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• Re: Are waterboxers junk?ECU CHIP.
  Historical mailing list - Modl6971
  Thu, 23 Apr 1998 02:43:36 EDT
  ...A ECU chip, pushrods and rockers. Contact vwmaster@VOLKS-MOTORSPORTS.COM.M Michael.
• Re: REPOST! ECU CHIP AND ROCKERS UPGRADE!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Sebastian Hill
  Thu, 16 Apr 1998 09:01:54 -0700
  ...the necessary parts to do this >> "Upgrade". >> >> The kit will include; >> >> ECU Prom Chip >> Chromoly Pushrods cut to correct length >> Gene Berg Ratio Rockers...
• Stranded in Texas
  Historical mailing list - Jack Pronovost
  Mon, 18 Mar 2002 01:20:18 -0800
  Hello Volks Need an ECU (on board computer) for a 2.1L 1986 Vanagon. Replaced all sensors, injectors and more, one at the time...
• FS: '88-'91 front bumper, 2.1 wbx ECUs and AFMs
  Historical mailing list - Westyman
  Tue, 5 Aug 2003 00:02:22 -0700
  ...Two 2.1 WBX ECUs ($125 ea) and two 2.1 WBX air-flow meters ($50) plus shipping. Paypal accepted for immediate shipment. Karl...
• ecu cover for vangon westy.
  Historical mailing list - Matthew
  Fri, 9 Jun 2006 07:42:46 -0700
  folks, anybody have an ecu cover from under the back seat on a westy they want to part with? this would be from a...
• FS 1982 ECU and Engine box wiring harness
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Sun, 12 Aug 2007 04:51:41 -0700
  Both are from an air cooled 1982: ECU and Engine box wiring harness, complete, only 1 wire was cut, rest was unplugged. Van ran...
• Re: WANTED: Pictures of Syncro engine compartment
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 26 Jul 2008 13:58:46 -0700
  re "I can not figure out where these harnessess mate with the vehicle main harness. ' Do you have a wiring diagram for the ECU...
• Re: Losing power...update
  Historical mailing list - Eric Unrau
  Tue, 27 Sep 2005 17:27:43 -0700
  ...The ECU ignores the O2 sensor until the Temp2 sensor tell the ECU that the engine is warmed up. Then the ECU monitors the...
• Re: ECU: burned parts. PICS (Jetta Engine in Vanagon)
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Mon, 15 Sep 2014 11:59:07 -0700
  ...Are you thinking that + power had back flowed through this cap to the negative buss in the ECU? Forgive my terminology. I don't...
• Re: Are all Digijet ECU's the same?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 10 Oct 2000 23:31:16 -0700
  ...Are all Digijet ECU's the same? > As far as I can tell from looking at waay too many of these they are all...
• Re: Fuel injection trouble
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Mon, 28 Sep 2009 10:11:12 -0400
  According to the diagram on page 97.106 of the Bentley you should be seeing 12 volts from the ECU relay to the injectors...
• Re: Welding on Van - ECU consequences?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Wed, 2 Sep 2015 05:23:02 +0000
  ...Welding on Van - ECU consequences? Hi, I am taking my van in tomorrow for a bit of patching on my exhaust system. It suddenly...
• Re: Question about testing O2 sensor with digital meter
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 26 Sep 2008 12:59:34 -0500
  ...If it's > zero, bad connection from ECU or bad ECU? If it stays high, bad sensor? bad > ground? > > > -- > David Beierl - Providence RI USA...
• Re: Engine is being flooded with fuel. Help??
  Historical mailing list - Rob Wright
  Fri, 23 Jul 2004 06:52:57 -0500
  I measures the resistance from the plug at the ECU to the injectors and it was around 50 ohms book says it should be...
• Re: Wire gauge for the shielded wire for the O2 signal?
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Fri, 19 Sep 2014 11:03:17 -1000
  I've seen a new coax spliced into the original one a few inches from the ecu. I'd try that as it's...
• 84 Westy ECU woes & JC Whitney
  Historical mailing list - Sean O'Neil
  Wed, 23 Jun 1999 15:24:21 -0300
  My mechanic says the ECU is dead in my 84 1.9L wasserboxer. Prices in my part of the world (east coast of Canada...
• Stumped-Runs Rich/Stalls
  Historical mailing list - Aileen Boyd
  Fri, 13 Jun 2008 20:08:00 -0400
  ...Tested 02 sensor-ok New Temp II Sensor Replaced Idle Stablizer Unit Replaced ECU New Fuel Pressure Regulator New spark plugs and wires All...
• Brake booster and ECU
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 19 Sep 2014 21:44:40 -0500
  ...I have decided in a rebuilt ecu from one of our list vendors. There are other issues but that is for another mail. Thanks...
• Re: 022D ECU ?
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Fri, 12 Apr 2002 15:42:50 -0700
  ...Brent Christensen '89 GL Syncro Westy Santa Barbara, CA > > > I've heard that the replacment ECUs do not necessarily have > the VW PN on...
• Re: No start; no fuel pump, no spark, etc.
