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• Re: Gas Milage and the Fuel Pressure Regulator
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Thu, 10 May 2001 18:44:24 -0800
  ...Together they > >would be mass air flow. > > >Mark Ingalls To add to the discussion regarding Temp I function on the Digifant system: The information...
• Re: Turning kills engine--??
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Fri, 11 May 2007 15:19:47 -0400
  ...If you are not seeing this problem don't >>worry about it. >> The Digijet fuel system has no way of adjusting the idle. When...
• Re: Engine runs with no AFM?
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Sun, 23 Nov 2008 23:46:06 -0500
  ...This doesn't surprise me, as the Digi system probably uses a "limp home" rpm base map if the AFM signal is missing. -----Original...
• Re: � � � vanagon top speed - more info
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Tue, 7 Sep 2004 01:05:16 EDT
  ...Those of you familiar with the Digifant system will recognize this as an Italian Tune-up. As I recall, on the route down to...
• Re: Anyone Tried the Pulstar Spark Plugs?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Tue, 22 Feb 2011 16:46:17 -0600
  ...upgrade to a high performance MSD system that > would be compatible with Digijet or Digifant FI system, which I don't > think is (but...
• Re: Timing proceedure: 2.1 Watercooled; Bentley page 28.42 Digifant.
  Historical mailing list - John
  Mon, 20 Sep 1999 13:19:17 -0400
  ...Just > needed a thorough drying (3 days) > Will be looking for possible vacuum leaks in the air intake system > (whispy white smoke) > The fact...
• Have Factory Training VHS Tapes
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 11 May 94 01:11:58 EDT
  ...21 *FT Digifant Fuel and Ignition System (excellent!) 20 *FT VW Air Conditioning (applies to all VWs) 28 *FT VW Charging Systems (applies to...
• More rant on grounds and vanagon syndrome
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Thu, 10 Apr 2003 09:58:11 -0700
  ...That's what *I* thnk about digifant and it's silly ground system... Happy motoring! Steve '86 Westy
• Re: Capacitor fix - what year?
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Wed, 23 Feb 2000 01:04:14 -0600
  ...all Digijet AND Digifant. no aircools were involved, as they had the non-digital (analog) L-Jetronic fuel injection system. here's the bulletins...
• Re: Hard starting when cold 2.1 WBX
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 15 Nov 2011 12:18:11 -0800
  ...I'm pretty familiar with how the Digifant FI is supposed to work and have checked the temperature 2 sensor and idle control systems...
• Re: A New Perspective on Vanagon Syndrome
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sun, 8 Feb 2009 10:28:50 -0800
  ...when you try to apply it to an ECU like the Digifant, which reads air temp and (velocity/pressure) as two separate values. It...
• Re: want to buy a fox, (no on the Fox, BUY,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
  Historical mailing list - Modl6971
  Sun, 26 Apr 1998 05:14:12 EDT
  ...If you want a gas engine, stick with Digifant, 89 or newer. It's a very simple fuel injection system and they run smoother...
• Re: Engine Swap (long)
  Historical mailing list - Bob O'Shaughnessy
  Wed, 17 Sep 1997 12:41:08 -0000
  ...Also, the CIS-E is preferable to Digifant, as the Digifant engines (later GTI engines) are a bit harder to modify for performance. Which...
• Re: jerking, bucking, stalling...
  Historical mailing list - robert shawn feller
  Fri, 9 Jun 2006 09:51:07 -0400
  ...You can simply disconnect the 02 and it will remove the variable from the system to eliminate its involvement. My 02 has less then...
• Re: An engine transplant: ? (subie alterntaive) long post.
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sat, 8 Sep 2007 09:05:43 -0700
  ...complex than > adding an air conditioning system..compressor, belts, ducting, maybe a > wastegate, maybe a knock sensor system..etc etc.. > It would be nice...
• Re: Fast German Auto chip--let's test it!
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Fri, 14 Jan 2000 21:36:08 -0600
  ...Digijet/Digifant fuel injectors cannot be "on" for more time than they already are on, at full throttle. Therefore, said chip cannot boost or...
• Re: Gas Mileage and Fuel Pressure Regulator
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Fri, 11 May 2001 07:39:27 -0800
  ...To add to the discussion regarding Temp I function on the Digifant system during my original post: The information I received from Darrel Boehler...
• Re: New engine, was Re: Ecu fix addendum
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
  Wed, 1 Apr 2020 17:49:12 -0700
  Curious - approximately how long does it take to install the new EFI system? I looked it up on the GW site two days ago...
• Frozen Engine
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Tue, 3 Mar 2009 19:35:39 -0800
  ...to troubleshoot CIS, I removed that system and installed one that ran my Westfalia for 8 years, Digifant 2 (88-92 Golf -Jetta) � When...
• Re: diesel gas conversion - which header?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 6 May 2002 18:38:59 -0700
  The best fitting I have used is the dual outlet Audi 80 manifold - it also flows well too! Currently on my 2.0L Digifant...
