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• Relocating ECU
  Historical mailing list - Steven Cu
  Sun, 15 Mar 1998 10:38:32 +0800
  ...Would it be advisable to relocate the ECU inside the passenger compartment below the rear seat and then installing 12 volt computer fans to...
• Re: o2 sensor wire
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Buck
  Tue, 9 Apr 2002 00:43:50 EDT
  ...The shield (similar ro a coaxial shield) is grounded in the ECU. The center wire carries the signal voltage to the ECU. Steve
• For Sale broken 1.9, ECU & accessories
  Historical mailing list - Baja Leo
  Mon, 7 Jul 2003 22:06:16 -0700
  ...Good ECU, A/C pump in questionable condition, power steering pump, alternator, exhaust with cat (no muffler), motor mount. Leo Lipert San Juan Capistrano...
• Re: Tuning question--long, sorry!
  Historical mailing list - Mike Frost
  Mon, 27 Feb 2006 11:26:41 -0800
  ...Can I get better performance with a better ECU design? 2. Who will spearhead the effort to redesign the Digifant ECU? * Dreams of 30...
• Re: ECU high idle
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Fri, 1 Feb 2008 12:49:15 -0800
  ...If so the idle stabilizer is in the ECU, and the idle air motor is all that's in the engine bay. As far...
• Re: Technical question re: Injector firing signal
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 10 Oct 2008 11:49:01 -0700
  ...A bad coil may still > produce some sparks but sends noise to the ECU which will be filtered > out by the ECU leaving no...
• 84 Running rich
  Historical mailing list - Earl J.Smith
  Thu, 10 Apr 1997 21:13:25 -0700 (PDT)
  Replaced the ECU on my Westy and some symptoms have weakened but it still looks like a screen destroyer at the battle of Midway...
• Re: ECU question
  Historical mailing list - Tom Miller
  Sun, 8 Feb 2004 11:08:38 -0500
  ...VANAGON.COM> Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2004 10:06 AM Subject: ECU question > Hello List, > The patient is an 87 Syncro van, that has...
• Re: Jerks/surges when going from coasting to acceleration
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Sat, 21 Apr 2007 06:26:26 -0700
  The throttle switch is part of what tells the ECU to cutoff fuel to the engine during coasting. When you are driving and you...
• Re: MAF Sensors and the Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Tue, 7 Dec 2010 07:41:16 -0500
  ...If the ECU got the info more quickly in the first place, the over-swing and the over-enrichment would be less necessary. It...
• Re: Pigtail needed_looking for add'l grounds
  Historical mailing list - Pat Spragge/RFAN
  Mon, 14 Dec 2015 09:41:14 -0800
  ...Any of these the bundled ground you refer to? Also, don't recall seeing a ground at the ECU, wasn't looking for one...
• Re: WAS: Starter Motor... Failure: NOW: 50 Circuit Weirdness. ECU Related?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sat, 15 Dec 2012 12:20:53 -0800
  ...Swapped ECU; no difference. Battery now "100%" charged, 13 Volts. Turning and holding the key to 50 position, I finally hear a faint "clunk...
• Re: 85GL Acting Wierd........
  Historical mailing list - Steven Denis
  Thu, 17 Jan 2002 08:07:07 EST
  ...it SOUNDS like you've overloaded the ecu..first the ground side went and then the power side...
• ECUs
  Historical mailing list - Walter Evens
  Sat, 16 Feb 2002 07:59:05 -0800
  It is my understanding after researching the archives that the ECUs in the Vanagons shipped to the US were different than the ones used...
• Re: Engine stutters, tach nosedives. Then, just as suddenly, it's normal again.
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Sat, 28 Feb 2009 09:40:12 -0500
  ...The tach is driven off the coil primary negative side, which the ECU ignition drivers pull down toward ground and release in order to...
• Re: WAS: Starter Motor... Failure: NOW: 50 Circuit Weirdness. ECU Related?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 14 Dec 2012 23:33:20 -0800
  ...This no start happened shortly there after." And: "Could there be a short in the ECU or elsewhere in the 50 circuit that is...
• Re: FS: ECU and AFM for 2.1L
  Historical mailing list - Tom Stone
  Sun, 28 Apr 2002 19:40:18 EDT
  ...The ECU, AFM and all the other goodies stay. It will basically be a 2.1 digijet. Tom '71 Westy, '85 Westy, '91 Carat...
• Re: Idle Relay - Idle Valve match?
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sat, 16 Aug 2008 17:07:19 -0700
  > This begs the question, as there were different series' of relays and valves > and ECUs: Are there certain sets that were designed to go...
• Re: 2.1 idling @ 2200, stumbling, etc, where do I start?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 7 Apr 2010 11:54:29 -0700
  I would say ecu's can work but not work right. I seldom find a bad one though. if it's idling extra fast...
• Re: TiiCo California Smog Legal!
