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• Re: Is the Digitool still available from someone???
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 9 Nov 2005 23:38:22 -0800
  ...I called it "VanagonDiag". > >> This device is reading many signals from the ECU like the Digitool . I > can > >> read the following info with my...
• Re: Wow, disaster anytime now ...
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 26 Feb 2013 13:43:17 -0800
  ...be 4 grounded injector wireson their way from ecu to each > injector. > therefore ...most likely ecu. > > > On 2/26/2013 1:13 PM, Steven...
• FS: Complete Digifant Setup
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Sat, 7 Jul 2001 17:52:04 -0400
  ...This is the final version of the Digifant ECU, the nice low chip count unit, never had a problem with it. I'm looking...
• Re: '87 ECU problem resolved
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Tue, 7 Dec 1999 18:34:47 -0800
  ...Sent the ECU to Darrell for his magic, got it back, >things seemed okay, but my FLAM insisted something was still wrong >because his...
• Re: 1.9l-strange throttle response
  Historical mailing list - Robert Steven Fish
  Thu, 16 Jan 2003 20:41:29 +0100
  Try trading out your ECU with a known good one. This was the symptom that my Golf was showing when they diagnosed it as...
• Re: Emisson Control unit question
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 11 Jun 2003 15:13:50 -0400
  ...That's assuming you have an aircooled -- the watercooled ECUs look for the Hall sensor pulses from the distributor. Cheaper and safer. david -- David...
• Re: 89' Wolfsy - Vanagon Syndrome
  Historical mailing list - Ed Hinchey
  Mon, 14 Jul 2003 09:59:40 -0400
  ...The ECU cooling blades were so hot, they could have burned my skin. I agree that something must be amiss if its running that...
• checking injectors for ohms.
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Mon, 25 Aug 2003 03:39:05 +0000
  ok this is the last question before i try and locate an ECU, seems i get the reading of .017 on each injector, btw...
• Re: Is ECU involved in getting power to fuel pump when turning ignition switch on?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 26 Jul 2007 07:51:30 -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: Ignition Switch "Su" Power
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 25 Jan 2013 13:13:05 -0800
  ...Jetta Motronic 2.9 uses a 0.5mm wire to ECU. Pretty sure it sends + to ECU so ECU will "turn on" and energize...
• Re Is this the Vanagon Syndrome?
  Historical mailing list - H R
  Mon, 2 Dec 2002 11:53:34 -0800
  ...Consider installing a new fuel pump relay, check the ground on the fuel pump and the ground for the ecu. I ran another separate...
• Re: Is ECU involved in getting power to fuel pump when turning ignition switch on?
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Mon, 23 Jul 2007 21:41:44 -0700
  ...The #1 pin is connexted to ECU. I believe the ECU feeds the #1 terminal with the pulsation current, which makes the high voltage...
• You can not fool Digifant...I tried
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Mon, 17 Jul 2000 17:14:40 EDT
  ...I think that trying to tricking the ECU into giving more fuel only throws the delicate micro-electrical balance the ECU maintains off, causing...
• Re: WTB: working ECU for 1.9L
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon
  Sat, 18 Aug 2012 20:07:26 -0700
  ...The 021C is the High > Performance ECU for European models without Closed Loop (O2). Got it > from Boston Bob a few years back, tuned...
• Re: Engine quit
  Historical mailing list - mdrillock
  Mon, 8 Sep 2008 15:35:11 -0700
  ...Finally, bad connection at ECU 25 pin, bad brown wire ground at ECU, or bad connection inside ECU itself. What is the vin# of...
• Re: Electrical Saga Continues
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 16 Mar 2002 12:11:43 -0500
  ...No, it's controlled by the ECU. It runs briefly at power-on to pressurise the system, and continuously when the ECU sees ignition...
• ECU Found (was Emergency - Need ECU)
  Historical mailing list - Jim Thompson
  Mon, 8 Sep 1997 17:30:01 EDT
  Kudos to Doug Bensen (db25@umail.umd.edu) for the suggestion to contact Kyle Wade at VW-Motorsports for an ECU. Kyle happened to...
• Euro-Drive: UPDATE 87 Volkswagen Vanagon, No-start
  Historical mailing list - "Randy Chevrier (by way of Derek Drew )"
  Wed, 20 Sep 2000 02:15:43 -0400
  ...TESTING AND RESULTS Hall effect voltage - No voltage to hall effect from ecu Power feed to ecu - Normal-battery voltage Grounds - Ground to ecu...
• Re: Vanagon Subaru engine rough at speed
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Thu, 2 Feb 2023 10:24:08 -0700
  ...So either Your VSS Is Not Working Correctly or The Signal It May Be Producing Is Not Getting To The ECU,,, If VSS Is...
• Re: 5 cyl conversion update?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Fri, 5 Feb 1999 19:51:55 -0800
  ...Doesn't have a knock > sensor though which is kind of standard on most of the newer ECUs... > > dave >> > >Uh, just think about this...
