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• Re: 87 Digifant idle problems
  Historical mailing list - KENWILFY
  Fri, 5 Dec 1997 15:45:19 EST
  There is a test you can do on the air flow meter to see if it is working or not. It is in the...
• Re: Who is Mike Miller???......
  Historical mailing list - Mick Kalber
  Wed, 3 Oct 2001 16:41:40 -1000
  ...I thought I'd gotten > comfortable with the list jargon --- ECU, Digifant, Digijet, Digiwife ---- and > now I am bemused by this new term. Is...
• Re: More rant on grounds and vanagon syndrome
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 10 Apr 2003 12:02:58 -0700
  ...I wonder why they changed it for the next 7 years with the Digifant? Mark Steve Delanty wrote: > .............. > I believe that part of the...
• Re: Vanagon and VW Rabbit
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Wed, 9 Jan 2019 17:24:22 -0500
  ...Thankfully > the Vanagons used the Digijet and Digifant systems which are electronic. > These CIS systems were very ingenious in the way they controlled fuel...
• Re: Hestitant starts, please help a rookie
  Historical mailing list - Phil Menchions
  Sun, 22 Apr 2001 19:12:24 -0400
  ...I haven't tried them yet. > > Also, if it's a digifant system (I think all the 89s are digifant, not > digijet which will...
• Re: [VW gas I4 Conversions] weird engine behavior, stops on downhill coasting, diagnostic help?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 14 Sep 2018 14:12:24 -0400
  ...It's a little more complicated with Digifant. The engine has to have achieved 3,000 rpm before decel mode can be invoked,** and...
• Re: Coincidence?
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Fri, 28 Aug 2015 06:55:15 -0300
  ...Irregular idle can have many sources, especially with the Digifant > system. > > Stuart >
• Digifant Fuel Injection
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 25 Mar 2009 11:54:30 -0500
  Firstly - Deke Rivers post - Subject: Increased Idle Speed with AC - prompted this post. In response ot Deke's post I got into my FI...
• High Idle on 87
  Historical mailing list - Dave
  Wed, 21 May 1997 22:34:58 -0500
  High Idle on 87 2.1 l Digifant I did some more trouble shooting today. I checked the throttle return = spring, it works fine...
• Re: Head gasket replacement
  Historical mailing list - Mark Gajewski
  Fri, 11 Sep 1998 12:32:43 -0400
  ...Joseph Tu wrote: > Hello listees, > > I was just wondering who sells the head gasket sets for a 2.1 digifant at > a good price...
• Exhaust Gas Analyzers
  Historical mailing list - yahi
  Thu, 11 Mar 1999 01:02:36 -0800
  ...While not inexpensive, but compared to some Digifant components that can't fully or as easily be diagnosed without one, they don't sound...
• Re: Digitool
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 14 Oct 1999 22:53:47 -0400
  ...invention is posted at: > >http://scribers.midwest.net/midwesty/vw/Vanagon/DigiFantTool/ > >Possibly Darrell still makes these for us >small-parts-solder-challenged. Parts...
• Checking TEMPI & TEMPII sensors.
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Tue, 15 Aug 2000 17:10:12 EDT
  ...Drive Safely & Good Luck Ken Lewis <Kernersville,NC> 86 VW crewcab;60 356B Coupe -------------------------------------------------- *DIGIFANT wiring harness only. ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR...
• Re: Vanagon's and Carburetors - Again
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Wed, 13 Aug 2008 11:27:33 -0400
  ...And I doubt whether a well tuned carbureted waterboxer would be THAT much more polluting than a digifant with a failing ECU or worn...
• digitool
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Wed, 23 Sep 1998 11:14:11 -0500
  ...The tool started out as a break outbox (all digifant pins available to meter or probe). I then added some LEDs for instant information...
• Intake manifold hose
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
  Fri, 26 Jun 2020 09:32:48 -0700
  ...If they do fit on as intended what is the opinion on having additional hose clamps? Thanks, Bruce 86 Westy Syncro (2.1 Digifant)
• Re: Broken down in bishop ca!
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 28 May 2013 21:28:14 -0700
  ...Anyone have any tips? Tranny replacement? > > Tim > 2.0 aba digifant 1.8 head > Converted from 82 diesel > > Sent from Yahoo! Mail on Android >
• engine braking
  Historical mailing list - Karl Bloss
  Wed, 14 Oct 1998 09:11:22 +0000
  One of the things I found out about with Darrell Boehler's Digifant tool is that the throttle switch (TS) cuts the fuel injection...
• Re: Low thermo reading=hesitation?
  Historical mailing list - E. Miskow
  Thu, 10 Dec 1998 03:12:26 EST
  ...year among other things to quell the hesitation for example, AFM, digifant EFI fuel sensors, ground wires on both heads and AFM, dielectric grease...
• 'FS: 1990 Volkswagen Vanagon GL
  Historical mailing list - Floyd Truskot
  Fri, 16 Apr 1999 22:09:02 -0400
  1990 Volkswagen Vanagon GL, 2.1 digifant engine, 150,900 miles. Burgundy with large gray and black side body moldings with matching bumpers, front...
