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• Digifant II problems in my 86 Syncro - HELP
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 24 Mar 2002 20:18:37 -0800
  For the last few weeks, I have been trying to get the Digifant II motor running in my 1986 Syncro Westfalia (inline four cylinder...
• Digifant connector test results, Das Boot.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Hall
  Tue, 16 Feb 1999 20:19:35 -0600
  ...I have the Bentley out again tonight and have been testing the connector for the Digifant unit. Bentley section 24.61 Electrical testing, ignition...
• Re: Fuel pressure too high
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 6 Mar 2018 16:59:03 -0500
  > > So since I do not have power at 30 terminal on the Digifant relay, I must > have a break in the line between that...
• Re: 1.9 Digifant with poor milage and low top-end power.
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Fri, 26 Feb 2010 07:06:14 -0500
  Thanks Greg, Is that the blue sensor near the thermostat housing? Gregory Smith wrote: > Sounds like you're running rich. Test the temp sensor...
• Re: Digijet/fant manuals.
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Tue, 31 Mar 2009 17:15:41 -0700
  ...up (L-Jetronic, Porsche 912E AFC, Type 2 AFC, Digijet and Digifant) into <http://wetwesties.org/jim/training.zip > should others desire "the WHOLE...
• Re: Summer trips w/o problems
  Historical mailing list - Karl Bloss
  Mon, 31 Aug 1998 09:54:23 +0000
  ...I also have Darrel Boehler's Digifant tool along and a spare ECU...just in case. -Karl Karl F. Bloss - blosskf@apci.com or...
• 2.1 digifant stalls
  Historical mailing list - gregory
  Wed, 22 Sep 1999 12:28:56 -0700
  Just when life was good, (again), im driving my 89 wolfsburg edition gl, no poptop, then after a few minutes it stalls. no sputter...
• was -fuel in intake boot; now: problem solved!
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer 19618-5th Ave so Seattle WA 98148
  Fri, 21 Jan 2000 04:08:53 EST
  ...He suggested that I inspect the fuel pressure regulator (Digifant ll. removed it today, tilted it upside down, and gas flowed out the vacuum...
• Re: Our beloved digifant
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 18 Jul 2000 11:14:07 EDT
  Yes, I sell these senders and recommend them for anyone who isn't electrically inclined (I have spoken with folks using wire nuts to...
• Re: Digifant ECU Chip source located...$260 or less...
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Mon, 31 Jul 2000 10:59:22 EDT
  <<Sounds great, actually, although I am not sure what it does.>> What the chip does is: -remapps the timing curve -change the injector pulses...
• Re: YAHOOOO (well, almost)
  Historical mailing list - Laurence Smith
  Sun, 3 Nov 2002 11:11:34 -0500
  ...Must be a digifant component.... When I had my running rich problem, I changed EVERY digifant component and it was only when I was...
• re. curious item on ebay
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 9 Apr 2001 18:07:13 -0600
  ...The advantages are that propane burns cleaner than digifant and with dual fuel your driving range is extended about 300 kms. You can also...
• Re: Engine alternative (inline four) a bit long
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Mon, 13 Apr 2009 11:26:00 -0400
  Don i also run a 1.8 digifant II engine in my van. when i put the engine in the golf that it came...
• Re: 87 vanagon quit while driving
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Wed, 26 Sep 2012 10:59:50 -0700
  ...B+ --> Digifant relay --> FI's If meter probes on FI positive and frame, current measured may Digifant relay load (coil) and/or wire resistance...
• Engine dieing after coasting.. solved! Thanks
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 29 Sep 2018 09:37:23 -0700
  A week or so ago I posted an odd-seeming problem with my 84 Digifant inline ABA motor...failing to restart after a long...
• Re: My Digifant Opinion
  Historical mailing list - Denis B�lisle
  Mon, 27 Apr 1998 22:51:51 -0700
  Hello Volks For me all the systeme is good, unless is fix by backyard mechanic try to by pass something here and something there...
