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• Fi problem and question; 2 liter AFC injection
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon Man
  Tue, 13 Nov 2001 12:03:57 -0500
  Volks, Problem on 81 2 liter. To make a long story short, pinched AFM off of running van to make another run for sale...
• Re: Strange problem with '91 Carat
  Historical mailing list - pensioner
  Wed, 28 Nov 2001 07:55:38 -0800
  ...The ECU then defaults to shutting off the injection pulses until the signal is less noisy. I would suspect a slightly worn or dirty...
• Re: KN aircleaner
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Wed, 5 Feb 2003 21:48:20 -0800
  ...KN aircleaner Will the fuel injection on a 2.1l vanagon handle the added air available, will the KN boost performance/torque? Sid Vicious...
• 85 Vanagon parts for sale
  Historical mailing list - Jim Maginel
  Sat, 22 Mar 2003 10:03:39 -0600
  ...2 working ECU's, one of which is wired as a "digitool" for fuel injection diagnostics; air flow meter, housing, etc; hall sensor & coil...
• Re: Propane Fueled Turbo Diesel Injection
  Historical mailing list - Felder
  Sun, 21 Sep 2003 17:15:24 -0700
  > > > To give an idea about prices, 95 octane unleaded costs about > GBP 0.75 per litre or about GBP 3.00 per US gallon...
• Re: 1.9 ECU wanted
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 16 Mar 2008 12:40:24 -0500
  ...So, I am > looking > for a good used ECU for a 1.9 injection system. Any help out there in > Vanagon land? > > -- > Brien K...
• Re: ANOTHER TIP FOR MORE POWER FROM YOUR STOCK MOTOR
  Historical mailing list - Smola, Tony
  Fri, 6 Jul 2001 17:09:34 -0500
  ...variable valve timing, free flow intake and exhaust, fuel injection vs carbs......a more modern air/fuel map and so on. I think that...
• Re: Over heated and need more power!
  Historical mailing list - Tom Miller
  Tue, 24 Aug 2004 12:41:27 -0400
  You might try using an 80C thermostat and 80C fan switch in the radiator for better cooling and use propane injection for periods where...
• Re: Power loss still in '85
  Historical mailing list - Laurence Smith
  Mon, 14 Jan 2002 13:16:21 -0500
  ...Power loss still in '85 > > > > > > > > > The latest - > > > > > > I took the van first to a dealer service area where he told > > > me the fuel > > > injection...
• Re: start - won't sart - solution
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 22 Aug 2003 22:31:18 -0500
  ...The ECU controls the fuel injection system and is not in the igintion circuit anywhere. If you had any spark at all in the...
• Re: 300 miles with a tank...
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Sun, 7 Mar 2004 07:57:30 -0800
  ...My injection pump (calibrated at sea level) produces embarrassing clouds of black smoke if I give it too much fuel. This becomes very noticeable...
• Re: Digi- WHAT ??
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 28 Sep 2006 00:37:10 EDT
  ...the digifant seems to be more tempermental and the ECU's can be problematic, but i wouldnt bother swapping your entire fuel injection system...
• trouble finding help
  Historical mailing list - Fuhrel, Robert
  Thu, 6 Mar 2014 17:59:12 +0000
  ...One man would but works only on vans with carburetors, not fuel injection. Someone else said he would but will not call me back...
• Re: High beams not working-lighting upgrades!
  Historical mailing list - Angus Gordon
  Thu, 21 Nov 2013 15:29:27 -0500
  Modern cars tend to use electric fuel pumps and fuel injection so you need some electrons anyway. If you want to ditch the ignition...
• Mileage at altitude - responses/experiences requested
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Thu, 28 Oct 1999 19:40:18 -0500
  ...This information will help me with my fuel injection improvement research. Thanks in Advance; Marshall Ruskin 84 Westy "Iron Igloo" Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Founding...
• parting 84 out
  Historical mailing list - dawn
  Tue, 10 Apr 2001 20:41:08 -0700
  ...automatic shifter 1.9 engine good for core 1.9 fuel injection 1.9 engine hanger 1.9 engine tin 1.9 electric's...
• Re: Spring Cleaning an Air Cooled Engine
  Historical mailing list - Bill N
  Thu, 20 Mar 2003 18:47:14 -0700
  ...moons ago and saw a Porsche 914 > (similar engine with MPC injection) on the other side of the highway with > the engine lid up...
• Re: Cleaning corroded connectors
  Historical mailing list - shawn luft
  Sun, 13 Apr 2003 21:44:01 -0400
  ...I find the Fuel Injection connectors are the worst by far, so I cleaned what I could - and I think replacement will be required...
• Re: fuel tank update
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Fri, 25 Jul 2008 06:32:42 EDT
  ...Use fuel injection style screw claps with the rounded edges. Discard the plastic pipe pieces in the run to the overflow tanks. Just make...
