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  • Re: Headlight Alarm
    Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
    Mon, 1 Aug 2011 17:48:19 -0700
    ...www.shoebox-electronix.com/id53.html > > Jim makes headlight alarms and DigiJet and DigiFant ECU monitor > kits. To which I replied something like, "I...
  • Re: Digifant, barometers, and the AFM
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Mon, 1 Nov 1999 14:26:34 -0500
    ...reading of the Bosch book, the only altitude compensation in either Digijet (L-Jetronic) or Digifant 1 is provided by the O2 sensor. david...
  • '85 (Digijet) Hall Sensor Symptoms
    Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
    Mon, 28 Jan 2002 14:55:03 -0500
    I have had an occaisional no start problem with my '85 Westy. On one particular trip, I noticed it stalled after a long trip...
  • Re: black box above coil
    Historical mailing list - gary hradek
    Wed, 23 Apr 2003 07:57:13 -0700
    ...On the Digijet ('83.5-'85 1.9L gas engine), I believe that relay controls both. That means to depressurize the fuel system, pulling...
  • Re: Bad Idle Stabilizer?
    Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
    Thu, 29 Jan 2004 08:36:14 -0500
    Not on the Digijet! It is mechanic and vacuum advance! It is not controlled by the ECU! The stabilizer is out of the loop...
  • Re: Mailing from Japan
    Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
    Sun, 8 Apr 2007 14:31:07 -0700
    ...Off the top of my head, I'm not sure what FI system is used on the SA Vanagons, K-Jet, L-Jet/Digijet...
  • '85 westy fs - addendum
    Historical mailing list - Tony Moore
    Thu, 9 Apr 1998 11:12:12 -0700
    ...stereo, 35W X 4 -brakes completely gone over -fi system, bosch digijet, completely gone over -tranny fluid recently changed -coolant recently changed -recent tune...
  • Re: Need help to determine type of Hall control unit
    Historical mailing list - The Old Volks Home
    Tue, 13 Aug 2002 20:29:26 -0700
    ...84 Vanagon Digijet. ************************ George - Actually, there were/are 3 manufacturers of the Hall Control Unit mounted on the side firewall: Fairchild, Telefunken & Bosch. And...
  • Re: 81 aircooled won't start when cold
    Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
    Thu, 23 Dec 2004 10:56:42 -0500
    ...I don't no about The 83-85 Digijet? Craig Oda wrote: >Does the vanagon waterboxer have a cold-start valve, or is the...
  • Re: Measuring engine RPM based on Hall sender/coil signals
    Historical mailing list - tinker man
    Wed, 26 Sep 2007 03:58:05 +0200
    ...Measuring engine RPM based on Hall sender/coil signals > > Hello Volks, > > I have a 1990 2100cc Digijet engine (European model). I want to > measure...
  • Re: Identifying ECUs
    Historical mailing list - Mike Elliott
    Sat, 2 Aug 2008 16:39:40 -0700
    ...Says "Digijet" on it. >> >> I presume the two are swappable, given that they have the same part >> number. But I want to make sure...
  • Re: O2 Sensor Idea (long)
    Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
    Thu, 7 Sep 2006 17:24:31 -0700
    ...Your 85 is a Digijet FI system, using a single wire O2 sensor, just like my 84 Westy (and Calif Vanagons 80-83.5...
  • Re: 25 MPG Wasserboxer!
    Historical mailing list - Jack R.
    Mon, 23 Jun 2008 12:45:42 -0400
    ...The 2.1 AFM works great with with the digijet harness. On the trip down, I used the stock 1.9 ECU with a...
  • Re: Replacing radiator Fan Thermo switch questions
    Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
    Mon, 23 Aug 2021 12:05:17 -0400
    ...Meanwhile I am running a 2.1 on Digijet & no AC, so not sure if that makes any difference! Sent from my iPhone > On...
  • Re: more information on engine swap/fuel pump woes
    Historical mailing list - mark drillock
    Wed, 25 Apr 2012 14:37:35 -0700
    ...coil? Mark > Jess, I have been running into issues with the digijet fuel injection > harness lately in which the problems are caused by the...
