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RE: water injection
Historical mailing list - Wagner Michael
19 Jul 1995 11:27:39 -0800
...about 20 years ago, the hot set-up for curing all engine ails was water injection... Spearco made (and maybe still does, i'm...
Early fuel injection, 1978
Historical mailing list - CLARKE
Thu, 3 Apr 1997 17:52:52 -0800 (PST)
Has anyone anyhting good to say about this era of fuel injection in a Westy? I have heard nothing but witches stories from "know...
Re: The Bosch Fuel Injection book by Robert Probst
Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
Sat, 1 Sep 2001 19:17:17 -0400
> Found The Bosch Fuel Injection book by Robert Probst for $8.95 at > http://discountautorepairmanuals.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv > > Oops. No it's not...
Re: 1982 Westy air cooled fuel injection cold start valve voltage
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 01:39:14 -0500
...1982 Westy air cooled fuel injection cold start valve voltage Is there any info on the voltage a cold start valve operates at on...
Re: VW approved engine conversion kit
Historical mailing list - Kent Christensen
Wed, 12 May 1999 19:03:37 -0600
...what is Motronic? From "Bosch Fuel Injection & Engine Management" (http://www.rb.com/bosch/gfib/gfib.htm), "In simple terms, Motronic is an engine...
for eurovans: some bosch information
Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
Fri, 12 Aug 94 14:39:40 CDT
Bosch Gasoline and Diesel Injection Products Catalog 221132 1992 Gasoline Fuel Injection - Volkswagen ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Year 1993 Model Eurovan Engine 2500cc (AAF) Application Fuel System Digifant...
Re: Instant horsepower (Pinwheel)
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Mon, 8 May 2000 10:33:33 -0400
Don't confuse me with facts! <g> david At 00:05 5/8/2000, Mark Drillock wrote: >The 86 BMW fuel injection is a...
Water Injection
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Sat, 24 May 2008 20:19:38 -0500
During WW II the Navy F4U Corsair and the Navy Hellcat had radial engines that used a water injection system that enabled those engines...
Injection pump book tip.
Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
Sun, 20 Sep 1998 20:21:38 -0400
I just read through a new edition (1994) of Bosch's "Diesel fuel injection" book. I can definitely recommend it. Has a good chapter...
Re: Diesel injection pump leaking
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Mon, 22 Aug 2011 13:40:59 -0700
...Diesel injection pump leaking > Hi all ofcourse I know these can be temperamental machines but finally > after > a long wait in the body shop...
Re: Fuel Injection Discussions
Historical mailing list - Mike S
Thu, 26 Mar 2009 19:13:54 -0400
At 07:43 PM 3/26/2009, Dave Arthur wrote... >In the recent discussions about fuel injection systems and diagnosis >mention >was made about...
Re: Sources for VW Video, books, toys & "Herbie" stuff
Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
Sun, 11 Sep 1994 13:07:01 -0500 (CDT)
...1974-1979-Bus-2-Fuel-Injection-Data 1980-1983-Vanagon-Fuel-Injection-Data 1983-1985-Vanagon-Fuel-Injection-Data 1986-1991-Vanagon-Fuel-Injection...
Re: New 1,9 TDI from VW
Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
Fri, 10 Sep 1999 16:54:45 +0200
Michael Townsend wrote: > Hi, > > Does "unit injection" mean common rail injection? No, it doesn't. While the common rail makes use of a rail...
Re: [Diesel-Vanagon] Replacing 1.9TD injection pump seal in van?
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Wed, 27 Jul 2011 15:50:07 -0700
re Scribe a precise mark for the injection pump pulley position. (tricky part a) there already is a mark on the IP side of...
Re: digifant injection
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Mon, 6 Apr 2009 20:02:15 -0700
re "Others as well, I think; I think it's only recently that > they've started doing sequential injection." Subaru has sequential fuel injection...
Re: Re: � � � Experiment
Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
Tue, 27 Jul 2004 17:21:54 -0400
About 10 or 15 years ago Edelbrock made a water injection system to prevent knock and it worked well. The military used water injection...
Re: 82 Diesel Vanagon Engine Replacement - I'm looking at the 1.9 NA
Historical mailing list - Birkenfeld Jeff
Fri, 26 Apr 2002 09:35:07 -0500
...If you use your 1.6 head and 1.6 injection pump, you may diminish the stated horsepower of this engine. You may invest...
Jump-Starting (ie: booster cables) and Fuel Injection
Historical mailing list - Douglas Taylor
Mon, 21 Jun 1999 23:53:41 -0400
...Do these warnings apply to the later AFC fuel injection used on the later air-cooled buses and Vanagons? (I'm guessing the air...
Re: digifant injection
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Mon, 6 Apr 2009 19:21:45 -0700
...not that big a deal..........I was even dreaming of retrofitting a Subaru fuel injection system to a waterboxer. Vanagon fuel injection is pretty...
