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• NO spark 2.1L Digifant
  Historical mailing list - Sidney White
  Fri, 16 May 2003 11:19:17 EDT
  Me again, did all the test on Bentley, they indicated bad hall sensor and ECu, replaced both. Got rebuilt ECU from Ken, still no...
• What's wrong with ECU out of 86
  Historical mailing list - Bill H.
  Fri, 16 Jul 2004 22:28:17 -0700
  I see a number of ECUs for sale that came out of an 86 and they don't seem to sell very well. Is...
• ECU for 2.1 gone
  Historical mailing list - Harry Hoffman
  Sat, 18 Aug 2012 11:24:58 -0400
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• ECU NEEDED
  Historical mailing list - Sidney White
  Fri, 25 Apr 2003 15:17:58 EDT
  For a 2.1L digifant, 1987 Westy Sidney in New Orleans
• WBX DJ-code ECU/harness schematic
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Sun, 3 Aug 2008 12:31:17 -0400
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• Darrell Boehler's digifant tool
  Historical mailing list - William Dummitt
  Mon, 13 Jul 1998 14:07:15 -0400
  ...While I used a spare ECU, the modification is benign enough that I am not worried about it damaging the ECU. In fact, I...
• Re: Hall sender bad? Unt why?
  Historical mailing list - *****************
  Fri, 23 Mar 2007 16:59:12 -0500
  ...Could the bad rotor (if it is bad) kill an >otherwise good ECU? > >Thanks for any ideas on this one. I'm not driving...
• Re: digijet tool testing
  Historical mailing list - Scarlett Semko
  Sun, 2 Aug 1998 21:58:30 -0400
  ...We > tested the ecu with cable and all was fine. We connected the tool to the > ecu and we had a no start. We...
• No Juice to ECU -87
  Historical mailing list - van man
  Sun, 8 Dec 2002 14:46:09 -0800
  ...So this morning I started doing most the ECU/Ignition test in the bently - everything seemed to check out ok. I hopped in and...
• Re: '86GL - fuel or ignition?
  Historical mailing list - Matt Sutton
  Mon, 4 Sep 2006 19:46:56 -0400
  ...Ken Wilford of vanagain.com gave me a tip about the wiring between the O2 sensor and the ECU: the signal voltage from the...
• Re: WTB: Injector Driver Module
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 24 Aug 2012 16:21:32 -0700
  ...it's good to have a spare ecu of course. I think I have seen exactly one bad 1.9 ECU ever. I'm...
• Re: Rich on side, lean the other?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Mon, 17 Sep 2007 21:22:07 -0700
  ...Rich on side, lean the other? Simple answer? Because it's connected that way at the ECU - take a look INSIDE the ECU where...
• Re: amusing, perhaps intriguing ECU auction
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Fri, 9 Dec 2005 23:39:50 -0800
  ...amusing, perhaps intriguing ECU auction I noticed the following ebay auction today: < http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1,1...
• Re: Poor Hot Start Discovery - midway through solution
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sun, 26 Aug 2012 09:07:48 -0700
  "Also do not step on the accelerator pedal when starting, this causes flooding." I thought the ECU controlled how much fuel the injectors spray...
• Re: (no subject)
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 28 Feb 2000 20:19:18 EST
  ...I don't know what an ECU is. I just got off the phone with the previous owner (my dad) who is telling me...
• Fixed hesitation problem (ECU)
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sun, 30 Sep 2001 22:02:45 -0400
  ...I replaced the ECU using another vintage '84 unit (obviously a better one, though) and the problem is GONE. Very responsive now. How 'bout...
• Re: o2 sensor wire
  Historical mailing list - Greg Marshall
  Tue, 9 Apr 2002 08:04:53 -0400
  ...The shield (similar ro a coaxial shield) is grounded in the > ECU. The center wire carries the signal voltage to the ECU. > > Steve
• Re: Actual Vanagon content!!
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 27 Apr 2004 14:50:28 -0400
  ...So why is it that a 1.9 >ECU doesnt work with a 2.1? Maybe it would... If you replace the whole system...
• Re: Is ECU involved in getting power to fuel pump when turning ignition switch on?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Mon, 23 Jul 2007 20:52:06 -0700
  ...Is ECU involved in getting power to fuel pump when turning > ignition switch on? > > Take another look. Pin 3 on the ECU operates the...
• Re: WANTED: Pictures of Syncro engine compartment
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Sat, 26 Jul 2008 15:50:08 -0400
  DJ-code is a European WBX with 112 hp and a DIGIJET ECU. The engine code is at the base of the oil breather...
• Re: ECU: burned parts. PICS (Jetta Engine in Vanagon)
  Historical mailing list - Jon VonOhlsen
  Mon, 15 Sep 2014 12:47:12 -0600
  ...Is the schematic for the ECU available someplace? > > Given that ECUs are endangered, does the list knowledge know if anyone has attempted to transfer...