  • Re: Anyone Tried the Pulstar Spark Plugs?
    Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
    Tue, 22 Feb 2011 13:49:46 -0800
    ...to a high performance MSD system that would be compatible with Digijet or Digifant FI system, which I don't think is (but I...
  • Re: Arduino and Vanagons
    Historical mailing list - Neil N
    Sun, 17 Nov 2013 12:03:06 -0800
    ...Can throttle position (if required by Digijet or Digifant) be roughly determined by the AFM wiper position? >>if anyone finds this interesting...here is...
  • Re: 88* Pre-ignition problems
    Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
    Mon, 19 Aug 1996 10:17:12 CST6CDT
    ...1988, 2109cc, 82kW with Digijet injection > Engine was completely renovated 18 months ago. when did the problem arise? after the rebuild or recently. My...
  • digitool and ecu service
    Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
    Thu, 17 Jun 1999 20:15:54 -0500
    ...I make a digitool for both the digifant and for the digijet ecus. I charge $100 for the digitool, this includes everything except shipping...
  • Re: Air vs. Water - pro's and con's
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Sun, 6 Aug 2000 19:00:38 -0400
    ...Digifant is a true digital >processor(like BMW Motronic) while the Digijet is a slower analog >processor(like BMW L-Jetronic). Being born of...
  • Re: Spare ECU
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Mon, 28 Feb 2011 01:02:20 -0500
    At 12:32 AM 2/28/2011, Old Volks Home wrote: >Digijet ECUs are abit more robust than the Digifant successor in my >experience...
  • Re: idle/full throttle switch replacement
    Historical mailing list - EMZ
    Thu, 6 Aug 1998 07:18:07 -0400
    ...they stay with the 2 > accessible switch system like on the Digijet <grumble>.) > Nope Follow the above. > I know Bill Dummitt told me that...
  • Re: Drowning 85' vanagon
    Historical mailing list - Mary Creasy
    Thu, 25 Jan 2007 20:49:54 -0500
    ...Vanagon syndrome for several weeks. > > This is a stock 1.9 digijet motor. > > It is literally drowning itself with fuel ~ ignition > in start / run...
  • Re: Power loss above 3000 rpms in 85 Westy
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Sun, 28 Jan 2007 10:56:36 -0500
    ...issue with my 85 Westy with a 2.1 wbx and digijet fi. The idle is fine and power is good below about 3000...
  • Re: O2 Sensor Idea (long)
    Historical mailing list - Budd Premack
    Thu, 7 Sep 2006 18:50:28 -0500
    ...The digifant models go into closed loop much sooner than the others which are mostly digijet. The digifant has a heated o2 sensor. So...
  • Re: No start hot
    Historical mailing list - Skip Laubach
    Sun, 27 Nov 2016 08:16:27 -0600
    ...I'm also a practitioner of replacing 32 year old ('84, Digijet) engine components, not all at once, but over time, to understand how...
  • 84 Westy & ECU replacement confusion - help!
    Historical mailing list - Sean O'Neil
    Fri, 25 Jun 1999 23:29:41 -0300
    Hi there, I have a 1984 Westy, 1.9L, automatic with digijet FI. My mechanic is sure that the ECU is dead. It won...
  • Re: digijet fuel pressure
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Wed, 1 Aug 2001 15:29:22 -0400
    Hi Steve -- At 02:27 PM 8/1/2001, Steve Sandlin wrote: >I was working on my '84 this weekend, and checked fuel pressure...
  • Re: [VW gas I4 Conversions] weird engine behavior, stops on downhill coasting, diagnostic help?
    Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
    Sat, 15 Sep 2018 20:06:57 -0700
    ...As > > soon as rpm drops back down to 1200 rpm, the injectors fire again > > > > With Digijet I believe the cutoff is at 1500 rpm...
