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  • Re: Instant horsepower (Pinwheel)
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Mon, 8 May 2000 10:33:33 -0400
    ...VW? > > > > The major reason probably is that the L-Jetronic aka Digijet injection > > system is a pulsed rather than continuous-flow system, and as...
  • 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: The Truth About Timing Your Vanagon
    Historical mailing list - Craig Rogers
    Thu, 25 Apr 2002 08:06:21 -0400
    I can't comment on a Digifant System, but on the Digijet system I discarded the idle stabilizer along with the vacuum retard and...
  • Re: Techron Saved My Tush (Was:Bus Bummed By Bad Gas)
    Historical mailing list - Frank E. Terhaar-Yonkers
    Fri, 17 Nov 1995 12:02:54 -0500
    ...Or are we seeing the computer (badly) reacting to gummed up injectors? >Anybody out there run Techron regularly through their Digifant or Digijet FI...
  • Two Questions
    Historical mailing list - VW Addict aka The Bus Nut
    Wed, 28 Mar 2001 23:31:25 -0800
    ...My 85 Vanagon has Digijet FI, acording to the info I read, the injectors are the same as the Digifant. What is the pound...
  • Advanced Timing Causing Starting Problems
    Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
    Mon, 18 Jun 2001 11:01:47 -0400
    I had the timing advanced on my '85 1.9l digijet to 5 BTDC (10 degrees advanced from stock) and experienced some starting problems...
  • Re: I-4 conversion
    Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
    Tue, 8 May 2001 11:16:20 EDT
    ...Now, I believe the pressure rating for the vanagon digijet and digifant systems is the same as for the digifant Golf, so it may...
  • Re: Idle Speed Adjustment - 1988 GL
    Historical mailing list - Malcolm Holser
    Sun, 11 Oct 1998 22:55:44 -0700
    ...Only the Westy -- a 1980 model -- has the Digijet with the spark-stabilization. The others are NA spec Digifants. > Is this the $210 item...
  • Re: GoWesty Engine - Follow-up
    Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
    Sat, 8 Apr 2006 21:31:12 -0400
    ...what the ecu thing is about is that they have never dynoed this engine with the digijet system as far as they told me...
  • Re: 2.1 in a 85........
    Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
    Sun, 3 Mar 2013 18:49:50 -0800
    ...I have been running a 2.1 in my 84 Westy Ole Putt since 1997 in Kalifornia, always passed with the 1.9 Digijet...
  • Re: 40 minutes drive and then cuts out.
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Sat, 10 Jul 2010 13:09:50 -0700
    ...The engine is 2.1L, the system is for the 1.9 engine, digijet. I have checked with the digitool all the possible items...
  • Re: 1.9 to 2.1 conversion, swapping harness/ecu
    Historical mailing list - Chris S
    Tue, 14 Apr 2009 07:59:17 -0400
    ...Although Digijet, the DJ harness uses MV style connectors, idle stabilizer, throttle position and PS sensor. I can make pics available when you are...
  • This week advice.....
    Historical mailing list - Benny boy
    Tue, 25 Oct 2005 10:13:28 -0400
    ...cutting the 12V source to the back of the van giving all kind of strange problems(Digijet will fire on when warm or with...
  • Re: 1985 Vanagon 1.9l Digijet No Start
    Historical mailing list - Dan N
    Mon, 7 Nov 2022 12:54:47 -0800
    ...1985 Vanagon 1.9l Digijet No Start > > *Date*: Mon, 7 Nov 2022 07:11:18 -0500 > > > > Hi All, > > Looking for suggestions/next steps. Pearl...
  • Re: Charcoal Cannister Purpose
    Historical mailing list - neil n
    Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:52:21 -0700
    ...Bentley shows air cooled, Digijet, and Digifant, charcoal canister bottom hose connecting to the air cleaner. Anyone know if the charcoal canister bottom hose...
  • Re: : Re: Tag an SUV today
    Historical mailing list - dan nims
    Wed, 27 Dec 2000 09:46:54 -0800
    ...By today's standards (OBD II), > digifant/digijet is very dirty. Modern vehicles pollute much less than > vehicles of 15 years ago. The vanagon...