• Re: 3rd stage cooling fan relay (for a/c)
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 17 Apr 2001 17:44:07 -0400
  ...At 04:50 PM 4/17/2001, Damian Shaw wrote: >For Digifant Vanagons (and probably others) there is a 3rd stage cooling >fan relay...
• just installed capacitor
  Historical mailing list - Greg Stelz
  Sat, 2 Mar 2002 10:19:48 -0800
  ...This is supposed to solve the intermittent syndrome that we experience with the Digifant system. A had experienced the syndrome twice on a cross...
• idle control valve / idle stabilizer trouble shooting
  Historical mailing list - mykarmann
  Mon, 6 Jan 2003 10:28:18 -0500
  ...I have 91 which runs fine but before I start swapping digifant items I'd like to have an idea were to start. Is...
• Re: Anyone seen Gowesty's Digifiant replacement?
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Wed, 18 Jul 2018 09:31:21 -0400
  ...The digifant system is actually very reliable. Instead, lets create > a new system out of parts, and use you as our test subjects... You...
• Re: STILL BUCKING & KICKING!!!
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Sun, 13 Aug 2000 13:12:46 -0400
  ...This was causing our Digifant ECU much confusion. 2) the injectors are supposed to be seated and sealed in the head by small rubber...
• Fw: Fw: necesito acesoria
  Historical mailing list - Andy
  Mon, 24 Jan 2000 20:44:37 -0800
  ...and recommend a good service manual referencing fuel injection for the digifant and how much. (i quess for the tech manual) Sin mas por...
• Re: Strange Idle behavior: Cause found
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:49:55 -0500
  ...Does anybody know if the ISV from digifant Golf/Jettas are compatible? I have a bucket with about 10 ISV's from these cars...
• 5 amp fuse?
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
  Fri, 26 Feb 2021 18:23:11 -0800
  ...engine compartment against the firewall, lives a 5 amp fuse. (1986 Digifant Westy Syncro) Can someone please let me know what is its purpose...
• Re: Visual Difference(s) between 1.9L & 2.1L Distributors?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 5 Jun 2016 01:46:48 -0400
  ...The 1.9 distributor for the Digifant has both a vacuum and mechanical advance mechanisms. The 2.1 Digijet is fixed as the timing...
• Re: Looking for a good used Air flow meter 1.9
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Mon, 10 Aug 2009 22:17:33 -0400
  ...I'm not sure if those meters are the same as the 2.1 digifants. If they do interchange, then I have 5 or...
• Re: Digifant 21. MV High Fuel Consumption
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Tue, 19 May 2009 09:31:08 -0400
  Dave, don't think of it as a poor mileage car. Think of it as the best mpg motorhome that was ever made. Check...
• Re:Has anyone R&R'd the distributor in a sy
  Historical mailing list - Steve Hoge
  Tue, 23 Apr 1996 19:03:13 -0700
  About Syncro distributor assemblies, Fred writes: >Has anyone replaced the distributor assembly in a 2.1 syncro digifant? >Where did you get your part...
• Re: need dealer part # for coolant temp sensor
  Historical mailing list - L&A Johnson
  Wed, 30 Jun 1999 17:23:34 -0400
  ...1 pin sender, VW 049 919 501, for dash temperature gauge, is threaded 2 pin sender, VW 251 919 501, for input to Digifant...
• Re: Mike Millered again!
  Historical mailing list - Mick Kalber
  Wed, 3 Oct 2001 22:33:00 -1000
  ...The Digifant ECU was AFU, I was SOL. To make things worse, my sliding door handle was BenT! I've since installed load D...
• Re: FS: parts from 87 van
  Historical mailing list - George Wietor
  Fri, 5 Apr 2002 14:36:28 -0800
  ...rusty to bother with new > engine, so I'm taking the Digifant computer to try > and make in working order. > > Seats are grey. Both...
• Re: Help Wiring O2 Sensor
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Sun, 27 Apr 2003 13:33:03 -0700
  ...I'll try and photograph and document all the ground points I find when I rip my digifant stuff out in another week or...
• Re: 1.9 VS. 2.1-worth upgrading?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Wed, 4 Jun 2003 00:26:38 -0400
  ...I installed the Digifant system and the entire 2.1l cooling system. I live in Phoenix, and have a lot of high speed straight...
• flooding tip
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Hill
  Mon, 20 Oct 2003 12:43:12 -0500
  ...They seem to be much more prone to this problem than the later digifant models. Chuck Hill
• Re: Engine Rebuild Advice Please
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:39:37 -0800
  ...And I'm starting to like Digijet fuel injection more than Digifant, a lot more actually. I am fitting a 2.1 waterboxer oil...
• Re: 1.9 Digifant with poor milage and low top-end power.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 26 Feb 2010 10:01:58 -0800
  ...1.9 Digifant with poor milage and low top-end power. > hey greg did you check to see what full advance you are getting...