  • Final Solution to Running Hot Problem
    Historical mailing list
    Thu, 11 May 2000 15:50:21 EDT
    ...I pulled out my digitool for digijet and at full hot it was saying the temp II sender was giving me .05 volts. So...
  • Re: DJ Compression Ratio
    Historical mailing list - Kim Springer
    Tue, 24 Jun 2008 20:04:12 -0700
    ...You could try running it with the European Digijet set up and see if it can handle running on the best fuel we have...
  • Re: Yet Even More About My Injectors
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
    Thu, 27 Dec 2007 17:50:25 -0800
    ...And like you have, I have a 2.1 running in an 83 westy ( for sale btw ) with digijet fuel system, and it does...
  • Re: Going air cooled on my water cooled? complexity?
    Historical mailing list
    Thu, 23 Nov 2000 15:01:49 -0700
    ...New cars with OBD II and III pollute far less per HP than our digifant and digijet vanagons. That's a fact. New cars...
  • Re: Will 90 Cabrio ISV Control unit fit 87 Vanagon?
    Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
    Wed, 23 Apr 2003 20:12:21 +0000
    ...My >Vanagon is Digijet, so I guess I still can't completely answer the >question. > >Bill >-------------------------- >Chris, > Are you saying the the 1990-1991...
  • Re: bad hall control unit = no spark?
    Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
    Fri, 11 Mar 2005 17:50:05 -0500
    ...Would a bad hall control unit cause this? The tiico reuses the > original digijet one, mine is the telefunken type, original to the van...
  • Re: Idle goes to 1,800 in Park
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Wed, 10 Oct 2012 14:45:01 -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: New O2 Sensor now stuttering
    Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
    Sun, 11 Apr 2010 19:55:09 -0700
    ...The European Digijets didn't even have one -- > couldn't, because they were still using leaded gas. And I drove Dutiful > Passage ('84 Westy...
  • Pulsing Idle- Digijet
    Historical mailing list
    Fri, 28 Nov 1997 22:46:54 -0500
    Sam Scholten <vwvanagon@YAHOO.COM> Writes: Hey volks, Great to be back. While my '84 is out of commission as I try to find...
  • Re: more information on engine swap/fuel pump woes
    Historical mailing list - den jolliffe
    Wed, 25 Apr 2012 14:00:38 -0700
    ...more information on engine swap/fuel pump woes > >Jess, I have been running into issues with the digijet fuel injection >harness lately in which...
  • Re: 025 906 021 C 1.9 ECU question
    Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
    Tue, 14 Apr 2009 08:51:21 -0400
    ...Any Vanagon 021 ECU will work in a digijet waterboxer Vanagon 83.5-85. Any Vanagon 022 ECU will work in a 2.1l...
  • Re: Gunky gas (was 84 digijet misfiring)
    Historical mailing list - Tonya Pope
    Tue, 25 Nov 1997 22:09:42 -0600
    Marcus, Dropping the tank might be worthwhile anyway, but you told me privately that your repair guy already pointed out a problem with the...
  • Re: Question about AVP 1.9 to 2.1
    Historical mailing list - David Bayer
    Tue, 23 Jun 1998 11:14:34 -0700
    ...I don't know if the digijet system will work on the slightly larger displacement engine so I cannot help on what you are...
  • Re: 84 Vanagon misfiring after overnights
    Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
    Thu, 21 Oct 1999 06:39:43 EDT
    ...I started by removing the connector from the ECU and reading the resistance across pins two and seven (digijet only). Next I compared that...
  • Troubleshooting Digijet fuel injection system.
    Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
    Tue, 10 Feb 2004 15:52:07 -0500
    I put together a simple electrical device I thought someone out there might like to also assemble and keep in their tool box. Our...
  • Re: Oil Pressure Switch ....gone
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Fri, 30 Mar 2012 18:45:53 -0700
    ...And I really like my 85 Adventurewagon with 2.1 long block and intake and exhaust systems..but still running Digijet. I assume you...
  • 84 digijet misfiring!?