  • Re: AFM spring tension
    Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
    Sat, 3 Mar 2001 20:45:09 -0600
    ...AFM spring tension > > > Volks Folks, > > I have the AFM from my Digijet 85 GL in front of me. I am interested in > seeing if...
  • AFM spring tension and 02
    Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
    Thu, 8 Mar 2001 13:32:02 -0600
    I adjusted the spring tension on my 85 GL Digijet 4 days ago. The effect between spring tension and 02 sensor output went backwards...
  • 85 Digijet throttle switches -- information please
    Historical mailing list - Kyle Hamilton
    Tue, 29 Jun 2004 16:21:40 -0400
    Hey, I was trying to figure out why my Vanagon has suddenly decided to start idling at approximately 2100 RPM. I /really/ wish the...
  • Removed Distributor Cap, Now Won't Start
    Historical mailing list - Walter Houle
    Sat, 28 Aug 2010 17:33:32 -0400
    Hi - 1985 1.9 Digijet. I took my distributor cap off to check and clean. After I replaced it, the van wouldn't start...
  • 84 Westy ECU woes & JC Whitney
    Historical mailing list - Sean O'Neil
    Wed, 23 Jun 1999 15:24:21 -0300
    ...So, has anyone tried this as an ECU replacement for their Digijet fueled 84? (we're pretty sure it's the ECU thats kaput...
  • Re: Engine Timing
    Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
    Sun, 18 Mar 2001 21:03:36 -0600
    ...The digijet '5 degrees ATDC' advances as soon as you step on the accelerator, so if everything is working right it shouldn't be...
  • Re: Exhaust struts
    Historical mailing list - Cliff Ober
    Fri, 14 May 1999 20:10:44 -0500
    ...Exhaust struts Volks -- Bentley shows three struts on the left-hand side exhaust for the DigiJet. I have two: from bracket on collector pipe...
  • Re: vanagon Digest - 14 Nov 1999 to 15 Nov 1999 - Special issue
    Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
    Tue, 16 Nov 1999 21:06:39 EST
    ...Another member suggested this could be >caused by leaking injector seals. > >My 1.9L Digijet Vangon is running rich also. My injector seals look...
  • Re: Who is Mike Miller???......
    Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
    Wed, 3 Oct 2001 12:20:57 -0700
    ...thought > >> I'd gotten > >> comfortable with the list jargon --- ECU, Digifant, Digijet, Digiwife > >> ---- and > >> now I am bemused by this new term. Is a...
  • 1985 Vanagon stumbling-Again!
    Historical mailing list
    Mon, 13 Jan 1997 19:00:15 -0600
    ...Sounds like the Digifant vanagon syndrome, but the 1985 has the Digijet system. I am not really certain if the problem is ignition (Firing...
  • Re: FAQs-I like it!
    Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
    Tue, 19 Jan 1999 20:19:12 +0100
    ...O2 sensor, temp I/II sensors, ground straps, > stuttering, mention Digifant/Digijet tool) [Darrell, this one has your > name written on it] > * paint/rust...
  • Re: Engine power loss (need help)
    Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
    Thu, 17 Oct 2002 17:01:47 -0500
    ...I > have an '84 Westy Automatic 1.9L Digijet Injection. > > Here are they symptoms: > - Idles fine > - Accelerates at about 1/2 of normal rate...
  • Re: Thread pitch / hole size for 1.9 WBX O2 sensor
    Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
    Fri, 16 Feb 2007 12:32:20 -0800
    ...Is it the same for the Digijet O2 sensor? They don't go in > the same pipe or location so they aren't necessarily...
  • Re: digijet engine swap? Reply to Ken's comments!
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Tue, 9 Dec 1997 18:44:51 -0500
    ...EDU> Date: Monday, December 08, 1997 6:34 PM Subject: Re: digijet engine swap? >I think the problem is fear and ignorance. I think...
