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• Re: digijet vs. digifant
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dearing
  Sun, 1 Nov 2009 12:11:30 EST
  ...I have both systems as my 85 has the digijet with the 1.8L jetta motor and my 86 syncro has the digifant. later...
• Re: AFM track cleaning wisdom
  Historical mailing list - Michael Collum
  Thu, 12 Aug 2010 13:22:09 -0400
  ...AFM track cleaning wisdom >I was told that the capacitor fix only worked on the > digifant system, so if you have the original digijet...
• Re: I-4 conversion
  Historical mailing list - Larry Hamm
  Tue, 8 May 2001 10:07:19 -0600
  ...78 PSI > Digifant II 2.5BAR 36 PSI > > The Vanagon's Digifant and Digjet engines are close to the Digifant II > system found in...
• 86 Vanagon Digifant stalling!
  Historical mailing list - Maurizio Penna
  Wed, 7 Oct 1998 15:24:02 -0700
  I have a problem with my 1986 VANAGON GL with Digifant fuel injection system. It always starts and idles with no problems but after...
• Timing question: Digifant I system
  Historical mailing list - Roland Finston
  Thu, 14 Oct 2004 08:18:05 -0000
  Friends, I understand that the early '90's Vanagon had a Digifant I fuel/spark system. I have that system on a '91 Jetta...
• Re: NVC Fox fuel management system
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 18 Sep 2009 14:50:00 -0700
  ...fit that system to a waterboxer . ( I can't tell what all this era systems have, but if a Digifant system with DTC's...
• Re: Knock Sensor Kit for A 86-91 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Dave Bayer
  Sun, 19 Nov 2000 13:28:43 -0800
  ...Why not just strip the nice digifant system and move to something like the aftermarket FI systems that gene berg sells for Type Is...
• AFM related Vanagon Syndrome - occurs in both Digifant and Digijet
  Historical mailing list - Sam Walters
  Sun, 24 Sep 2006 23:19:31 -0400
  ...related Vanagon Syndrome only occurred in Digifant Fuel Injection System. The Syndrome effects both Digijets and Digifants. The following information was found in the...
• Re: Digijet/Digifant Differences
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 12 May 1998 19:30:43 -0700
  ...a >recently aquired Digifant Van that takes about 8-10 revs before it starts. >Is this normal for this system, or is there improvements...
• Upgrading an '85 Westy to '86 Spec?
  Historical mailing list - Robbie Cotner
  Wed, 26 Jan 2005 14:01:29 -0800
  ...Now I understand the '86 got bigger brakes, a better suspension, and ofcourse the 2.1L, digifant, and improved cooling system. Since I plan...
• Re: Internal Pictures of ECU's and ISCU's
  Historical mailing list - --------
  Mon, 17 Sep 2007 07:06:37 -0400
  ...If I had the time I would rip out the vanagon digifant system and try the Golf/jetta digifant system on a vanagon engine...
• Re: Will 90 Cabrio ISV Control unit fit 87 Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Wed, 23 Apr 2003 12:44:10 -0400
  Chris, Are you saying the the 1990-1991 Vanagon has a 3 wire ISV like the Golf/Jetta Digifant fuel system? The only Vanagon...
• Re: To waterboxer or not to waterboxer
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Mon, 3 Jan 2000 19:20:07 -0800
  Couldn't the Digifant I ECU just be replaced by the Digifant II ECU? -Dana- David Marshall wrote: > > The Vanagon's Digitfant system will...
• FW: Our beloved digifant
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Mon, 17 Jul 2000 22:48:20 -0400
  ...Our beloved digifant > > > Gary Stearns wrote: > > > > Well, the list has spoken. Thanks. Seems that the collective wisdom > > is to put the digifant system back...
• Digifant overview/troubleshooting / stabilant 22
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Fri, 5 Mar 2010 07:10:31 -0500
  I stumbled upon this useful explanation of VWs Digifant system (applicable to 86-91 Vanagons) Most of the information applies to us, although there...
• fuel managment system
  Historical mailing list - D.A.Simmons
  Thu, 14 Feb 2013 17:50:17 -0800
  what, if anything, are people changing to to replace the stock digifant system. (85 van-o-gone) � TIA! Dan 2000 Jetta VR6 2009 Tiguan...
• Re: Simplest and best engine swap going
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Thu, 17 Jul 2003 06:12:31 -0700
  ...record, you can see this guy used the original Vanagon > > digifant fuel system. He even kept the AFM in the original > > spot. I bet...
• Re: Will 90 Cabrio ISV Control unit fit 87 Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Wed, 23 Apr 2003 22:05:00 -0400
  ...The CIS-E system had a ISV but I believe may also be 2 wire. This system is completely different than the digifant. Eric...
• Re: digijet EFI on digifant engine - throttle switch in particular
  Historical mailing list - JM/CO
  Mon, 4 Aug 2003 18:10:00 -0400
  ...However, > the idle/WOT switch is very different in the > digifant/jet systems. Namely, only one switch for > both on dijifant, and they each...
