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  • Re: Question about AVP 1.9 to 2.1
    Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
    Thu, 25 Jun 1998 09:47:46 -0500
    ...the Air Box. " This is using a 2.1 case with digijet stuff (not my setup). So, I'd deduce, since we need to...
  • Re: Newbie Question
    Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
    Mon, 13 Mar 2000 09:31:21 -0500
    ...do the Digijets have the same "dynamic" oil pressure system?) or something up front. Also, if the PO didn't use a copper crush...
  • Re: '84 rough running, backfire
    Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
    Fri, 20 Apr 2001 13:11:42 EDT
    Please note that if standard, the '84 uses digijet injection system, not digifant, thus it does not have an AFM. I had problems with...
  • Re: Who is Mike Miller???......
    Historical mailing list - mike miller
    Wed, 3 Oct 2001 08:33:15 -0700
    ...thought I'd > gotten > comfortable with the list jargon --- ECU, Digifant, Digijet, Digiwife ---- and > now I am bemused by this new term. Is a...
  • Re: 2.1 fits right in
    Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
    Tue, 8 Nov 2005 08:39:03 -0800
    ...The stock 2.1 engine > fits > >>right in no problem. > > I know that the Digijet injection from the 1.9 will work but what...
  • Re: Any way to trick the Digijet ECU into generating injection pulses without the RPM/ignition signal, for test bench purposes?
    Historical mailing list
    Wed, 13 Jun 2012 04:57:45 -0400
    ...12V and not +5V, because it's generated by the hall amplifier that also drives the coil in my setup (a modified digijet). cheers!
  • Re: 1.9 engine HELP!!!
    Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
    Sat, 9 Jan 2010 09:56:05 -0500
    The Digijet distributor has a mechanical advance which requires lubrication. A few drops of oil on the felt button under the rotor at every...
  • Re: Drivers Side Door Lock Modification
    Historical mailing list - Joe L.
    Sun, 14 Jan 2001 18:23:53 -0500
    ...the key? Mark Ingalls Nebraska 75 Beetle 85 Vanagon with a Digijet Digitool on the shelf (waiting for warmer weather, in case I zap...
  • Re: Engine Codes
    Historical mailing list - SyncroWesty
    Wed, 19 Feb 2003 10:57:25 -0700
    ...Neither Digijet nor Digifant will do this. A tiico conversion will. My '95 Jetta not only flashes codes but many of the trouble items...
  • Re: digijet tool testing
    Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
    Sun, 26 Jul 1998 14:10:11 -0500
    ...With this type of tool / connector it would not be necessary to add a flat wire cable onto the digijet / digifant to gain access...
  • Re: 40 minutes drive and then cuts out.
    Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
    Sat, 10 Jul 2010 15:23:51 -0400
    ...The engine is 2.1L, the system is for the 1.9 > engine, digijet. I have checked with the digitool all the possible > items...
  • Re: Rubber...Our best friend...Our worst enemy
    Historical mailing list - Benny boy
    Sun, 20 Dec 2009 10:27:37 -0500
    ...http://www.benplace.com/vanagon_digijet_engine_component.htm Mmmm... not much, the 1,9 as way less hoses. If i have to give...
  • Re: 1.9 to 2.1 conversion question
    Historical mailing list - Chris S
    Tue, 7 Apr 2009 15:43:25 -0400
    ...Let me add that it is a DJ-code WBX, so it uses Digijet, but it proves that the newer and hopefully improved cooling...
  • Re: start - won't sart - solution
    Historical mailing list - mark drillock
    Fri, 22 Aug 2003 21:24:19 -0700
    ...The earlier 1.9 Digijet system has a separate ignition module that does most of the work but this is built into the ECU...
  • Re: ignition timing
    Historical mailing list - Ryan Press
    Sat, 28 Feb 2004 07:12:14 -0800
    ...I think on the Digijet (83.5 to 85) models you would disconnect the idle stabilizer as you mentioned. Ryan
  • Re: Idle goes to 1,800 in Park
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Wed, 10 Oct 2012 14:46:43 -0700
    ...1 fuel injection system ? >> or does it still use 1.9 Digijet into which a 2.1 long block has been >> installed ? >> >> two different...