• new subscriber problems 86 westphalia digifant
  Historical mailing list - aj
  Fri, 15 Mar 2002 19:05:42 -0800
  Hi, I'm a new subscriber who has recently purchased an 86 weekender after giving up,reluctantly,an 82 camper.Can someone help me...
• Cutting out
  Historical mailing list - Darrel Combs
  Sat, 23 Nov 2002 05:59:14 -0500
  ...The vanagon has a cabriolet engine in it and has the digifant engine maintenance system. Ok here is the problem when i mashed the...
• Unknown wire Help!!
  Historical mailing list - Peter Pollard
  Thu, 18 Dec 2003 20:09:46 -0500
  ...92 VW Syncro Transporter 2.1L Digifant 1 PS IS there any digitools for sale over there as hard to get info down under...
• Re: Internal Pictures of ECU's and ISCU's
  Historical mailing list - tinker man
  Tue, 18 Sep 2007 23:03:12 +0200
  ...Jon Kenneke reports his Digifant uses a 6803 uP. > > > >I find it quite amazing that VW implemented the same basic technology > >(digifant/digijet) with...
• Re: 2.1 digifant MV engine Air Flow Sensor Wiring Harness 87 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Laurence Smith
  Mon, 25 Feb 2002 20:24:22 -0500
  Robert, Since you have already replaced many of the Digifant components to try to resolve this problem, I would look hard at your ground...
• Alternate fuels
  Historical mailing list - Tromper
  Fri, 13 Sep 2002 21:05:41 -0700
  ...gas (I think that's why the Brazilian produced VW Fox digifant motors come with a lower compression head) Then of course we've...
• Vanagon and Westfalia parts FS
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Tue, 22 Oct 2002 15:23:56 -0700
  ...1. '86 -'91 Vanagon Digifant ECU 2. '86 - '91 Vanagon " Idle Stabilizer 3. '82-'86 Westfalia kitchen stove/sink/fridge - this has everything but...
• Re: Diesel Fuel vs Gasoline
  Historical mailing list - Gary Lee, Vanagon Racks
  Sun, 24 Apr 2005 21:10:48 -0600
  ...propane $0.45/liter Propane is also generally cleaner than vanagon digifant. I'd say there is more power with propane than a 1...
• Re: didijet tool: digitool
  Historical mailing list - Sam Walters
  Wed, 7 Mar 2007 17:54:23 -0500
  The Digitool was built and designed for the Digifant fuel injection system, not the Digijet fuel injection system that came with the 1.9l...
• Re: 200Kmi plus?
  Historical mailing list - george jannini
  Tue, 22 Jan 2008 11:08:24 -0800
  ...Looking forward (far forward) to the next transplant, which will probably be a 2.0 Jetta ABA with Digifant engine management. George/ATL '89...
• Re: Temp 2 sensor lesson for the 5th time [rant]
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Wed, 6 Aug 2008 14:00:42 -0400
  ...is technologically very similar to the ones VW used on the Digifant A2 Jettas (I owned a '91) and this sensor would routinely fail...
• Re: Fuel Filters vs Fuel Strainers
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 6 Oct 2010 17:04:25 -0500
  ...a strainer as you would > be led to believe by that Digifant Book. VW 133 133 511. This was used as > the ONLY filter...
• Re: Isolating an idle problem?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sun, 21 Dec 2014 13:35:55 -0600
  ...Isolating an idle problem? > > I've been seeing an intermittent low idle-sometime no idle with my Digifant > 84 van 92 rabbit/fox/Jetta...
• Re: BACK ON THE ROAD ---THANKS FW: DAYS SUMMARY - UODATED INFO FW: STRANDED in South Florida - NEED TECH HELP
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Mon, 25 Jan 2010 21:15:19 -0500
  ...I have found those sensors to be troublesome on any Digifant system, WBX or otherwise. Any time I have rough running or difficulty with...