• Re: Digifant overview/troubleshooting / stabilant 22
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 5 Mar 2010 07:10:04 -0800
  ...guzyk.com> wrote: > I stumbled upon this useful explanation of VWs Digifant system (applicable > to 86-91 Vanagons) > > Most of the information applies to...
• Re: '84 rough running, backfire
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 20 Apr 2001 15:19:36 -0400
  ...david At 01:11 PM 4/20/2001, Steve Cotsford wrote: >Please note that if standard, the '84 uses digijet injection system, not >digifant...
• FS: Digifant Fuel Injection System
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Nadig
  Fri, 29 Apr 2005 17:50:23 -0500
  Howdy From Texas, I have a Digifant fuel injection system for sale. It is suitable (I believe) for all '86 and up Vanagons. These...
• Motronic Ignorance
  Historical mailing list - Mark R Drovdahl
  Mon, 1 Mar 1999 17:21:47 -0800
  ...Since my education in VW Fuel Injection systems is downright lousy, can someone help explain to me what swapping for Digifant will involve and...
• Re: VW Vanagon ProTraining Fuel systems Type 2 Book on Ebay
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Sat, 27 May 2000 16:45:13 EDT
  ...I also have the Digifant Training Guide and the Digifant I and Digifant II Service guides. I have been trying to scan them, convert...
• Re: Anyone seen Gowesty's Digifiant replacement?
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Tue, 17 Jul 2018 17:17:04 -0400
  ...The digifant system is actually very reliable. Instead, lets create a new system out of parts, and use you as our test subjects... You...
• diesel to gas swaps
  Historical mailing list - Scott Walker
  Sun, 7 Mar 1999 18:14:25 -0500
  ...stock diesel from manifold to muffler, and the injection system is really ugly hacked digifant. I've still got some looking to do to...
• Re: Simplest and best engine swap going
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Thu, 17 Jul 2003 11:56:12 -0700
  ...record, you can see this guy used the original Vanagon >digifant fuel system. He even kept the AFM in the original >spot. I bet...
• ignition timing
  Historical mailing list - Sidney White
  Fri, 16 May 2003 15:37:52 EDT
  Sorry, it is for 2.1L digifant system.1987 What sequence do I follow to set timing? Sidney in New Orleans
• Re: Subaru was: 2.1l engine for sale too $900.
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 1 Sep 1999 21:48:48 -0700
  ...Digifant-II or Motronic yer stuck if something vital >to the fuel injection system dies. Really? I suppose those foolish CIS-E, Digifant and...
• Re: Will 90 Cabrio ISV Control unit fit 87 Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
  Thu, 24 Apr 2003 17:29:33 +0000
  ...The CIS-E system had a ISV but I believe may also > > > > >be 2 wire. This system is completely different than the digifant. > > > > > > > > > > Eric...
• Re: digijet vs. digifant
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Sat, 31 Oct 2009 14:22:53 -0400
  ...Eastern Daylight Time, > crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM writes: > > Digifant. 1.9 is DigiJet > > > > hey guys other than the ingnition control system what is the difference...
• Re: Digifant Information
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Fri, 1 May 2009 10:22:02 -0400
  Digi 1 is kind of confusing as it is a Cali spec system, but also used on the Corrado G60's sans MAF with...
• Re: 2.5 Litre Big Motors From Brian
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 24 Dec 1995 18:34:44 -0500
  Regarding seting up the Digifant, The Digifant will compensate. The response may not be that great during warm-up, but once the system goes...
• Re: digitool
  Historical mailing list - Jim Morgan
  Wed, 26 Dec 2001 20:06:47 EST
  ...I checked the archive and was wondering where does one purchase the digitool for the digifant system. My injection system has been acting up...
• Re: Cost for a used '87 Digifant ECU........
  Historical mailing list - Mick Kalber
  Tue, 20 Feb 2001 22:36:05 -1000
  ...Cost for a used '87 Digifant ECU........ > I want to sell my Digifant system to someone here on the list. I don't > know...
• Re: Are all 2.1 engines digifant?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sun, 4 May 2014 10:38:20 -0700
  ...The owner keeps the Digijet system adapting it to the 2.1 This may be true the other way around (1.9 with Digifant...
• Digifant Engineering Page In Finland
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 4 Mar 1995 12:00:57 -0500
  ...It seems like some kind of detailed engineering discussion of the Digifant system and how to find faults with it. Point your browser at...
• Disconnect O-2 sensor>>Digifant II: Son of Digifant? Tell Me More
  Historical mailing list - Mark B. Magee
  Wed, 19 Feb 1997 22:16:31 -0600
  ...All this led me in a different direction: > Digifant II. The ECU's in golfs, jetta II are an updated system and while it...
• Re: Subaru was: 2.1l engine / Digifant Conversion comments
  Historical mailing list - Scott Walker
  Fri, 3 Sep 1999 00:01:02 -0400
  ...2.1l engine / Digifant Conversion comments >(BTW, >the AC failure could also be a conversion related swap, as I had to engineer >the AC...