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Nadig
  Thu, 15 Jan 2004 15:14:36 -0600
  ...The ECU that is >mentioned in the EO *WILL NOT* work with the fuel injection system on the >motor nor even plug into the...
• Re: '90 Carat Runs Rough...the epic continues...help??!!
  Historical mailing list - Ben huot
  Fri, 19 Apr 2002 14:09:40 -0400
  ...I will bet you that it's a damn loose wire somewhere!!!! A partially functioning ECU !!!! Mmmmm� Most of the time an electronic parts...
• Re: Is ECU involved in getting power to fuel pump when turning ignition switch on?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 25 Jul 2007 23:08:15 -0400
  ...Points closed or ECU conducting, coil is charging, magnetic field builds. Points open or ECU opens, magnetic filed collapses and high winding side of...
• Re: Have you ever replace your heads??!!
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Thu, 4 Dec 2003 10:46:14 -0500
  ...The only real way to troubleshoot the ECU to know 100% that it is the problem is to put in another known good ECU...
• Scratching head over ECS-Mal Indicator Light wiring
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Wed, 29 Oct 2014 12:01:10 -0400
  ...Page 97.123 in the Bentley Manual shows the ECU wiring diagram for an 88-89 Vanagon. Pin 20 on the ECU is supposed...
• 2.1 idling @ 2200, stumbling, etc, where do I start?
  Historical mailing list - Raymond Paquette
  Wed, 7 Apr 2010 11:34:53 -0400
  ...Replaced my ECU (with a used one) because the van wouldn't start and everything else checked out (to the best of my limited...
• 2.1 WBX. Triumph Adler or Bosch ECU For Spare?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Mon, 25 Jun 2012 11:37:31 -0700
  ...http://gerry.vanagon.com/cgi-bin/wa.exe?A2=ind0003C&L=vanagon&P=R8921 it seems any ECU can develop a bad solder joint...
• Re: Another no start problem
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 19 Jul 2010 23:41:57 -0400
  ...The "one weak spark" is additional evidence and to me suggests ECU or coil, likely ECU. But if you go through the Bentley tests...
• Re: 5 cyl conversion update?
  Historical mailing list - Deepak Kumar
  Thu, 4 Feb 1999 17:59:33 PST
  I would also like to add the question of ECU's . Does anyone know if different ECU's are required for different engines ? I...
• Re: Spare ECU
  Historical mailing list - HotelWestfalia
  Sun, 27 Feb 2011 12:51:27 -0800
  ...Spare ECU > At 02:36 PM 2/27/2011, Max Wellhouse wrote: >>I think this subject has been beaten pretty hard in the past...
• Prelim ecu plug test... interestin
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 29 Mar 2020 12:25:04 -0700
  First steps in Bentley 24.61 Ecu plug, Voltage. 13 and 14 , battery voltage ... good 14 and 19, no voltage. I understand that 19...
• 1.9 Harness/ECU Free
  Historical mailing list - Bill M
  Sun, 23 Dec 2012 14:07:35 -0500
  ...It's a 1.9 ECU,Harness,idle control unit,and Hall control unit. Also has the black relay box. I have not tested...
• Anyone with a 1.9 ECU to lend for Diagnosis?
  Historical mailing list - James Jean-Woo Kim
  Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:25:28 -0700
  ...Does anyone have a known good 1.9 ECU to lend us? My 87 Westy's old 2.1 engine is no help to...
• Re: Heh -- I'm such a ninnyhammer
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 3 Aug 2008 21:16:33 -0400
  At 06:06 PM 8/3/2008 -0700, Mike Elliott wrote: >The Triumph-Adler ECU, or the Bosch ECU? or both? It would have...
• Re: 85' low idle, loss of power/compression, surging please help
  Historical mailing list - Robert Steven Fish
  Sat, 23 Nov 2002 23:04:23 +0100
  ...The fuel/air mix and injection can be seemingly ok in warm waeather, when the ECU really doesn't have to do much anyway...
• Re: O2 readings
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Thu, 11 Sep 2003 11:42:50 -0700
  When you say you're getting those readings on the "O2 sensor with it hooked up to the ECU" I assume you mean the...
• Re: Mailing from Japan
  Historical mailing list - vt
  Mon, 9 Apr 2007 12:37:43 -0500
  ...With some help from my contact at VOA, here's the > straight info: > > ECU 023 906 023A is superseded and replaced with 023 997...
• Hall sender bad? Unt why?
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Fri, 23 Mar 2007 13:39:27 -0400
  ...Could the bad rotor (if it is bad) kill an otherwise good ECU? Thanks for any ideas on this one. I'm not driving...
• Re: anyone have an extra ECU plug? Don't need the whole harness...
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Thu, 10 Jan 2008 12:12:08 -0800
  ...anyone have an extra ECU plug? Don't need the whole harness... Hi, Does anyone have an extra ECU plug laying around with 12...