• Re: Here's a tip from Go Westy:
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Sun, 29 Mar 2020 15:13:13 -0400
  ...If you're having running issues, try rotating > your ECU 180 degrees. We've found that the wires, having been bent at an > extreme...
• Re: fuel rich/hesitation/flooding update
  Historical mailing list - Anthony L. Mourkas
  Sat, 5 Dec 1998 17:37:12 -0500
  ...Alternately, perhaps you know someone with a known good ECU that you could try on a trial basis??? Best wishes, Tony Anthony L. Mourkas...
• ECU Upgrade-chip ORDERED BUT it is not too LATE
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Mon, 28 Aug 2000 20:31:39 EDT
  I have ordered 21 ECU upgrade-chips. Boris, told me that for about the next week, you can still get in an order. They...
• Re: First ride of shame, fuel issue
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sat, 27 Jul 2019 18:07:40 -0400
  ...The ECU actually sends a signal to activate the fuel pump relay. > When this part of the ECU fails then the fuel pump relay...
• Re: FS: New AFM for '86-91
  Historical mailing list - Ari Ollikainen
  Tue, 9 Mar 1999 09:58:10 -0800
  ...Well that wasn't the problem [...SNIP...] >ECU's are almost never bad in Vanagons. It's the first thing >to be blamed because...
• Re: O2/ECU coaxial cable
  Historical mailing list - Steve Sandlin
  Thu, 8 Mar 2001 09:22:00 -0600
  ...Disconnect the large connector at the ECU, and disconnect the O2 sensor. Open the ECU connector shell on the harness, and you will see...
• Re: Unbelievable, was Re: Spare ECU
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 28 Feb 2011 01:38:53 -0500
  ...But the curious thing I'm finding in the ECUs is bad joints in small light parts that sit right on the board, in...
• Re: '86 ECU (digifant) needed!!!!!
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 6 Feb 1997 12:21:19 -0800
  >| I don't think that ECU's get damaged >| that much in crashes, so you have a fairly good chance of getting a good...
• Re: 2,1 stalling in rain
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Tue, 10 Nov 1998 05:28:36 -0600
  ...I removed the plug on the >ECU, it was dry. The ECU was wet on the outside, but it must have been >wet before...
• Re: Temp II (for ECU) Sensor: Voltage Range?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sat, 28 Sep 2013 09:56:14 -0700
  ...My question is moot! If a given sensor connected to ECU was seeing anywhere near 12 Volts, something would be horribly wrong. Neil. On...
• Re: Bucko update
  Historical mailing list - H R
  Mon, 2 Dec 2002 18:31:07 -0800
  ...The ECU. Now I told you last week that I swapped the ECU and then it was OK. The ECU I swapped to is...
• Re: What exactly is a SCT X3 Reflasher?
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Sun, 27 May 2012 11:41:50 -0700
  Those of us with the Bostig conversions have the SCT to change the ECU programming when Jim comes up with a different or better...
• Re: Engine died, ecu quick look
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 30 Mar 2020 12:07:01 -0400
  > > Put the ecu back together and in van yesterday. Maybe it will come our for > photo shoot :-) > That board I shot yesterday is on...
• Re: full throttle switch boost - HOW TO?
  Historical mailing list - Chris Stann
  Thu, 30 Aug 2001 10:43:11 -0500
  ...Way to subtle for you and I to feel, but the >superior intellect residing within the ECU of our vans knows that it's...
• Re: a bit of an idling puzzle
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Wed, 29 Aug 2007 14:16:56 -0400
  It sounds like your engine is doing ok in open loop mode (ignoring sensor input) but then when the ECU tries to go closed...
• Re: ECU needed for '87 Syncro (Bosch 025 906 022 D)
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:51:17 -0700
  I just took the ECU out of my van for a Subaru transplant. I think its a Triumph/Adler 025 906 022 - I'll...
• Engine turns - Fails to start - Trouble Shooting
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Fri, 6 Jun 2014 10:36:48 -0500
  ...But that could be the coil, the hall sender or the ECU. The Hall sender sends a timing signal to the ECU that tells...
• Re: Fuel Injector (or wiring) Question: Deceleration, Fuel Shutoff Mode
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 27 Jul 2012 18:47:31 -0400
  Scott pretty much answered this but to clear, if you open the ECU you will see that all 4 injector wires go to the...
• Re: Fuel tank removal disappointment
  Historical mailing list - Wolfgang Ziegler
  Fri, 5 Sep 2003 18:08:50 -0400
  ...On my 88GL I had a leaking rear heater core - humidity caused the connector on the ECU to form a white deposit and faulty...
• Re: 87 vanagon quit while driving
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Wed, 26 Sep 2012 11:20:03 -0700
  ...O2 heater ECU (though I think none to few parts of ECU use power, key to 15) ISV computer in front of tail light...