  • Tx Emissions
    Historical mailing list - William Treadway
    Sat, 12 Aug 2006 22:43:04 -0500
    ...The van is an '85 > with a > newly rebuilt 2.1 wbx (with < 10000 miles on it) and Digijet FI > (with a > Vanagain high...
  • Re: Vacuum Brake Booster
    Historical mailing list - Helen Fahy
    Fri, 23 Aug 2002 11:41:32 -0400
    ...This warning functionality, > internal master cylinder seal failure, was dropped starting with the '85 > Digijet models. > > The models listed above with the three terminal...
  • 1985 Vanagon 1.9l Digijet No Start
    Historical mailing list - Mark Pinnell
    Mon, 7 Nov 2022 07:11:18 -0500
    Hi All, Looking for suggestions/next steps. Pearl has been running like a top for 10K miles this summer, until last Tuesday... Fired right...
  • Re: 1.9L to 2.1L Swap
    Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
    Tue, 20 Jun 2000 11:57:41 -0700
    ...Regarding the EFI, both work equally well, why bother to switch? The Digifant and Digijet systems are very similar, with the Digifant slightly cleaner...
  • Re: What's going on in my Engine...
    Historical mailing list - John Flaherty
    Sun, 7 Jan 2001 11:16:46 -0500
    ...I have an 85 with Digijet FI and the cap fix in > the AFM. The Van has been running nice for quite a while...
  • Re: 022D computer in 1983 Westfalia?
    Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
    Tue, 11 Mar 2003 15:13:54 -0500
    ...the RPM range The older 83 to 85 vans used the digijet injection as did all the European vans including the 10 to 1...
  • Re: Soliciting VW Engine Recommendations
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Tue, 21 Jan 2014 23:54:15 -0500
    ...Doing this on a 2.1 WBX Vanagon allows one to keep some of > the 2.1 parts. (air cleaner etc.) With Digijet, how...
  • Re: Idle goes to 1,800 in Park
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Wed, 10 Oct 2012 13:51:20 -0700
    ...1 fuel injection system ? > or does it still use 1.9 Digijet into which a 2.1 long block has been installed ? > > two different...
  • Re: Are waterboxers junk?ECU CHIP.
    Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
    Fri, 24 Apr 1998 09:52:48 -0700
    ...Whoa there! > VW made the switch from the 1.9 with Digijet fuel injection to the 2.1 with >Digifant for the 1986 model...
  • Oops, was: Re: Exhaust struts
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Fri, 14 May 1999 01:44:39 -0400
    ...Exhaust struts > > > > Volks -- Bentley shows three struts on the left-hand side exhaust for the > > DigiJet. I have two: from bracket on collector pipe...
  • Re: Vanagon/Subaru Deep Thoughts...use a Link computer
    Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
    Fri, 1 Jun 2001 20:22:56 +1200
    ...Would it be possible to use the Subaru >> engine, but incorporate the stock Digijet FI system? I have directed two subaruvanagon listees to Link...
  • 2.1/1.9 mix
    Historical mailing list - J. Andrew Eichelberger
    Sat, 13 Apr 2002 11:31:08 -0400
    ...The core, starter, and throttle body are of the 2.1 variety, but I used the coolant system, exhaust, and Digijet system from the...
  • Re: ECU firmware location
    Historical mailing list - pdooley
    Sat, 15 Sep 2007 10:28:28 -0400
    ...anybody know if the firmware for our ECU's (Digifant or Digijet) > resides completely on the 2732 EPROM or is part of it contained...
  • AFM Idle Mixture Screw - loosey goosey
    Historical mailing list - Skip
    Sun, 22 Jun 2014 15:26:40 +0000
    ...make a few minor adjustments" realm and risk it all... '84 Digijet, 2.2 L GoWesty kit into a 1.9 case. My idle...
  • Re: Digijet Euro ECU tuning
    Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
    Wed, 13 Nov 2002 06:21:16 EST
    In a message dated 11/12/2002 8:19:44 PM Eastern Standard Time, LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes: > Could you explain how you...