• ECU optimization -- one quick question
  Historical mailing list - Randal Jett
  Mon, 4 Aug 2008 13:38:19 -0700
  I have been following, with great interest, all the conversations about the guy with the 1984 ECU issues, looking for a good match, known...
• Re: Cause of weak spark?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 20 Sep 2015 09:29:02 -0400
  ...When it's time for the spark the ECU opens the circuit and the stored energy causes the voltage to instantly rise very high...
• Re: Another question about O2 sensors..
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 30 Jul 2014 14:07:17 -0700
  ...So grounding one end of the shield lets it protect the signal wire from electronic noise but it isn't used by the ECU...
• More parts for sale
  Historical mailing list - Gary McEachern
  Sun, 29 Oct 2000 12:30:49 EST
  ...Front header pipe '84, orig VW, good condition: $30 (Possibly Sold) Rear header pipe '84, orig VW, good condition: $30 (Possibly Sold) Digijet ECU...
• Re: 88 Weekender - Very short cut out.
  Historical mailing list - Bill Marshall
  Fri, 3 Oct 2003 11:22:43 EDT
  When my ECU went bad a few years ago, the symptom was an odd one: if I took my foot off the gas to...
• Re: ECU relocation / new 1.9 harnesses
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Tue, 11 Dec 2007 16:31:16 -0800
  I've not been folowing this thread, but I have a complete (only one ground wire cut) wiring harness from the engine bay & ECU...
• Re: ECU's - don't ask me the hard questions!
  Historical mailing list - David Bohannan
  Fri, 18 Aug 2017 19:45:51 -0400
  ...Swap the ECU's, and neither car will > run. Explain that one! > > John
• ECU problems? '87 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Neil Wigley
  Thu, 28 Oct 1999 17:55:57 -0700
  ...My mechanic said new ECU. Sent it to Darrell instead, who performed some marvels on it and tested it. Now my local mechanic put...
• Re: Cranks but now, STARTS!
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 23 Mar 2010 20:10:52 -0700
  It's mostly a WAG, but I think the purpose of the diode providing key on power to the extra ECU pin is to...
• Re: Help....stuck....dead Vanagon.
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 5 Aug 2017 22:36:47 -0400
  When you jumper the 12V to coil positive, you should hear ECU relay click, then as soon as the ECU powers up the fuel...
• Re: 2.1L engine won't fire
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 23 Mar 2017 00:56:03 -0500
  ...A carat, and an '88 GL. > > SWAPPED ECU's - '88 GL starts, runs! Carat won't even fire! ECU swap was > > all that was...
• Re: start - won't sart - solution
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 22 Aug 2003 22:31:18 -0500
  Eric, welcome aboard!! First off, your ECU is not a likely culprit in this case. You have stated that you have fuel but no...
• Re: A damn OS question again, yea!!! now i need some help, it's my turn....
  Historical mailing list - Mike Boland
  Tue, 7 May 2002 06:57:49 -0500
  Ben, VW Vanagon pro book says to disconnect O2 sensor with ignition off. (this resets the ECU) It says that oxygen sensor creates a...
• Re: Digifant ECU: Corrosion? And.... Rosin or Heat Damage? PICS
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sun, 8 Jul 2012 13:25:15 -0700
  ...So when one pops open their ECU, they aren't just looking for failing solder joints due to time, use and heat (normal wear...
• Re: Ignition Switch "Su" Power
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Fri, 25 Jan 2013 19:17:34 -0500
  I would be very hesitant to use the coil wire to also supply the ECU. The coil is an inductive load which is switched...
• Re: Random Instant Shutdown
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Fri, 19 Oct 2012 13:30:10 -0400
  Yes, it is most likely either the ECU or the hall effect sensor in the distributor that is failing. If you have a known...
• Re: Engine quit at freeway speed, no re-start
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Wed, 22 Jun 2005 01:07:47 -0400
  That's the way the ECU quit on my '84 during a trip a few years ago. Luckily I had a spare with me...
• clarification of O2 sensor splicing problem
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Mon, 8 Jun 1998 19:36:30 -0700
  ...The O2 sensor wire from the ECU is coaxial to protect the signal from electronic noise that can be induced from the ignition and...
• Re: Starting problems with 88 Vanagon, WIKI problems too
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Sun, 16 Sep 2007 14:17:31 -0700
  ...BOTH relays are needed for the fuel pump to run. > > One relay turns on the ECU, controlled by the key switch. > > The other relay...
• Re: How many volts can ECU handle?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:02:33 -0500
  ...can handle a little more, but was >curious about a more sensitive item like the ECU. Internally I imagine it runs on 12.0...
• Re: 84 don't smoke no more!
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 28 Apr 1997 17:49:48 -0700
  ...I believe that would be to make the shielded length shield the ECU wires from picking up RF energy and screwing all the data...
• Re: ECU Rebuilds
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 3 Aug 2001 10:42:05 EDT
  Normally we sell rebuilt 2.1l Vanagon ECUs for $200 exchange (I need your old ECU). However right now I am out and my...