• Towing warning from Bentley for Digifant, maybe for Digijet
  Historical mailing list - Sam Walters
  Wed, 9 Jun 2004 14:43:19 -0400
  I was reading Bentley today - the section on the Digifant FI system - for some other purpose and came across the following that I don...
• Re: ECU firmware location
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Sun, 16 Sep 2007 18:52:42 -0700
  ...ECU and dist according to TM he has the idle system from a digifant on his Euro digjet at this point sounds like this...
• Re: Hand-held tach use with Digifant
  Historical mailing list - Karl M.
  Thu, 20 Jul 2000 00:48:49 -0400
  ...Karl Mullendore Westy Ventures ----- Original Message ----- > QUESTION FOR THE LIST: > > When working with 2.1L Digifant systems, what do you use to check engine...
• Re: OBD in a Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sat, 29 Nov 2008 21:27:17 -0800
  ...Only problem is, the Vanagon Digifant is a very early iteration of the product line and doesn't HAVE an On-Board Diagnostic system...
• Re: Will 90 Cabrio ISV Control unit fit 87 Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Wed, 23 Apr 2003 14:22:02 -0400
  ...3 wire ISV like the Golf/Jetta Digifant fuel system? > >The only Vanagon Digifant fuel system I've ever > >seen has a 2 wire...
• Re: Volkswagen Vanagon/Type II Fuel Systems Pro Manual
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Sun, 23 Oct 2005 11:20:03 -0700
  ...Any ideas? Have Digifant 1/ 2 Manual, Type 2, and Digijet Manuals. One of them should have what you are looking for. BenT
• Re: O2 Sensors need grounding? (was STILL BUCKING & KICKING!!!)
  Historical mailing list - William Dummitt
  Tue, 31 Oct 2000 19:38:08 EST
  Actually, there is a difference in digifant and digijet systems in this regard. Digijets ground through the exhaust system, as David says. Digifants ground...
• Re: Removing stuck O2 sensor
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 2 Feb 2015 14:08:28 -0800
  ...Mark Stuart MacMillan wrote: > > > The Digifant system is just an overly complicated attempt at keeping an > obsolete and inefficient engine in production for too...
• Re: Need Sender Advice (Step 1)-comment
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Tue, 9 Nov 1999 01:21:42 EST
  ...I have used it to determine the optimal camshaft timing, and the maximum timing advance tolerated in the digifant system (1.8 L 8...
• will not start
  Historical mailing list - Darrel
  Fri, 27 Dec 2002 12:29:20 -0500
  Digifant system have power at injector conector have fuel pressure have air have spark have no fuel in cylinders Darrel Combs 1988 Vanagon With...
• Re: To waterboxer or not to waterboxer
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 3 Jan 2000 18:02:20 -0800
  The Vanagon's Digitfant system will run an inline four engine designed for Digifant II - the one problem that you will have with an...
• Re: digifant II has a barometer was: Mileage at altitude
  Historical mailing list - Roger Bowman
  Mon, 1 Nov 1999 08:59:15 -0800
  ...what the air density is (hot wire systems just look at the wire...) What about digifant II? Does anyone have a clue regarding the...
• O2 sensors effect on power
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Tue, 6 Mar 2001 09:22:11 -0800
  ...It is impossible for a Digifant O2 sensored fuel injection system to provided more power than a non-senosred digijet, because the digifant will...
• O2 sensors effect on power
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Tue, 6 Mar 2001 09:22:11 -0800
  ...It is impossible for a Digifant O2 sensored fuel injection system to provided more power than a non-senosred digijet, because the digifant will...
• Re: Subaru was: 2.1l engine for sale too $900.
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Wed, 1 Sep 1999 19:38:56 -0700
  ...You are confusing the Digifant system vs the Digifant II system that is found in the Golfs and Jettas - my mistake - sorry! >I don...
• Re: Digifant I
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Fri, 1 May 1998 23:16:59 EDT
  > > Hello, > > Anyone know where you can get a good book to read up on about the > Digifant I EFI system? I want to know...
• Re: Temp II voltages
  Historical mailing list - Jeff and Tamara Nelson
  Tue, 1 May 2001 21:40:51 -0600
  Is the digifant ECU a digital control system? If so, has anyone dis-assembled the code or know what kind of processor it is...
• Re: Digi- WHAT ??
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 28 Sep 2006 00:37:10 EDT
  ...the digifant seems to be more tempermental and the ECU's can be problematic, but i wouldnt bother swapping your entire fuel injection system...
• Re: Our beloved digifant
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Mon, 17 Jul 2000 18:27:28 -0400
  ...Seems that the collective wisdom is to put the digifant system back to totally stock, everything at stock spec. Are you guys saying I...
• Digifant, barometers, and the AFM
  Historical mailing list - Dave Bayer
  Mon, 1 Nov 1999 11:03:58 -0800
  ...what the air density is (hot wire > systems just look at the wire...) What about digifant II? As someone recently said, the air density...
• Re: Digijet = K-Jetronic?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 20 Jul 2000 14:46:35 -0700
  Both the Digijet and Digifant are K-Jetronic systems, there is little difference between them. The Digifant is a bit cleaner due to tougher...