 -0700
  ...In part, it has what appears to be the Digifant Pro Training manual though possibly in slightly more detailed form? Got if from VC...
• Re: *&^%@#!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 6 Oct 1994 07:22:03 -0700 (PDT)
  ...the highway -DC > Was a diesel, now has a 1800 8v digifant engine. The mileage is good, and surprising consistant, although I don't...
• Surging at Idle (2.1 Digifant)
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Tue, 16 Sep 1997 18:35:14 -0400
  On the principle that there is no such thing as a stupid question: When I first start the engine, the revs first go to...
• Re: Our beloved digifant
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Tue, 18 Jul 2000 07:32:40 EDT
  In a message dated 7/17/00 11:13:30 PM, Wolfvan88@aol.com writes: << The O2 sensor if a clip in, could could...
• High idle digifant??
  Historical mailing list - Rob Wright
  Wed, 20 Jun 2001 22:10:36 -0500
  I am having a problem with my 87. when I start it the idle is low and after a few seconds it jumps up...
• Timing Billy Bones - Need Help.
  Historical mailing list - Warren.K.Lail-1
  Thu, 4 Mar 2004 17:25:40 -0600
  ...Billy is a Digifant. After all I've been through, am I going to have to give in and take him to a pro...
• Timing 2.1l WBX
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Thu, 27 Nov 2008 18:55:31 -0500
  Trying to understand the proper ignition timing for my 2.1l WBX (Digifant). Based on my read of the Bentley, it should be 5...
• Re: ECU High idle
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Fri, 1 Feb 2008 14:04:30 -0800
  ...As to the rest of the information it is regarding Digifant, two words over from (setu) Mark Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2008 10:33...
• LP tank and Skylight
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Seitz
  Thu, 10 Jun 1999 16:19:33 -0500
  ...He's also concerned that there may be a problem inthe digifant > > brain. > > > > Any other thoughts? > > > > Thanks...John > > John: > > My name is John and...
• Digifant problems - uneven running
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Mon, 10 Oct 94 9:55:53 PDT
  ...6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas > > > Hi, > I'm having some problems with my girlfriend's '92 Golf (Digifant II > Fuel injection), that seem...
• Re: Charcoal canister on 2.1 digifant engines?, page 20.33
  Historical mailing list - Tom L. Salicos
  Thu, 28 Apr 2005 19:38:41 -0800
  ...Charcoal canister on 2.1 digifant engines?, page 20.33 > Have been wondering what this canister is used for? Do we need to clean...
• Re: Digifart MAF question
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Thu, 30 Apr 2009 13:27:57 -0400
  ...106 just to add some clarification to the orginal post the Digifant II system does not use a MAF (mass air flow sensor). it...
• Re: Fuel in intake boot?
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Wed, 19 Jan 2000 18:26:46 EST
  ...problem I reported a few months back of my 82 Westfalia (Digifant ll >inline >four) cutting out and stalling while driving was diagnosed by...
• Re: To waterboxer or not to waterboxer
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Mon, 3 Jan 2000 07:38:22 -0800
  Maybe the 1.8 Digifant II engine, (the RV among others), would make for an easier conversion than other FI systems because of the...
• Re: DJ Compression Ratio
  Historical mailing list - Kim Springer
  Tue, 24 Jun 2008 20:04:12 -0700
  Hi Chris, You have to run the DJ motor on super and I have only run my engine with the digifant, ox sensor and...
• Re: Vanagon Stalls Out While Driving
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 23 Apr 2025 21:44:14 +0000
  ...I actually just found the digifant section in the Bentley.   24.61 I'll test a few basic things before reaching out again.
• Re: Are waterboxers junk?ECU CHIP.
  Historical mailing list - SyncroHead
  Fri, 24 Apr 1998 01:10:44 EDT
  ...Whoa there! VW made the switch from the 1.9 with Digijet fuel injection to the 2.1 with Digifant for the 1986 model...