• Re: Replacing FI with Carbs on WBX 2.1L
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Fri, 6 Mar 2009 09:46:10 -0500
  ...van for over a year and own Syncros with the > stock Digifant as well. > Side by side the carbed van is a much better...
• Re: 1990 2.1L Digijet European Caravelle wiring diagrams
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 9 Sep 2007 14:46:47 -0400
  ...associated control unit) like the US 1986-on models (but not Digifant). The Pre-1986 European models were probably quite similar to the US...
• '86 ECU (digifant) needed!!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Tony Moore
  Wed, 5 Feb 1997 10:14:47 -0500
  Hi All! No luck yet finding an ECU for my wifes 'new' '86. Checked everything and indeed it is the ECU (thanks everyone for...
• can you help me?
  Historical mailing list - Turner,Ronald L.
  04 Feb 97 05:07:58 EST
  ...my VW Golf GTI? > >I have a GTI 1.8L 8v digifant 1992. >I have a neuspeed camshaft ( 268 ), a KN filter, a eurosport...
• Re: purchase advice sought
  Historical mailing list - Coby Smolens
  Wed, 30 Jun 1999 11:28:51 -0700
  Stuart wrote: "The 2.1 Digifant uses a "hot wire" airflow monitoring system. Outside of better accuracy for pollution control I see no real...
• Re: Update, My vanagon won't start
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 8 Oct 2000 23:20:38 -0400
  ...I would imagine that if the voltage at the battery is 10.0 volts, the voltage available to the digifant system (and ignition coil...
• Re: Need AFM adapter so different aircleaner or cold air intake can be used
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Mon, 19 Jan 2009 10:02:44 -0800
  ...XR4Ti (funky German Ford) uses the same basic air meter as > Digifant. > The difference is the Merkur unit has a round outlet adapter that...
• Re: I-4 ecu woes?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Wed, 24 Oct 2001 20:09:52 -0700
  ...My engine management system is 1989 golf GL Digifant II. I have checked my wiring harness to insure that all wires go to the...
• Re: Eurospec problems
  Historical mailing list - Grant Holst
  Fri, 15 Oct 1999 08:17:36 -0700
  David Marshall wrote: > > As per the Digifant wiring diagram that I emailed the list, the Digifant > computer ground pin number 85 on the fuel...
• Re: engine I4 swap done, get more power????
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 22 May 2000 13:34:20 -0700
  ...Zezoff wrote: >The diesel is gone and a beautiful 92 cabriolet digifant motor with 102k is >in its place. >I have the diesel tranny...
• Re: Fast Forward's "undercover" TDI project for the Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Fri, 31 Mar 2006 20:06:35 -0800
  ...There is more to this installation than lowering the engine slightly! The TDI isn't any shorter than a Digifant II engine. If you...
• Re: Digifant Idle Stabilizer
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 7 Feb 1995 01:15:17 -0400
  >Does anyone out there have the part number for the idle stabilizer control >unit. This is the one located behind the passenger side rear...
• Tips needed on reducing HC to pass smog inspection.(Digifant)
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Sat, 22 Aug 1998 11:35:39 EDT
  Greetings and salutations; Failed HC tests today (266 measured ;240 allowed).. Presently in between internet providers so I can not search archives. Any help...
• New digifant parts
  Historical mailing list - Martin
  Sat, 22 Jan 2000 23:52:56 -0600
  I was considering changing engines in my 87 Van to get rid of the constant problems with my fuel injection system. Then I considered...
• Puff the magic Westy!?
  Historical mailing list - Amy and Andrew
  Wed, 21 Nov 2001 22:44:23 -0500
  My 84 Westy, with a 91 Digifant II (Jetta) engine, has recently started puffing smoke. It has only done it going 70+ mph, while...
• Re: Eurospec Conversion MORE INFO!!!!