• ECU Question
  Historical mailing list - Denys Mueller
  Fri, 10 Oct 1997 14:40:24 -0700
  Hi all, I decided to check the ECU on my '86 Westy to see if it had been replaced by the PO. While I...
• Re: Is ECU involved in getting power to fuel pump when turning ignition switch on?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Wed, 25 Jul 2007 19:51:13 -0700
  ...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: ECU Digital
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 15 May 2022 08:26:03 -0500
  ...https://vancafe.com/8691-ecu-electrical-diagnosis-tool/ On Sun, May 15, 2022 at 8:00 AM John Rodgers <jrodgers113@gmail.com> wrote: > Eric...
• Re: 'Boxer Rebellion' revisited (Tii content).
  Historical mailing list - Undetermined origin c/o LISTSERV administrator
  Fri, 12 May 2000 13:17:36 -0700
  ...I also would > very much like to find a wiring schematic pertaining to these 'new' SA > ECU's. By the way, my kit also...
• Parts for sale
  Historical mailing list - Steve
  Wed, 13 Oct 2004 08:24:48 -0700
  ...Rubber boots are nice and pliable and not cracked.... $65 + shipping cost (less than 1 Lb) ECU 0 251 200 284/285 Fuel pump...
• Re: Is ECU involved in getting power to fuel pump when turning ignition switch on?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 23 Jul 2007 20:18:21 -0400
  ...Pin 3 on the ECU operates the fuel pump relay by completing the chassis ground. Pin #1 takes a signal from the start circuit...
• Re: Rich on side, lean the other?
  Historical mailing list - tinker man
  Tue, 18 Sep 2007 02:30:05 +0200
  Simple answer? Because it's connected that way at the ECU - take a look INSIDE the ECU where the connector is soldered to the...
• Re: Jetta relay questions (Vanagon conversion)
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:44:52 -0700
  ...I understand it supplies power > > to the ECU. > > > > But you've raised a good question. > > > > Does an ECU typically need power (from 50 connection...
• knock sensors
  Historical mailing list - David Bayer
  Sun, 7 Jun 1998 14:28:44 -0700
  ...be the only real deterant from replacing the digifant ecu with a digifant II ecu (one of which I was given with a single...
• Re: Vanagon/Subaru Deep Thoughts
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Thu, 31 May 2001 17:55:10 -0700
  With all the grief I read on this mailing list concerning the VW fuel injection system and ECU, wouldn't it make more sense...
• Re: Idle stabilizer
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 10 Jan 2002 16:34:37 -0500
  ...This might be why they seem to have more heat-related problems than the 1.9 ECUs -- or it might be the mounting location...
• Re: [1985 Digijet] Need help diagnosing no injector power - solved
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 2 May 2003 06:41:33 -0700
  Yep, that wire is the one that carries the hall sensor data to the ECU. The ECU won't fire the injectors unless it...
• Re: what controlls the fuel pump
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Thu, 17 Apr 2003 12:06:12 -0400
  ...The ECU controls the injectors. Cheers, Doug >Does the air flow meter turn the fuel pump on and off or does the ecu do...
• Re: Fuel injection problem
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Sun, 21 Nov 2004 19:06:58 -0500
  ...I would unplug the ECU and test the injector resistance back through the harness. Unplug them one at a time and watch for a...
• Green shielded wire for O2 sensor
  Historical mailing list - Steve Sandlin
  Wed, 3 Nov 1999 21:14:16 -0600
  ...The shielded wire is to prevent spark plug noise, etc from entering the ECU through the sensor circuit. You will notice that the shield...
• Re: Engine is being flooded with fuel. Help??
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Fri, 23 Jul 2004 16:45:53 -0400
  ...The >>ECU >>pulses the injectors this way. The relays have nothing to do with the >>pulsing. The ECU relay is on whenever the key...
• Re: Engine is being flooded with fuel. Help??
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 23 Jul 2004 10:53:20 -0700
  ...The ECU controls the fuel pump relay. The fuel pump relay also provides +12 to all injectors. The ECU runs the pump for a...
• Re: O2-sensor results with digital voltmenter
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 23 Dec 2011 11:24:44 -0500
  ...At idle the ECU lean-rich-lean cycle is a few seconds long (you can probably hear the engine note change slightly). Typical digital...
• Re: engine surge on idle ,, '85 vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Dean Paul Karpowicz
  Mon, 4 Apr 1994 12:15:58 -0500 (CDT)
  If the ECU is really the root of this surging thing we should demand (yea, right!!) Volkswagen to replace them. It seems to me...
• Re: O2 Sensors, and harness connetion failure
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Tue, 6 Mar 2001 12:52:54 EST
  ...The O2 sensor doesn't control the ECU, engine, or the AFM. The O2 sensor harness, has been written up in the technical bulletins...