• Header from Ahnendorp
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Thu, 8 Jun 2000 13:19:22 -0400
  ...the downdraft webers for the wbx on the same page. (not that I would ever want to part with my digifant!) Gary [text/html]
• Re: fuel pressure gauge
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Sat, 20 Jan 2001 07:52:46 -0800
  ...work for any fuel rail FI system that VW has > (Digijet, Digifant I + II and Motronic). > > These gauges go to 11BAR (160PSI) and have...
• Re: Behr AC manual
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:18:04 -0700
  ...I also have the Digifant and Digijet Training factory manuals in PDF form. On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 12:58 PM, Raimund Feussner...
• Re: GoWesty 2.4 L Engine
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Tue, 23 Mar 2010 10:59:29 -0400
  ...Eastern Daylight Time, > greg@POTTSFAMILY.CA writes: > > Mixing and matching > components is not plug-and-play going between digifant and digijet. > > > > > hey Greg It...
• Digifant II O2 sensor....My questions answered...
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 6 Aug 2014 20:58:06 -0700
  ...I kept the digifant engine management and used the 1.8 liter head because it fits into the vanagon using VW diesel engine mounting...
• Re: digijet FI adjustments-Digifant
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 13 Oct 2004 19:56:17 -0400
  Here is the procedure for the Digifant system. Note that it is easier as there are no vacuum controls on the distributor. Engine close...
• Hesitation, HELP
  Historical mailing list - Scarlett Semko
  Fri, 15 Jan 1999 16:10:20 -0500
  ...FWIW I did the same 'cure' to my son's > '92 8 valve 1.8 liter Golf with Digifant; after first carefully perusing > the...
• Re: Interpreting Digitool Test Results?
  Historical mailing list - Joe L.
  Sun, 14 Mar 1999 12:32:42 -0500
  I have seen references to this "Digifant tool" from time to time. Did Darrell make a DigiJET counterpart? If so, where can one be...
• Re: gas mileage
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Fri, 9 Sep 2005 20:50:48 -0500
  ...in the digital fuel injection, both Digijet (which you have) and the Digifant (of the 86-91 buses), it's more a question of...
• Re: Digifant II quirky issue. 3000 RPM rev limit?
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Wed, 10 May 2017 23:02:26 -0400
  I'm suspecting the ECU having gone into some kind of magical limp mode. I checked the timing at 2000 rpm with Temp 2...
• TCWBC Head Count request
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Thu, 7 Feb 2013 17:56:46 -0500
  ...Happy Trails, Greg Potts Toronto, Ontario Canada 197x Westfakia "Bob the Tomato" 1988 Wolfsburg Weekender Hardtop - Inline 4 2L 8V Digifant Engine conversion blog...
• High Idle until warm
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
  Thu, 17 Nov 2011 19:32:15 -0800
  ...The motor is 1986 digifant. I have a relatively short commute to work and by the time I get there the van is idling...
• Happy new year ??
  Historical mailing list - Calle Fallberg
  Fri, 31 Dec 1999 22:18:38 +0100
  ...will keep on going anyway, I have looked all over the digifant cpu and it doesn�t say "microsoft" or "macintosh/apple" anywhere ;-) so...
• Re: Knock Sensor Kit for A 86-91 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Sat, 18 Nov 2000 17:33:53 +0000
  ...answer.? Lawrence Johnson wrote: > > Mark, I was not aware that the Digifant ECU had any "knock sensor" input. What > control module would you use...
• van prices /how many miles
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Atkins
  Sun, 8 Jul 2001 10:08:14 -0400
  ...I also have an audi 3A 2.0 on an engine stand that I am converting to run on Digifant II ,waiting to go...
• 1.9 to 2.1 wbx swap questions
  Historical mailing list - Karl M
  Thu, 10 Oct 2002 00:00:33 -0400
  ...I am trying to decide whether to use the Digijet or the Digifant fuel system, also the old 1.9 cooling hose setup or...
• Re: Tri Star Syncro for sale
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Fri, 18 Oct 2002 08:02:55 +0200
  ...Converted to automatic with a Digifant 2.1, modified > Carat bumpers, modified Carat upholstery and overhead AC. I'm sick about it. > I was...
• Re: Actual Vanagon content!!
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Sun, 25 Apr 2004 23:12:25 -0400
  ...25 Apr 2004, tmiller wrote: > Has anyone tried to use a Digifant ECU for the same year VW Golf or > Jetta? I was specifically...
• =?utf-8?Q?Re=3A_Are_all_2.1_engines_digifant=3F?=
  Historical mailing list - Mike Holm Toronto
  Mon, 5 May 2014 05:57:47 -0400
  ...Are all 2.1 engines digifant? Could you please provide the link to where you DownLoaded the 1000+Page Bentley from ~ I have a...
• Re: [VW gas I4 Conversions] weird engine behavior, stops on downhill coasting, diagnostic help?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sat, 15 Sep 2018 22:56:18 -0700
  ...It’s an external computer that was integrated into later year Digifant ECUs for other VW engines. It controls every aspect of closed throttle...