  • Re: digijet FI adjustments
    Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
    Sun, 9 Apr 2006 18:33:43 -0400
    For you new-comers to the list, I have a gadget available to monitor the output of the O2 sensor. See my web site...
  • Re: ECU firmware location
    Historical mailing list - tinker man
    Mon, 17 Sep 2007 04:37:37 +0200
    ...So maybe US and Euro > > Digijets are completely different animals. I'd like to get an internal > > picture of all those. Currently I have...
  • Re: Looking for an 86-up instrument cluster w/tach
    Historical mailing list - George Laubach
    Sun, 2 Feb 2014 09:04:51 -0600
    ...work/time/frustration of dealing with the foil) to my '84/Digijet. Is there a write-up for the "30 minute install"? AKA, where...
  • Rust protection - Oiling - caution
    Historical mailing list - Jean-Guy Savoie
    Tue, 29 Aug 2000 11:17:15 -0300
    ...Does anyone know any more about the subject? JGS 84 Westy 1.9 digijet - Love it 95 Passat VR6 - Fun [text/html]
  • Wobbly Still Won't Go... Gurus pleassssse heeellllllppppp...
    Historical mailing list - Scott and Norma
    Wed, 17 Jul 2002 19:45:12 -0800
    ...No audible click from relays No V at pin 87 of Digijet Control Relay (Bentley p97.89 Pin 30 = 12v Pin 86 = 0v (looks...
  • Re: Will 90 Cabrio ISV Control unit fit 87 Vanagon?
    Historical mailing list - Bill Collins
    Wed, 23 Apr 2003 14:56:36 -0400
    ...My Vanagon is Digijet, so I guess I still can't completely answer the question. Bill -------------------------- Chris, Are you saying the the 1990-1991...
  • Leak on the big rubber gasket under the head?
    Historical mailing list - Steve W
    Tue, 22 Jul 2003 14:24:37 -0700
    ...It is Digijet. Steve ===== Steve croatoa@yahoo.com __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo...
  • Re: Digijet Idle problem
    Historical mailing list - Carl Kralik
    Mon, 5 Jun 2006 19:19:53 -0400
    ...and/or swap throttle body. > > Let me know! > Ben > http://www.benplace.com/ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > I have an 83.5 1.9l digijet Vanagon that I...
  • Re: Oil fill plug stripped
    Historical mailing list - andrewbell
    Wed, 30 May 2001 07:57:31 -0500
    ...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: AFM
    Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
    Fri, 30 Apr 1999 21:39:54 -0500
    ...AFM >the vw service diagnosis book i have says this about the Digijet >(83-85 watercooled) air flow sensor: > >connections at >air flow sensor...
  • Fuel pressure regulator question?
    Historical mailing list - John Andrew
    Sun, 27 Aug 2000 20:49:34 -0600
    ...There is no mention of that being a failure in the digijet system. I know that the pressure regulator is the identical part on...
  • Re: IT IS MY name and IF you want it BUY IT FROM ME!!!! or Else....
    Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
    Sat, 13 Jan 2001 12:20:41 +1200
    ...variety of fonts and models that suit both the Digifant and Digijet >ECU's. All >"e"'s are shipped >via IPS (Imaginary Parcel Service...
  • Thread pitch / hole size for 1.9 WBX O2 sensor
    Historical mailing list - Sam Walters
    Fri, 16 Feb 2007 11:35:26 -0500
    ...Is it the same for the Digijet O2 sensor? They don't go in the same pipe or location so they aren't necessarily...
  • Power loss above 3000 rpms in 85 Westy
    Historical mailing list - Sam Stone
    Sat, 27 Jan 2007 20:06:16 -0600
    Hi all, I am having an issue with my 85 Westy with a 2.1 wbx and digijet fi. The idle is fine and...