• Re: A desire to learn more
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 10 Aug 1999 14:26:29 -0400
  ...If you have the 2.1l the Digifant is a simplified Bosch Motronic. david David Beierl - dbeierl@ibm.net
• Re: Digifant Operating Specs
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Sun, 12 Nov 2000 05:20:29 -0800
  When I get a post in HTML format and it is not "word wrapped", I can't figure out how to wrap it. I...
• Re: Wanted: muffler support bracket
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 3 Feb 2008 20:54:18 -0500
  ...muffler support bracket and retaining strap to fit a 2.1l exhaust (Digifant)? Please p-mail me if so... Thanks, Allan -- 1991 Vanagon GL
• Re: Going air cooled on my water cooled? complexity?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 23 Nov 2000 15:01:49 -0700
  ...New cars with OBD II and III pollute far less per HP than our digifant and digijet vanagons. That's a fact. New cars...
• Re: Will 90 Cabrio ISV Control unit fit 87 Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Wed, 23 Apr 2003 23:21:13 -0400
  ...This system is completely different than the digifant. > > > > Eric 86-VW4x4 > > vw4x4@fyi.net 86-SS Syncro > > Pittsburgh, PA USA 1936-Chrysler > > 92-Jetta...
• Re: P/N 021 906 031?
  Historical mailing list - Martin Peitz
  Fri, 5 Dec 1997 19:57:20 -0600
  ...Does anyone have a 1992 > Passat film to confirm my "wild speculation"? > > As to workability in Van Digifant, I'd be inclined to say...
• Re: Charcoal canister on 2.1 digifant engines?, page 20.33
  Historical mailing list - Tom L. Salicos
  Thu, 28 Apr 2005 18:28:52 -0800
  ...Charcoal canister on 2.1 digifant engines?, page 20.33 > Have been wondering what this canister is used for? Do we need to clean...
• Re: Golf/Jetta engine in gas Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 15 Oct 1996 21:28:14 -0700 (PDT)
  ...My digifant injected engine didn't need any mods to the injection system. there is some debate about which system is the "best", not...
• Re: Engine cutting out
  Historical mailing list - Joe L.
  Tue, 12 Jan 1999 09:27:41 -0500
  ...FWIW I did the same 'cure' to my son's >'92 8 valve 1.8 liter Golf with Digifant; after first carefully perusing >the...
• 84 vs 85 Digijet
  Historical mailing list - Ian Allan
  Mon, 6 Apr 2009 21:13:29 -0400
  ...Until to day I thought that there was only Digijet and Digifant. Little did I know that 85 Digijet differs from 84 Digijet. Can...
• Re: Timing Notch? on 2.1 Digifant
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Mon, 15 Sep 1997 21:14:13 CDT
  On Mon, 15 Sep 1997 12:59:50 -0400 Lawrence Johnson said: >I have some confusion regarding the timing notches on the flywheel: >-------------^---------F...
• Re: want to buy a fox, (no on the Fox, BUY,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Quijano
  Sun, 26 Apr 1998 13:17:43 -0400
  ...stick with Digifant, 89 or newer. It's a very simple fuel injection system and they run smoother than the CIS cars. I have...
• Re: Fuel Lines/Hose Clamps
  Historical mailing list - Tim Hannink
  Wed, 24 Jan 2001 14:22:48 -0500
  Fuel pressure for Digifant Injection System Ref: Bentley 24-55 approx. 2.0 bar (29 psi) with vacuum hose on pressure regulator connected approx...
• Re: opendigifart
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Wed, 15 Mar 2006 07:55:54 -0800
  ...I don't think there's much you can do to/with a stock digifant. -- John Bange '90 Vanagon - "Geldsauger"
• While were talking mixture
  Historical mailing list - Kim Springer
  Wed, 12 Apr 2006 22:17:35 -0700
  I know when the Digifant system is in the warm-up cycle that, just like the carb models with chokes, enrichment is going on...
• Re: Cylinder 1 location
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 4 Sep 2007 15:11:28 -0700
  ...the > cylinder > locations correct in my 86 2.1L water cooled digifant Vanagon: > > > (front of van) > > 3 1 > > 4 2 > > (rear of van) > > So...