    Historical mailing list - Marcus Elia
    Mon, 24 Nov 1997 20:47:14 -0400
    My first Vanagon list message... (am I supposed to feel nervous? 'cause I do, for some reason.) Well, hello everyone, I've been reading...
  • dying '86 automatic
    Historical mailing list - Marcus Elia
    Sun, 1 Mar 1998 16:36:37 -0500
    ...I wouldn't buy it because it's an automatic Digifant while my Van's a manual Digijet; my interest lies in helping a...
  • Re: april 2002 release of bentley cd
    Historical mailing list - Ed Carroll
    Thu, 14 Mar 2002 21:53:44 -0500
    ...Want more reference info on the Digijet system? He'll search their fuel injection books for references and tell you which ones might be...
  • Re: Measuring engine RPM based on Hall sender/coil signals
    Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
    Thu, 13 Sep 2007 06:38:15 -0700
    ...Mark tinker man wrote: > Hello Volks, > > I have a 1990 2100cc Digijet engine (European model). I want to > measure engine RPM without a strobe...
  • Re: 1986 Diesel Crew Cab Dropside Pickup (Transporter)
    Historical mailing list - David Marshall
    Sun, 1 Jun 2003 21:12:08 -0700
    ...More than likely Digijet - which is the same as the 83.5-85 Vanagons in North America. If it is a Diesel then it...
  • Re: 1.9 to 2.1 conversion, swapping harness/ecu
    Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
    Tue, 14 Apr 2009 08:46:15 -0400
    ...I just use the digijet system and I have never had any issues doing that. Have fun with your project. Ken Wilford John 3...
  • Re: 84 Westy ECU woes & JC Whitney
    Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
    Wed, 23 Jun 1999 14:17:07 -0700
    ...Jeez, seemed like a reasonable question > to me. > > So, has anyone tried this as an ECU replacement for their Digijet fueled > 84? > > (we're...
  • Re: Zip drive??
    Historical mailing list - james peters
    Fri, 19 Jan 2001 12:54:03 -0800
    ...Beetle <DIV></DIV>&gt;85 Vanagon <DIV></DIV>&gt;with a Digijet Digitool on the shelf (waiting for warmer weather, in <DIV></DIV>&gt...
  • Re: Working ranges for Temp sensor and AFM
    Historical mailing list - Javier
    Tue, 3 Apr 2001 07:35:01 -0000
    ...the subject says almost all; it is out of an 85, Digijet, Gas, > >Manual Trans, Vanagon GL > > > >Javier Zavala > > David Beierl - Providence, RI > http...
  • Re: OK, Really time for the rebuild, final thoughts...
    Historical mailing list - Chris S
    Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:10:34 -0500
    ...You can tweak even the US Digijet to give a bit more power than stock 90 hp. If you're going to use AMC...
  • Re: Fuel injectors
    Historical mailing list - Robert Goldfinch
    Sat, 20 Nov 1999 21:31:51 -0800
    ...As part > of the clean up from my fuel line job I started the van (84 1.9L digijet). > It ran lousy, but started...
  • Re: Hestitant starts, please help a rookie
    Historical mailing list - Mick Kalber
    Sun, 22 Apr 2001 12:56:50 -1000
    ...Also, if it's a digifant system (I think all the 89s are digifant, not digijet which will not work), you might consider doing...
  • Re: Cold idle mystery
    Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
    Thu, 17 Jun 2004 12:32:03 -0500
    ...ve gone through the Bently and done most of the electrical digijet > diagnostics (resistances of temp senders when cold and hot, etc.) > without finding...
  • Re: New Engine Wanted: 85 Vanagon
    Historical mailing list - Jon Durham
    Thu, 10 May 2012 07:16:05 -0500
    ...2.1 exhaust and complete intake on > them, but still run Digijet EFI and the 1.9 cooling system - this will > give you a...
  • Re: O2 sensors effect on power
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Tue, 6 Mar 2001 13:57:58 -0500
    ...power than a non-senosred digijet, because the digifant >will never set optimum power fuel mixture, while the digijet system can >be set to...