• Re: New Engine Wanted: 85 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 10 May 2012 19:16:59 -0700
  I would say ..'yes' particularly if you run a full 2.1 exhaust system, and a 2.1 throttle body and intake runners .. on...
• Re: An Engine Conversion Begins-Mixed Emotions!
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 16 Sep 2013 21:22:45 -0700
  ...to the 1.8L group, readily adaptable to the Digifant injection and engine management system, competitive to the ABA in torque and horsepower, and...
• Re: Air Flow Meter fix by capacitor? (F)
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 5 Feb 2000 00:22:02 -0500
  ...Hanlon wrote: > > > > >Does the 22 MF capacitor "fix" work for "surging" in a Digijet system? > > > > It alleviates a particular problem that typically presents as...
• Model Summary for 1987 Vanagon USA
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 11 Dec 1995 12:58:53 -0500
  ...opposed engine Digifant fuel injection 95HP @ 4800RPM, 117FtLbs @ 3200RPM 4 speed manual transmission Rear wheel drive Electronic ignition Dynamic oil pressure system Thermostatically controlled...
• look to aircooled VW folks
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Mon, 10 Apr 2000 19:01:15 EDT
  ...I have been thinking of ways to mount the dual-dual throat carbs sideways and integrate them with the Digifant FI system, to give...
• Re: Westy Engines
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 28 Jun 1997 12:30:05 -0700
  ...But there were two other changes, the change from Digijet to Digifant fuel injection and many cooling system changes. The engine is slightly larger...
• Re: 1.8T conversion question
  Historical mailing list - Dave Bayer
  Thu, 16 Nov 2000 15:23:13 -0800
  ...Turbos make exhaust systems much easier. > I think I'm ready to go with the wiring harness...time will tell. Fuel > and Digifant2 relays...
• Re: '90 MV running lean at 2500rpm
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 20 Nov 2013 08:20:21 -0500
  ...If the problem goes away for some period then the problem is related to the O2 sensor system. The most important ground is the...
• Re: Roadhaus - 2.2L Engine Install , Prelimanary Report
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Wed, 16 Oct 2002 11:22:32 -0400
  ...and as I said the European 115 hp engine does not use the digifant injection. I think if somebody looks at the European Edka...
• Re: [Syncro] duel fuel, gas or LPG/propane
  Historical mailing list - Gary
  Tue, 8 Aug 2000 12:20:03 -0600
  ...Its a duel fuel system so the original digifant is still in place >and functional. You just flip an electrical switch on the dash...
• 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: Behr AC manual
  Historical mailing list - W Monk
  Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:51:49 -0400
  Somewhere I have a VW workbook training manual on the a/c system for the later Vanagons and a couple of the other vw...
• Re: question about thermostat ... or not
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 3 Mar 2010 22:33:09 -0500
  ...digifant replacement engine (2005) with less than 1000 miles on it ... benny boy says the thermostat is crucial to proper performance of injector system...
• Re: 1.9 to 2.1 wbx swap questions
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Mon, 14 Oct 2002 08:26:51 -0400
  ...2.1 with Digijet runs even stronger than Digifant. We'll see. The cooling system was a no-brainer once we looked at the...
• Re: Digitool
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Mon, 27 Jul 1998 15:23:56 -0500
  ...So I am thinking of increasing the digijet tool cable to 20 feet and the digifant tool cable to 15 feet. This will allow...
• Re: [vanagon] Vanagon re-power cheap & reliable
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sun, 28 Oct 2007 10:31:29 -0700
  ...Personally I'd make sure I got a 1.8 RV (post 1988 ??) donor with at least the Digifant 1 FI system. Better yet...
• "Help, Vanagon down in O.K.C."
  Historical mailing list - zephyrman
  Thu, 27 Sep 2001 13:14:12 -0500
  ...engine I need (2.1 Digifant) reman is no longer available from VW! This removal from VW system having occured in last 30 days...
• Re: Step up the idle
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Tue, 21 Aug 2007 08:54:58 -0700
  ...88 Tristar #7 > > > > > Not sure what engine management system you have but I thought the Digifant > ECU did all the idle compensatiing for the...
• Re: Since we're talking muffler....
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 2 Jul 2017 20:23:31 -0700
  ...Techtonic Tuning spent lots of dyno time testing their performance systems for mostly inline VW motors. They helped me with my Digifant 8 valve...
• Re: 86 digifant running rich
  Historical mailing list - Coby Smolens
  Thu, 3 Jun 1999 03:52:33 -0700
  ...86 digifant running rich Glad if I can provide anything of use -- You wrote: "I always would like to know how to check and...
• Re: Maximum engine power and Performane Chip Discussion
  Historical mailing list - Nancy Eilers-Hughes
  Fri, 14 Mar 2003 20:55:09 -0700
  ...On Fri, 14 Mar 2003, Mark Keller wrote: > The Digifant Fuel system works largley by monitoring input from the O2 > sensor. By monitoring the...