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Sun, 13 May 2012 14:15:13 -0700
  ...Does this point to the ECU? Anybody ever seen the Hall sender and the ECU take each other out/fail at the same time...
• For Sale: captain chairs, ecu, idle stabilizer
  Historical mailing list - Florian Speier
  Sun, 26 Aug 2007 14:43:52 -0700
  ...80 together, see http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/pts/406630679.html ECU, from 1987 vanagon, triumph-adler, fine running, $80 plus $10 shipping Idle...
• Re: Needed: ECU
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 23 Sep 2008 12:32:37 -0500
  ...Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Looks like I need an ECU. I would love to get a loaner with option to >> buy, just...
• Re: Buying the ECU Chip- What version ECU to put it in!! -Works w-no rockers!
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Thu, 3 Aug 2000 09:59:02 EDT
  ...I think he mentioned there may be some sort of foil shielding to clip through to get to the chip... ...****Your ECU module part...
• Re: Real time help needed
  Historical mailing list - Pat Spragge
  Sun, 29 Mar 2020 13:03:20 -0700
  Thx Neil > On Mar 29, 2020, at 12:57 PM, Neil N <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote: > > Later year Vanagon has a 5 pin ECU...
• Re: '87 GL "Stumbling" Problem
  Historical mailing list - Debi Webi
  Thu, 15 Jul 1999 12:03:21 -0700
  ...It tells the ECU to give your injectors more gas when it's cold and less when warm. If it's not working properly...
• Re: Electrical Saga Continues
  Historical mailing list - John Patton
  Sat, 16 Mar 2002 22:33:26 +0000
  Hi Rico, I spent part of the morning at a junkyard and found an ECU (for $15). (This was a real junkyard, Packards, Nashes...
• More ECU questions
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Buck
  Tue, 26 Nov 2002 19:08:51 -0500
  ...Voltage on the O2 input to the ECU is 0.5v with the O2 sensor disconnected (I suspect that is the default). However, when...
• Re: Vanagon dead at walmart--not the coil after all
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Thu, 11 Sep 2008 07:46:30 -0400
  ...The Hall Sensor on the distributor (usually intermittant cutting out), and the ECU (the usual suspect). The ECU in the 86 to 91 Vanagons...
• Re: Random wire... Ugh.
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 18 Jul 2010 08:23:04 -0400
  Seems like disconnecting the battery or at least the power to the ECU would reset the codes. Do you know how to get the...
• Re: Wire gauge for the shielded wire for the O2 signal
  Historical mailing list - Keith Hughes
  Sat, 20 Sep 2014 10:19:32 -0700
  I've been running RG-8 coax for years, with the shield grounded at the ECU end (on a Tiico Motronic ECU) and works...
• Re: 2nd O2 Sensor in Cat?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 11 Feb 2002 17:33:12 -0500
  ...I have done this with the >stock one, but you get steadier readings with it disconnected from the ECU The reason being that when...
• Re: WTB: Need ECU for 85
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Mon, 12 Feb 2007 15:41:58 -0600
  Dave, I have a Bosch ECU equipped with a Digitool that I just removed from my '85 in the process of a Subaru conversion...
• Re: Bosch ECU connectors
  Historical mailing list - John
  Thu, 7 Oct 1999 19:09:32 -0400
  ...I > am eventually headed toward a digitool, but since my ECU is under warranty > (and will be for another 17 months) I am unwilling...
• No cold start and the shaft from the shop (long)
  Historical mailing list - Jim Gregory
  Thu, 16 Jan 2003 16:59:04 EST
  ...I have swapped out the temp 2 sensor, ECU, AFM, Ignition control module. I ran the pin test on the ECU harness, checked timing...
• Intermittant cut-out
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Sun, 8 Feb 2004 10:23:33 -0800
  ...By swapping out parts I discovered that the ECU was the problem. I put in a spare ECU I had and it started right...
• Re: Engine died, great update, it starts!
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 2 Apr 2020 12:46:50 -0700
  ...Alistair should >> have a bit more peace of mind now that his ECU won't misbehave during a >> future trip on a remote Vancouver...
• speed sensor failure
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Sat, 19 Apr 2014 15:57:34 -0600
  ...gave) my 2.5 Subaru ECU the exact speed, and my cruise control, too. (2000 or 2001 AT ECU) It suddenly failed. That is...
• Ecu & Idle Stabilizer
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 8 Feb 1995 19:22:48 -0500
  FYI, After hearing about the recall concerning the ECU and Idle Stabilizer, I contacted VW of America today. It seems that the original owner...
• '87 ECU or ?
  Historical mailing list - Aaron Taylor
  Tue, 30 Jun 1998 23:54:51 -0700
  ...I have not been able to do a coil resistance check because the problem has been so intermittent.\ Anybody know if the ECU is...
• Is ECU involved in getting power to fuel pump when turning ignition switch on?
  Historical mailing list - most david
  Mon, 23 Jul 2007 14:45:52 -0700
  ...At least one person has suggested the ECU (I've ruled out fuel pump relay and ignition switch). For those of you who are...