  • Re: Digifant timing/tuning help needed
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Fri, 28 May 2010 05:45:41 -0400
    Sorry I missed the "Digifant" vs. "Digijet". The 2.1L Digifant does control the spark advance with the ECU. AFM and temp sensor are...
  • digijet fuel pressure
    Historical mailing list - Steve Sandlin
    Wed, 1 Aug 2001 13:27:52 -0500
    <html><div style='background-color:'><DIV>I was working on my '84 this weekend, and checked fuel pressure.&nbsp; It was correct, both with...
  • Solution for Re: Vanagon Syndrome
    Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
    Thu, 6 Jan 2000 06:54:06 -0800
    ...scam -- they "cost reduced" the nice Bosch L-Jetronic >into the "Digijet" and "Digifant" systems. Most of the reduction was in >the ECU, which...
  • Re: emissions
    Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
    Wed, 3 Feb 1999 12:00:15 -0600
    ...If it is bouncing above and below 0.5 volts your digijet system is doing the best it can do. You must use a...
  • Re: 85 Vanagon starts hard
    Historical mailing list
    Fri, 7 Apr 1995 00:49:27 -0500 (EDT)
    ...I'm a little perturbed that I see in Bentley's FI chapter a section on air-cooled engines, one on Digijet, and one...
  • Re: At the pump fueling issue
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Sun, 13 Jul 2014 21:25:39 -0400
    ...At the pump fueling issue Good summer to you, Digijet, '84 Westy, 2.2 GoWesty kit in a 1.9 block. Last night I...
  • RE Bentley Thermostat housing torque values
    Historical mailing list - Thomas D. Hanlon
    Tue, 19 Nov 1996 08:39:14 -0500
    ...Note that the same 10 nm = 61 pound feet" value appears at the "thermostat housing" "specification" under "Water-cooled Digijet and Digifant" further down...
  • Re: 85 Vanagon Coolant leak
    Historical mailing list - John Anderson
    Thu, 15 Oct 1998 11:16:24 -0400
    Leo, On Digijet vans the thermostat housing and all the connections in that area are real suspect as well. If not the expansion tank...
  • Re: looking for Some used diesel parts.
    Historical mailing list - Joe Romas
    Fri, 5 Oct 2001 18:52:42 -0400
    ...I have not done a conversion to my vanagon but have messed with the digijet that's on the 1.9 models and am...
  • Re: Tuning question--long, sorry!
    Historical mailing list - Jim Henry
    Mon, 27 Feb 2006 16:58:23 -0500
    ...my 84 vanagon, they both suffer from pretty much the same digijet technology. Does anyone on the list have real hands-on experience with...
  • Re: 1.9L WBX Compression Test Question
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Fri, 16 Dec 2011 13:24:16 -0800
    ...and run very nicely off your Digijet Fuel Injection. My own personal 85 Adventurewagon has that set up ( manual trans though ) .. 2.1 long...
  • Re: Idle Speed Adjustment - 1988 GL
    Historical mailing list - David Bogle / Architecture
    Mon, 12 Oct 1998 10:53:42 -0400
    ...Only the Westy -- a 1980 model -- has the Digijet with > the spark-stabilization. The others are NA spec Digifants. > > > Is this the $210 item...
  • 85 westy stalls after it gets warm
    Historical mailing list - DRG
    Thu, 10 Sep 1998 15:08:54 -0400
    ...it's a standard thing maybe there's a solution...) 85 Digijet Westy, ran fine for 4 months after purchase, started running rough so...
  • Re: Engine is being flooded with fuel. Help??
    Historical mailing list - Rob Wright
    Sat, 24 Jul 2004 03:32:44 -0500
    ...if anyone has a good used one let me know?? this is the digijet model. On Friday, July 23, 2004, at 04:25 PM...
  • More troublingshooting information from DeLand, FL
    Historical mailing list - jhlauterbach
    Thu, 24 Nov 2011 18:29:35 -0800
    ...connected it to the FI cable and measured electrical resistance at connector to ECU as outlined in the DIGIJET manual. All resistance values in...