Re: Propane Fueled Turbo Diesel Injection
Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
Mon, 22 Sep 2003 10:33:01 -0400
...A bolt-on propane injection > kit was added and the engine dyno'ed at 400 BHP, ran totally clean, and > specific fuel consumption was...
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...
Re: [WetWesties] Gas Tank/Lines
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Tue, 19 Feb 2002 11:31:16 -0600
You can buy Fuel Injection line by the foot 7mm or 5/16" any quality auto parts store should have it. Your VW fuel...
C.F.I. Fuel Injection help?
Historical mailing list
Tue, 06 Dec 94 19:44:29 EST
If any of you technical wizards know anything about that great 80's phenomenon called Carbuerated-fuel injection, please e-mail me at rapalmer...
F/S: Good used diesel injection pump
Historical mailing list - Ken Hunter
Thu, 1 Jun 2000 13:02:04 EDT
I have a good used injection pump from a 84 Jetta diesel. The PO replaced a lot of parts and the injector pump, fuel...
Diesel injection pump leak !!
Historical mailing list
Mon, 29 Oct 2001 09:24:27 +0200
Hello all Yes have got a leak from the injection pump of my trusty 1989 1.6TD Westie. The leak is only when cold...
Re: '78 FI blues
Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
Mon, 23 Jan 1995 08:38:41 CST6CDT
Myles queries: > I do have a couple of Q's for the list since I am a virgin at working on > the fuel injection...
CIS Fuel injection on Vanagon
Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
Thu, 29 May 1997 12:29:21 -0400 (EDT)
...This is a mechanical fuel injection that was used on many older VW's. Could that person please E-mail me. I am going...
Update of my Diesel page
Historical mailing list - Dominique Cormann
Mon, 3 Apr 2000 20:00:29 -0500
I've just added a section to my page to share the pictures of David lee's injection pump. As most of you already...
Water injection.
Historical mailing list
Thu, 20 Jul 1995 12:01:26 -0700
My friend Scott has a water injection rig on his Honda (ok, ok) and swears by it- says that his they suffer from carbon...
book on Bosch FI
Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
Mon, 21 Oct 1996 10:58:53 -0700
I came across a good book on Bosch fuel injection systems this weekend: How to Tune & Modify Bosch Fuel Injection Ben Watson Motorbooks International...
Fw: 1.9L to 2.1L Swap
Historical mailing list - LA and Glen
Tue, 20 Jun 2000 11:59:01 -0700
...Has nobody changed the cooling & fuel injection system along with the motor? I have a complete 2.1L with fuel injection wiring harness and...
Changing fuel injection temp sensor
Historical mailing list - Alan Cote
Fri, 11 Jul 2003 13:24:45 EDT
Hi all -- today's message is about changing the fuel injection temperature sender (the one by the thermostat) on my '86 Westy. When I...
7.5 mm fuel injection hose OK?
Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
Sun, 10 Aug 2008 17:52:28 -0400
One of my favorite vendors has fuel injection hose in a 7.5mm diameter. Anyone think this would be too big? I know one...
Re: bosch information
Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
Fri, 12 Aug 94 13:31:03 PDT
...i never heard of a 74 bus with > >> fuel injection, much less a 2.0 liter engine, but that's what the catalog > > > >or...
Re: Water Injection
Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
Sat, 24 May 2008 19:03:54 -0700
All it really does is quell pre-ignition - water injection was somewhat popular at the drag strip in the early 90's to help...
DIGIJET OR DIGIFANT............which is the BETTER fuel injection for performance?
Historical mailing list - Smola, Tony
Wed, 17 Apr 2002 23:21:31 -0500
Alright, gearheads....which fuel injection is better for larger displaced motors without having to buy a programmable fi from techtronics? digijet controls with digifant...
Re: digifant injection
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Mon, 6 Apr 2009 22:20:55 -0300
...Others as well, I think; I think it's only recently that they've started doing sequential injection. -- David Beierl - Providence RI USA -- http...
fuel-injection runs really rich in my 81 2.0 vanagon
Historical mailing list
Sat, 11 Jan 1997 00:18:39 -0500
...Is there a way to adjust richness like cis-e injection in 80 Scirocco?? I've fiddled with the screw near the air-box...
Re: terminology
Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
Tue, 1 Feb 2000 16:49:04 EST
...Both are pulsed fuel injection systems with the Digifant incorporating more engine controls than the older Digijet. Can anybody tell I got hold of...
Throttle switch - am I thinking about this right?
Historical mailing list - john Runberg
Mon, 3 Mar 2003 00:15:22 -0500
...Bentley sez: - injection quantity for idle - switch off injection during deceleration - ignition point setting on idle And here's the question: would a faulty...