• Re: Temp 2 sensor installation question.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Jowell
  Thu, 3 Sep 2015 18:36:23 -0400
  David I have an extra ECU that came with the Westy. I'll try that. Dennis Jowell Scotch Hollow Farm Newbury, Vermont > On Sep...
• Re: Air Flow Meters and ECU's FS
  Historical mailing list - Gregory M Daughtry
  Thu, 14 Aug 97 08:12:00 PDT
  ...Air Flow Meters and ECU's FS Author: vanagon@lenti.med.umn.edu at SMTPGATE Date: 8/13/97 11:24 PM AIR BOXES...
• AFM and ECU
  Historical mailing list - Jason Leigh
  Mon, 15 Feb 1999 10:55:35 -0500
  ...Bosch AFM - Remanufactured unit- but brand new ECU from 81 Vanagon- MT I need the cash to finish my other 81 by spring. I...
• Re: Question about testing O2 sensor with digital meter
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 26 Sep 2008 13:48:11 -0400
  ...Is this hooked to ECU or not? If not, what is the voltage on the ECU lead while this is going on? -- David Beierl...
• clean & lube idle air control valve
  Historical mailing list - Raymond Paquette
  Fri, 14 May 2010 08:12:14 -0400
  ...Ran perfectly before ECU died. 2.1 in an '87 Syncro Now it idles at a pretty consistent 2200. Same thing on three different...
• Re: Stranded in Texas
  Historical mailing list - Laurence Smith
  Mon, 18 Mar 2002 14:31:15 -0500
  ...The green O2 coax wire has an outer sheath (its coax) and this outer sheath goes back to the ECU and comes out as...
• Aileen,
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Sat, 10 May 2008 20:34:12 -0700
  The mechanic knows FOR SURE, the ECU is not firing the injectors? Does he have a NOID light or an osciioscope to be certain...
• idle/full throttle switch replacement
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Wed, 5 Aug 1998 22:19:46 -0500
  I confirmed the death of my idle/full throttle enrichment switch on our Digifant after Darrell's ECU tool found that, i.e. it...
• Re: Today's PUZZLER... SLWR-VAN won't start
  Historical mailing list - Buettner, Peter
  Fri, 23 Jun 2000 12:16:12 -0700
  ...The ECU and fuel injection get their power directly from the alternator. There are two red wires connecting directly to the alternator. The big...
• ECU for an '80 2.0L
  Historical mailing list - Aaron Waxman
  Sat, 25 Dec 1999 15:28:53 -0500
  Hi all, I am looking for a replacement ECU for my '80 2.0 L. I can't seem to find one on any...
• AFM/ECU & Wiring harness on Ebay
  Historical mailing list - K w
  Wed, 26 Sep 2001 17:17:42 -0700
  links to the auctions. ECU Link, http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/aw-cgi/ebayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=595779014&r=0&t=0 AFM Link...
• Re: SUGGESTIONS? 2.1 runs poor in rain.
  Historical mailing list - Ben huot
  Sun, 22 Dec 2002 00:17:12 -0500
  Unplug the OS sensor connector, unlplug battery for a few minutes, it should reset the ECU in safe mode. Try the van back If...
• High Idle / stabilization control question
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Sat, 10 Mar 2007 11:26:23 -0800
  ...or you have an ECU issue. So if you don't get a better decisive offer I'd suggest swapping ECUs. Then if the...
• Re: What component causes the fuel pump to come on for a second or two when I turn on the ignition to the first position (no cranking)?
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Mon, 11 Jul 2016 12:44:17 +0000
  ...This relay powers up the ECU with power from the red wire > >> path I mentioned above. The ECU then turns on the fuel pump...
• Re: Engine died, ecu quick look
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Sun, 29 Mar 2020 22:15:46 +0000
  ...of a failed ECU and potentially repairable?...long-shot guess.  Alistair, is it possible to borrow a known good ECU (maybe from friend Simon...
• Re: 1.9L-still no cold idle-looking for ideas-long
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 3 Mar 2003 19:05:42 -0500
  ...By resistance or by voltage? >ecu is fine. Because it acts the same way with another ECU? > throttle switch is fine. Wouldn't expect...
• ECU and starting question
  Historical mailing list - most david
  Tue, 17 Jul 2007 13:24:07 -0700
  ...A local mechanic is convinced that the ECU is causing the problem based on my characterization of the problem. I asked a second mechanic...
• Re: ECU firmware location
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Sat, 15 Sep 2007 10:28:28 -0400
  ...However, if these talented individuals can design and build their own ISCU to interface with the stock ECU, well that would be good for...
• Re: clean & lube idle air control valve
  Historical mailing list - Raymond Paquette
  Mon, 17 May 2010 16:17:42 -0400
  ...The > controller see engine temperature(shared connection to Temp2 sensor with the > ECU), engine speed, throttle switch, and AC compressor on and power steering...
• Re: FS: ECU and AFM for 2.1L
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Mon, 29 Apr 2002 10:09:42 -0400
  ...ECU and AFM for 2.1L > In a message dated 4/28/02 4:15:16 PM Pacific Daylight Time, > b.t.allen@MYACTV...