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Thu, 30 Jul 1998 07:24:23 -0700
  ...Which I agree is much easier to trouble shoot than Digifant. At 02:50 7/30/98 EDT, Modl6971@aol.com wrote: >In a...
• Re: Crummy Vanagon performance
  Historical mailing list - Neil
  Mon, 17 May 2021 11:34:26 -0700
  ...The link you show is for Digifant pro training manual so, no. You want "Digijet". I haven't verified the links but the .zip...
• Re: '86 Vanagon Starts, Dies....Revisited (Help!)
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Sat, 15 Jan 2000 20:58:39 -0600
  ...If they click the hall is ok because the digifant ecus use the hall signal to develop the coil and fuel injector signals. Check...
• TCWBC Head Count request
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Thu, 7 Feb 2013 18:36:49 -0500
  ...Bob the Tomato" 1988 Wolfsburg Weekender Hardtop - Inline 4 2L 8V Digifant Engine conversion blog: http://www.pottsfamily.ca/wordpress/ www.pottsfamily.ca www...
• Re: Hello, I'm a new boy here...
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 15 Jan 1997 11:08:12 -0500 (EST)
  ...in english?? In 86 all USA Vanagons switched from DigiJet to DigiFant with the 2.1L engine. Is yours really DigiJet? Welcome again, Jim...
• Re: Ah, excuse me... (was: Re: Bosch Service Media)<F>
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Fri, 4 Feb 2000 12:52:17 -0800
  ...needed >service to my injection unit - especially from the media! My Digifant - or >Digijet, or L-Tronic, or whatever you want to call it...
• Re: Digitool: Digijet version?
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Thu, 2 Mar 2000 16:33:05 EST
  ...m out of luck because the "tool" is only for the Digifant. Correct? If so, so much the bummer for me. Steve 84 Westy...
• Re: Generic, three wire, O2 Sensor choice for digifant?
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Wed, 30 Jun 1999 20:30:50 -0500
  ...Generic, three wire, O2 Sensor choice for digifant? > Greetings and salutations; > > My FLAPS does not carry a specific O2 sensor for my 86. What...
• Re: Engine miss
  Historical mailing list - Dick Wong
  Thu, 11 Sep 2014 23:19:26 -0700
  ...Engine miss Does this version Digifant use an AFM? If so.... Faulty portion of resistive strip in the AFM? tencentlife on thesamba.com posted...
• Throttle stop switch? Stumbles on resume throttle..
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 10 Mar 2013 06:44:21 -0700
  I have a Digifant ignition on a 93 Jetta inline gas powered van.. When I coast down a long grade at higher RPMs (highway...
• Re: O2 Sensor in Catalytic Converter - Correct model for each FI system ?
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Mon, 25 Apr 2005 14:23:37 -0400
  ...return that part when you search either > for a Digijet or Digifant model Vanagon. It has the O2 > sensor hole in it. Bus Depot...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 10 Sep 2015 to 11 Sep 2015 - Special issue (#2015-319)
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Sun, 13 Sep 2015 12:37:23 -0300
  ...23:02 Steven Mills <StevenM@RED-ROCK.COM> napisał(a): > >>> Has anyone ever converted a 2.1 ltr digifant over to carberators and do...
• Re: Cold isles well, warm less so
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 28 Oct 2012 10:32:01 -0400
  ...O liter ABA with a digifant topend on it. If it idles exactly at 900rpm when cold then once warm varies between 1200 to...
• Re: Digijet ECU
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Tue, 13 Oct 1998 14:00:30 -0400
  ...NOTE: they DON'T sell the ECU from 1986 on (ie. Digifants). Check out their catalog. MJS At 11:55 AM 10/13/98...
• Re: need transistor
  Historical mailing list - Pete Cassidy
  Wed, 18 Aug 1999 08:45:56 -0700
  ...It is >used as coil driver on digifant ecus. It has the European nomenclature " >BUV37B ". I don't find it in any of my...