• Re: Isolating an idle problem?
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Mon, 22 Dec 2014 11:55:30 -1000
  ...and that in Don's system that control circuit is likely in the ECU. I have long observed that the simpliest google search will...
• Re: Digifant Fuel System Troubleshooting Experience
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 11 May 2009 19:40:26 -0700
  ...Digifant Fuel System Troubleshooting Experience > I'd say, "a new pump"...But I sometimes have a dumb habit of 'throwing > parts > at a problem...
• Re: Alternate fuels
  Historical mailing list - Tromper
  Sat, 14 Sep 2002 04:04:55 -0700
  ...There have been prototype automobiles built, indeed GM holds many patents for fuel systems tanks etc last I checked a few years ago. As...
• '84 westy with "MV" engine number, Is it a 2.1L???
  Historical mailing list - Brian Cochran
  Wed, 3 May 2000 17:01:55 PDT
  ...2.1L from the digifant/86-91 years. Is this true? Is there a way to tell what injection system I have by means...
• 28.8 MPG
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Tue, 31 Aug 2004 15:47:38 -0700
  ...The Digifant FI is not a "racing" FI system but a "cruising" one. Next project is the A/C along with cooling system flushing...
• Re: 88 Newbie makes trouble for self
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 21 Mar 2002 19:09:45 -0600
  ...Two or three years ago he had a very cool manual on the Digifant fuel injection system. If you can get a copy it...
• FW: 1 Tristar & 1 Special Syncro FS READ!!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Thu, 10 Aug 2000 10:47:41 -0400
  ...Projectzwo Fog Lights Factory VW Tow Package Factory front and rear air lockers. $50.000 negotiable 87 Vanagon Syncro Eurospec 2.0 Digifant engine...
• Re: low idle when AC compressor is on
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Cresawn
  Sun, 11 Jul 2021 20:46:41 -0700
  ...It is a long white/green continuous wire within the > Digifant main fuel injection harness. Sadly on page 97.144 it shows the > wrong...
• Re: Arduino and Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Brett Ne
  Thu, 14 Nov 2013 11:47:22 -0800
  ...The terminal numberings are those used in the Bentley > > wiring diagram for the Digifant 1986 system. > > > > ICU(Idle Control Unit) connections: > > 6/50 Digital...
• Re: coolant leak story
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 28 Nov 2012 17:23:28 -0800
  ...some gaskets and an exhaust system...Lots of the WBX systems can remain in use with the digifant. > > I have the 2.0l ABA...
• Re: Pig Tail for early vans?
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Wed, 26 Aug 2009 17:41:44 -0400
  ...talking about the AFM Fix, then it applies equally to the >>>> Digifant and the Digijet. They are electrically the same and prone to >>>> the...
• Re: VW Fuel Injection Information (was SS header)
  Historical mailing list - Carl Turner
  Fri, 19 Sep 1997 16:17:50 -0400
  ...The Digifant I on the later Vanagons is apparently a partly VW designed system, pulsed injection like the Digijet, similar in operation to a...
• Re: For Ben T - Where has everyone gone?
  Historical mailing list - Keith Hughes
  Thu, 13 Jun 2019 19:06:35 +0000
  ...touch with the fits and foibles unique to the WBX and Digifant systems. Also started spending a lot of time on the Yahoo Tiico...
• Re: DEAR GOD Re: timing belt
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Mon, 28 Jun 2004 09:11:26 -0400
  ...these types of ISV plugs on Golfs, Jettas, CIS-E fuel systems, digifant, old and new. They are not the same plug as the...
• Found my instrument cluster..now a ?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 1 Oct 2009 21:47:24 -0700
  ...It has a Digifant II injection system. Anybody know? I'd first like to test the tach using a test wire lead first, to...
• Re: hesitation from a stop and replacing afm
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Fri, 28 Mar 2003 11:05:33 -0500
  ...Complete VW factory rebuilt motor with less than 40K miles on it. (Got receipts) Complete with all the digifant injection stuff. I hear there...
• Re: larger gas tank
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Mon, 22 Mar 2004 06:08:55 -0800
  ...clutch assembly, fuel system, air intake system, complete exhaust system including mounting brackets, engine compartment cooling system parts, and all Digifant II fuel injection...
• Re: Digifant Fuel System Troubleshooting Experience
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Tue, 12 May 2009 07:53:17 -0400
  ...fit the pressure gauge into the fuel system, turn on the > ignition to pressurize the system (pump should shut off after 5 seconds), > note...
• Re: I4 Happenings in turbovans land
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 27 Jun 2011 17:28:51 -0700
  ...Digifant. re Don's comments .. "slip-shod assembly procedures..mainly bolting it up without having >> things properly straight. " I have put many adapter systems...