• Re: Temp Gauge High on Startup + Blinking Light
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 3 May 2011 18:12:51 -0700
  hey ! ..that's an ECU self-check feature ? really ? I thought it was just to check that that red LED works. ( There is no...
• Re: Is ECU involved in getting power to fuel pump when turning ignition switch on?
  Historical mailing list - Billy Hirt
  Mon, 23 Jul 2007 23:24:08 -0400
  ...Is ECU involved in getting power to fuel pump when turning > ignition switch on? > > Take another look. Pin 3 on the ECU operates the...
• Re: First ride of shame, fuel issue
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Sun, 28 Jul 2019 17:08:11 -0400
  ...With the pump energized the ECU "fires" the injectors by completing > that circuit to ground. The ECU operates the fuel pump during cranking > sensing...
• Re: Embarrasment, ECU, Pressure Regulator and Temp Sensor
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Mon, 5 Oct 1998 11:58:51 -0400
  ...Finally I tapped components in the ECU with > a toothbrush and the problem went away for ?4 years. > > > Recently it returned with a vengeance...
• ECU Chip Upgrade and Digifant Tool
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Danrich
  Wed, 13 Sep 2000 18:30:29 -1000
  ECU Chip Upgrade and the Digifant Tool: So hear I go on a learning journey of the use of the Digifant Tool and what...
• ECU Chip, Rockers, Speeding the Death of an Engine?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Nettles
  Fri, 16 Feb 2001 15:11:52 -0500
  Hello Volkses! I'm contemplating the ECU chip and rocker upgrade, and was curious if anyone knew what sort of stress it puts, if...
• AFM, ECU, Wiring harness, tail light on eBay
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 15 Oct 2001 19:14:57 -0700
  ...ITEM eBay Auction Number Left Side Tail Light 596781157 2.1L engine harness 596780439 2.1L Digifant ECU 596779294 2.1L Digifant AFM 596778146...
• Re: opendigifart
  Historical mailing list - Dan Brideau
  Wed, 15 Mar 2006 09:57:39 -0500
  ...On 3/15/06, steve vitale <steve@newsie.net> wrote: > has anyone thought about replacing the ECU entirely with an open design like > EPIC...
• Re: ECU
  Historical mailing list - Aaron Gibson
  Tue, 13 Feb 2001 07:38:12 -0500
  I bet the list is full of Avionics Nerds. Just my .02
• Re: Need ECU and Chip Info
  Historical mailing list - Mick Kalber
  Sat, 3 Nov 2001 23:44:31 -1000
  ...I had the 022 ECU (unknowingly) when I bought the chip. I upgraded to the 022D... found someone on the east coast with one...
• Re: ECU compatability ?'s, need references
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Wed, 24 Sep 2008 18:22:20 -0700
  Essentially all of the California ECU's interchange with each other. Here's a post in a discussion with Karl Von Salzen and my...
• Re: CO Adjusting Screw. PO Set it All The Way In? Base Setting?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 21 Jun 2012 19:18:50 -0400
  ...You were a bit confused about what the ECU is doing. The ground side of the switch is grounded. The high side is supplied...
• Don't be afraid to look at a dead ECU
  Historical mailing list - William Dummitt
  Sun, 5 Oct 1997 19:59:43 -0400
  ...No spark, no nothing-turned out to be a dead ECU. A scenario followed that will be familiar to many listmembers-nationwide parts search...
• Re: Technical question re: Injector firing signal
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Thu, 9 Oct 2008 18:39:10 -0700
  I would open the case of the ECU and check pin #1 from inside provided that you have done checking from outside. If you...
• Re: Dead 83.5 Westy (injector power)
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 25 Jun 2007 16:50:14 -0400
  ...The ECU completes the connection to the chassis to fire the injector. No +12 volt, wiring problem, no trigger from the ECU, ECU problem...
• Re: Lowering Coolant Pressure for Headgaskets
  Historical mailing list - Mark B. Magee
  Sun, 17 May 1998 20:00:22 -0500
  ...Remember, the entire Digifant system is reliant upon 195 deg F water temp for proper (ops normal) feedback to the ECU. Anything lower than...
• Re: ECU's - don't ask me the hard questions!
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Fri, 18 Aug 2017 19:41:08 -0700
  This is far fetched, but I recall that some late model Vanagon ECU's had *provisions* for OBD. Any chance one of them has...
• Re: update on decreased mileage after tuneup problem
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Wed, 10 Jun 1998 07:14:48 -0700
  ...I can attach a > voltmeter and watch it do its thing as the ECU adjusts mixture. But, is the output of the O2 sensor...
• Re: Darrell
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Wed, 8 May 2002 14:44:57 -0400
  ...If you need a rebuilt ECU now I have them for $200 sitting here in the shelf. Just FYI. Thanks, Ken Wilford John 3...