Experiment
Historical mailing list - Jim Kennedy
Tue, 27 Jul 2004 10:59:29 -0700
Vanagonians, I want to experiment (just for fun) with doing water injection, such as a mister into the intake manifold. Can any harm be...
FS diesel injection pump
Historical mailing list - Dennis Atkins
Sun, 27 May 2001 22:57:46 -0400
Hi, I have a injection pump, injectors lines and set of injectors off of a 1983 Diesel vanagon.Milage is unknown but these parts...
Re: FOR SALE: '82 Vanagon w/'98 Jetta TDI Engine
Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
Tue, 30 Aug 2005 16:31:08 -0700
Not entirely sure, but I suspect the injectors may not be able to properly atomize the fuel given that this is a direct injection...
Re: Hydrogen help for the Vanagons
Historical mailing list - David Milo
Sun, 30 Jan 2011 14:58:07 -0500
...seems like water injection would >> > probably work just about the same. bunch of guys are running the >> water injection >> > on their aircooled vannie and...
Re: Help troubleshooting minor diesel running issues
Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
Tue, 8 Nov 2011 15:40:22 -0600
...what kind of pump is it ? a pure stock 1.6 NA injection pump ? or a later model type of some sort ? later type...
Re: TDI Eurovan
Historical mailing list
Tue, 4 Jun 1996 14:52:57 -0400
In a message dated 96-06-04 10:40:11 EDT, you write: > All diesels are >direct injection, the fuel is injected into the...
water injection in vanagons, was Re: [VANAGON] Hydrogen help for the Vanagons
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Sun, 30 Jan 2011 16:31:38 -0800
...I think I have read of some folk with TD vanagons using some water injection, and perhaps I have read about turbo waterboxers using...
Re: Fuel injection line
Historical mailing list - Kenneth D Lewis
Wed, 17 Oct 2001 06:01:53 -0400
Dennis; I would expect to see the words fuel injection printed on the outside along with the working pressure. This may not even be...
fuse for fuel injection components
Historical mailing list - James Shinosky
Thu, 4 Feb 1999 23:15:55 EST
Thanks to Darrell Boehler for the in line fuse idea for fuel injection components. I purchased a blade type auto inline fuseholder (radio shack...
Fuel Injection Adjustment/ High CO at idle
Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
Sat, 28 Apr 2001 07:50:21 -0800
...As to your questions, I wrote quite a bit about the fuel injection system when I was on the project. Look under my name...
Reverting A Diesel Questions
Historical mailing list - Scott Walker
Tue, 27 Jul 2004 13:34:47 -0400
...any Vanagon diesel specific parts? I recall hearing that the injection pumps are different, but can the Golf injection pump be used? TIA, Scott
Re: AW: Water deliberately added to gasoline?
Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
Tue, 10 Dec 2002 13:27:41 -0500
...One of Mazda's sports cars in the early 90s had water injection (actually, washer fluid injection.) If you ran out of washer fluid...
Late 1970's fuel injection
Historical mailing list - CLARKE
Thu, 3 Apr 1997 17:48:53 -0800 (PST)
Has anyone ever had any bad experiences with a late 70's type of fuel injection unit? I have one and everyone I talk...
Re: Fuel Injection Question
Historical mailing list
Thu, 28 Mar 1996 09:07:47
...Fuel Injection Question > >I've recently bought a 1800cc type IV engine that supposedly runs. It has > the >fuel injection still on it, but...
Re: Re: � � � Experiment
Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
Wed, 28 Jul 2004 17:55:48 -0500
I had a Spearco Dual stage water injection system I put on my 71 Bus with the dual Kadron carbs. They recommended using distilled...
Diesel injection pump timing tool
Historical mailing list - Scott Sullivan
Fri, 5 Apr 2002 15:27:54 -0700
I was just about to order an injection pump timing tool. I see that Baum and VW Diesel Parts both sell units that are...
Re: Question about testing O2 sensor with digital meter
Historical mailing list - Mike S
Fri, 26 Sep 2008 21:36:53 -0400
...It's not a separate nozzle, it's in the injection pump, it changes the injection timing. It's described here: http://www.myturbodiesel...
Re: The Bosch Fuel Injection book by Robert Probst
Historical mailing list - Todd Last
Sat, 1 Sep 2001 17:09:48 -0700
...How to Tune and Modify Bosch Fuel Injection by Ben Watson for $13.96 See: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0879385707/ref...
Re: 86 Vanagon Digifant stalling!
Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
Wed, 7 Oct 1998 14:27:40 -0500
...Also a good book to supplement the bentley bible is " Bosch Fuel Injection & Engine Management" This book explains how the various components of the...
F/Re: lambadas??
Historical mailing list
Thu, 14 Sep 1995 20:17:01 -0400
...injection lambada to see if >it is dead or not? Lambada?.........Isn't that a dance step or something? Is the "fuel injection lambada...