  • Re: digijet woes
    Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
    Thu, 19 Apr 2007 08:06:26 -0400
    Hi Jeff, That sounds a lot like the issue I had with the fuel pressure regulator on Dad's 85 sunroof vanagon. Pumping the...
  • RE: Vanagon Puzzler
    Historical mailing list - Tom Brunson
    Thu, 3 Jul 97 01:04:12 UT
    ...The Digijet (83-85) also has a full-throttle switch, and these models adjust differently than the Digifant (86-91) which only have the...
  • Re: Upgrading Digijet to 3-Wire O2 Sensor
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Tue, 13 May 2003 18:55:10 -0400
    ...Upgrading Digijet to 3-Wire O2 Sensor Anyone have a feel for the difference in warm-up time required for both the 1-wire...
  • Re: No spark, what to do
    Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
    Mon, 4 Feb 2019 12:10:46 -0500
    ...I may have thought you guys are mind readers. > ‘83 Vanagon, manual, 1.9 engine, Digijet. > I don’t know any history, they brought...
  • 84 - 86 Vanagon interchangeability
    Historical mailing list - Russell O. Gunter
    Fri, 6 Nov 1998 06:48:03 EST
    ...84 tranny? If so, do I have to use the '86 digijet ignition/injection or can I use the '84 digifant system with the...
  • Re: harness, cap fix
    Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
    Sun, 28 Nov 1999 08:28:08 -0600
    ...the famous/infamous cap fix for the AFM is for BOTH digijet and digifant engines? Also, does anyone have a good engine compartment wiring...
  • Tach Jumping
    Historical mailing list - John Clavin
    Tue, 30 Apr 2002 20:26:29 -0500
    The hesitation problem is still occurring intermittently on my 85 digijet. So far, I can see nothing wrong with the digitool readings during any...
  • anybody wanna buy a blue 84 1.9 digijet vanagon. (please!) (in memphis, TN)
    Historical mailing list - John Dagastino
    Wed, 31 Jul 2002 05:20:37 -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: Procedure for checking computer Temp sending unit
    Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
    Sun, 8 Sep 2002 09:29:01 -0400
    ...w/3 WBXs <jfp7@HOTMAIL.COM> writes: > Hi Ken, > > If the Digijet is like the digifant, the sensor is an NTC or > negative > temperature...
  • Re: Dead 83.5 Westy (injector power)
    Historical mailing list - Jeff Ensing
    Sat, 23 Jun 2007 15:15:54 EDT
    ...I'm a bit pissed at the Bentley, because the index lists what is supposed to be water-cooled Digijet injector troubleshooting on 24...
  • Re: 84/85 fuel injection
    Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
    Sun, 10 May 1998 12:06:54 -0700
    ...ECU and throttle body are the same on the 84-85 >digijet engine. ********************************** Yes they are. They are the same 83.5-85. 86...
  • Re: start - won't sart - solution
    Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
    Fri, 22 Aug 2003 23:37:46 -0500
    ...The ignition coil is driven by the ECU directly. > >The earlier 1.9 Digijet system has a separate ignition module that does >most of...
  • Re: DigiJet Hall Control Unit Maint' Point & Poll
    Historical mailing list - Neil N
    Fri, 23 Feb 2018 13:21:06 -0800
    I'd wonder if careful use of a heat gun on the ICU might recreate the issue were it caused by heat? (or poor...
  • Re: Rough Runing on Start-up
    Historical mailing list - John
    Sun, 27 Jun 1999 11:41:59 -0400
    ...There is a temperature sensor in the engine that reports engine temp to the Digijet control module (DCM) by varying a 5 volt signal...
  • Digijet Timing Marks
    Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
    Tue, 1 May 2001 08:11:40 -0400
    Last night I scratched a TDC mark straight across to the back flange (closest to the block) and measured the distance from there to...
  • Re: are there any dead ECUs?
    Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
    Fri, 19 Sep 2003 21:25:57 +0000
    I have my 1.9 digijet that caused my FI to foul plugs with gas was'nt going to scrap it but would you...
  • Re: sluggish acceleration
    Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
    Tue, 23 Nov 2004 13:49:50 -0800
    ...On an 83.5 digijet, I would check the throttle switches. There's two switches that tell the position of closed throttle and WOT...
  • bosch info: vanagons 1983-85 water-cooled
    Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
    Sun, 14 Aug 94 20:06:32 CDT
    ...California Fuel System Digijet Digijet - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ECU - Exchange CU 118 X CU 118 X Injection Valve 0 280 150 206 0 280 150 206 Injection...
  • more bosch info: 1983-1985 water-cooled buses
    Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
    Fri, 12 Aug 94 16:41:47 CDT
    ...California Fuel System Digijet Digijet - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ECU - Exchange CU 118 X CU 118 X Injection Valve 0 280 150 206 0 280 150 206 Injection...
  • Re: 1.9 VS. 2.1-worth upgrading?
    Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
    Mon, 2 Jun 2003 14:38:17 -0400
    ...Bob has told me the Digijet on the 2.1 really works well, especially with the Euro Digijet ECU, which I bought. I don...
  • Re: 1990 2.1L Digijet European Caravelle wiring diagrams
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
    Mon, 3 Sep 2007 16:14:23 -0700
    ...1990 2.1L Digijet European Caravelle wiring diagrams > From: Kim Springer <kimspringer@RCN.COM> > Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2007 11:51:17 -0700 > > I...
  • Digijet HP ECU Update
    Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
    Tue, 8 Oct 2002 10:43:43 -0400
    I have put a few more miles on the Digijet Euro ECU I got from Boston Bob and thought I would report in to...
  • AFC Tweaking
    Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
    Mon, 26 Mar 2001 12:24:13 -0500
    I started tweaking the AFC on my '85 1.9l Digijet on Saturday. I tied in the voltmeter to read what the O2 sensor...
  • Re: Extra Grounds on 1.9l
    Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
    Fri, 14 Apr 2000 17:30:22 +0200
    Jay L Snyder wrote: > Where exactly are the best places to run additional ground straps on my > 1.9l Digijet? The stock braids look...
  • Re: Fuel Pressure Regulators
    Historical mailing list - Dave Baker
    Thu, 6 Jun 2002 08:44:33 -0500
    ...hose disconnected: 2.5 bar or 36 psi. P. 24.25: Digijet: Same as above. Hope this helps. Dave in KC 85 Westy ----- Original...
  • Re: Digijet FI Injectors
    Historical mailing list - David Marshall
    Wed, 23 Feb 2000 23:45:41 -0800
    Are they stuck or are they not getting the correct signal from the ECU? Attach an LED with a 470ohm resistor in series with...
  • Re: 2.1 fits right in
    Historical mailing list - Benny boy
    Thu, 10 Nov 2005 09:19:27 -0500
    ...amc26.jpg Here is a 2.1L (long block) with stock Digijet & 1.9L cooling parts) http://www.benplace.com/bjp/PICT0014.jpg I...
  • Re: An ECU Thing I Learned Today
    Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
    Thu, 12 Aug 2010 18:25:33 -0700
    ...2010 Thursday, Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\" wrote: >>On one of my Digijet ECUs, the engine bogs sometimes when pulling away >>from a stop. With...
  • Emergency - Need ECU
    Historical mailing list - Jim Thompson
    Mon, 8 Sep 1997 15:27:56 EDT
    ...Vanagon 83.5 thru 1985 Digijet Thanks to anyone for this help - it's appreciated. Jim Thompson Sherwood Automotive * The Old Volks Home http...
  • Re: Digijet ecu failures --- Help !
    Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
    Sun, 12 Sep 1999 13:07:41 EDT
    Thanks for your reply, I have sent mine to him too. I havent yet understood how a short to ground can cause the failure...