• Re: hesitating when warm?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Vickey
  Sun, 27 Apr 2003 18:34:23 -0400
  Keith There is a ground wire for the ECU/O2 Sensor that is on the left side head under the intakes (2 wd drive...
• Re: 88 Weekender - Very short cut out.
  Historical mailing list - Joe in NH
  Thu, 2 Oct 2003 18:01:48 EDT
  ...I tried another ECU out of a friends Syncro and the problem went away. Yes, I gave it back, reluctantly. Joe in NH, still...
• Re: When the O2 sensor cools down...
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:58:07 -0400
  ...Right -- that's the ECU driving the sensor. When the sensor comes back to life its signal overpowers the ECU's constant half-volt...
• Re: Weak..... so weak
  Historical mailing list - mdrillock
  Sun, 14 Sep 2008 18:05:53 -0700
  I am going to guess that it relates to what the ECU thinks the AFM is doing. Is there a damaged pin in the...
• Re: Megasquirt....RE: Boxer electronics options?
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Mon, 2 Feb 2009 11:56:54 -0500
  ...When I had my RX7, I used to fail the tests with the stock ECU for being too rich. After the megasquirt was installed...
• Re: Injector color question
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:06:05 -0400
  Let me add that my DJ code WBX has an additional lambda ECU and the engine did not originally come with an O2 sensor...
• Re: Heh -- I'm such a ninnyhammer
  Historical mailing list - Mike Elliott
  Sun, 3 Aug 2008 17:58:24 -0700
  ...M'kay. > It sounds to me like an ECU issue. It works ok open-loop at startup, > or you would have noticed before. Yes...
• Re: 5-cylinder conversion mail list (1)
  Historical mailing list - Michael Modl
  Tue, 10 Nov 1998 00:56:23 EST
  ...That would mean the ECU and wiring harness. But what if we could retain the existing waterboxer ECU and wire harness. The only thing...
• Re: Hard Starting
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Mon, 31 Mar 2014 20:42:25 -0600
  ...That it runs fine when started > is a definite sign of a temp related issue. > Running the ECU plug also checks your wiring to...
• Re: Anything like this for 1.9L?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 28 May 2011 21:43:56 -0700
  ...since Ignitor and anything that would be an idle stabiizer in that system is entiely within the ecu. and... still.....what does the Idle...
• Re: Bigger Problem than Coolent Sensor
  Historical mailing list - Peter Cassidy
  Thu, 7 Jun 2001 17:11:51 +0100
  ...or so then it does it again, >flip the switch etc....HELP! >Rex Hi Rex, Could possibly be the ECU. Try swapping it out...
• Re: No Juice to ECU?
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 8 Dec 2002 16:24:32 -0600
  ...Still no start. > > So this morning I started doing most the ECU/Ignition > test in the bently - everything seemed to check out > ok. I...
• Re: [VW gas I4 Conversions] weird engine behavior, stops on downhill coasting, diagnostic help?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 14 Sep 2018 08:18:47 -0700
  Lucky me, I found an idle control module (~$200?) in the box with my spare ECU that I paid $35 for when I installed...
• ECU: burned parts. PICS (Jetta Engine in Vanagon)
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sat, 13 Sep 2014 21:40:05 -0700
  ...Images of my partially fried ECU: https://picasaweb.google.com/musomuso/Motronic29ECUBurnedPartsEngineStillRan Can anyone take a guess at what this part is, or was...
• Re: Sputtering Fixed!!
  Historical mailing list - Kristin Dewey
  Fri, 20 Nov 1998 16:14:56 EST
  ...Darrell wrote me and said he makes a digijet tool for the (83.5-85), but that it involves sending my ecu across the...
• 112 HP "DJ" V.S. 95 HP "MV" WBX
  Historical mailing list - Double-Cab Guy
  Fri, 4 May 2001 16:22:08 -0600
  ...I am wondering is there any other differences other than the muffler, pistons, and ECU ? That 112 HP has got me thinking, what sort...
• Pro needs ECU (Ron? Jim? Kyle?)
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Mon, 1 Mar 1999 23:07:16 -0800
  From the international Automotive Technician's Network: [...] [message/rfc822]
• Re: HP Digijet ECU
  Historical mailing list - David Higginbotham
  Tue, 10 Sep 2002 15:27:02 -0400
  Can I get this for an '82? David Higginbotham '82 Westfalia
• Re: Smoke & mirrors ? ebay 1.9 euro spec ecu
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Tue, 16 Jan 2007 16:12:28 -0500
  What's the damage to MPG?
• Re: Digitool Availability - COST
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Thu, 22 Jun 2006 11:35:39 -0700
  ...I gather that the ECU connector to the wiring harness is not > > very > > common, but if one were to find a source for both...