• Re: Turbo wasserboxer
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Fri, 20 Jun 2003 22:36:29 EDT
  ...Change fuel injection system and a few other modifications and you can turn 10,000 RPM in a WBX engine... It has been done...
• Re: Vanagon Fuel Injection Controller
  Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
  Sat, 22 Sep 2007 12:46:50 -0700
  ...Vanagon Fuel Injection Controller they go at auction on eBay for $25-75 all the time. if the part# has a D at the...
• Re: "just throw on a carbomatater"
  Historical mailing list - KENWILFY
  Fri, 27 Mar 1998 12:03:36 EST
  ...The fundamentals of the Fuel Injection system are not that hard to learn and once you know how the system works then you can...
• Re: Rough Idle / motor mounts
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Wed, 21 Oct 1998 06:27:07 -0700
  ...I've found that it sometimes helps to run a bottle of Techron or other fuel injection cleaner through the system. This doesn't...
• Need Parts Numbers - Coolant O-Ring
  Historical mailing list - Mark Mages
  Thu, 17 Feb 2000 10:29:07 -0800
  ...of the bentley for an 87 Vanagon Gl Temperature sender (for injection) the o-ring that fits between it & the thermo-housing the Retaining...
• FW: help! loss of cylinder quests
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Sun, 18 Jun 2000 23:50:55 -0400
  ...help! loss of cylinder quests > > well, I tried the fuel injection wiring and things seem to be fine > > spark seems to be fine > > (recap...
• Engineswap / weight
  Historical mailing list - Calle Fallberg
  Wed, 21 Feb 2001 08:35:00 +0100
  ...engine , if possible with FI system included ( I have the Digifant injection model ) I would be most grateful if you could pass that information...
• Re: Diesel pump leak
  Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
  Fri, 5 Apr 2002 17:32:26 -0700
  Entity Scott Sullivan spoke thus: > My N/A D-Westy leaks diesel from the injection pump. At idle the leak is > quite large. While...
• Re: Comments on Splittie (hp)
  Historical mailing list - Chris Mills
  Fri, 13 Sep 2002 08:24:15 -0500
  ...The Corvair guys are building very reliable engines in the 150 HP range with modern fuel injection and minor things like exhaust and head...
• Re: hesitation from a stop and replacing afm
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Fri, 28 Mar 2003 07:59:21 -0800
  ...Complete VW factory rebuilt motor with less than 40K miles on it. (Got receipts) Complete with all the digifant injection stuff. I hear there...
• Re: Hybrids on NPR last night
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Sat, 15 May 2004 23:18:49 -0400
  ...People used to make the same points about fuel injection and say it'd never catch on, that carburators were superior because they were...
• Re: Head gasket replacement: how much?
  Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
  Sat, 4 Dec 2004 02:20:21 -0600
  ...And to get full advantage of the 21's better breathing, you neet to bring the injection and ignition system along too. (I know...
• Re: Vanagon carb needed, with waterboxer manifolds
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Wed, 24 Aug 2005 22:29:40 -0400
  ...my VW Thing. > I don't want to use the fuel injection stuff since the vehicle will live > in Mexico full time and be...
• Re: That recent post bashing Tiico..one on Yahoo subaru too.
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Fri, 2 Nov 2007 20:58:24 -0400
  Well I assumed by the desire to run veg oil that we were talking about an older indirect injection engine. No way would I...
• Re: '72 engine
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 22 Sep 94 10:52:02 ADT
  ...also no fuel injection. Get the latest you can find, maybe some else has done a similiar later year swap, ie 1800 to 2000...
• Re: Most Outrageous Vanagon Stealth Camping Spots?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Mon, 29 Oct 2007 17:33:57 -0700
  ...Mine is deciding to wait overnight for a fuel injection shop to open, for a turbo diesel vanagon injection problem I was having one...
• Re: Best G-rated family westy movie clips on youtube?
  Historical mailing list - Peter K
  Wed, 12 Oct 2011 14:52:08 -0400
  ...Regards, Peter Kraiker http://studiofstop.com On 2011-10-11, at 23:00, Poppie Jagersand <poppie.jagersand@YAHOO.CA> wrote: > During the injection pump...
• Re: Subaru Conversion: I'm starting
  Historical mailing list - Larry Hamm
  Wed, 14 Jul 1999 17:14:18 -0600
  ...As you probably know, the Suby waterboxer is a "modern" engine, with counterbalanced crank, four valves/cyl, port injection, hot wire AFM (no need...
• STILL running rich
  Historical mailing list - Mike Vanderzanden
  Tue, 22 May 2001 15:29:57 EDT
  ...spec! So now I am waiting for a brand new fuel injection system wiring harness to arrive. This will be a very expensive test...
• FS: A2 fuel injectors
  Historical mailing list - Jeff K
  Tue, 5 Nov 2002 11:30:17 -0700
  ...an A2/tiico conversion...They're fresh back from Marren Fuel Injection (www.injector.com) where they were ultrasonically cleaned and serviced. They ran...
• Re: Weird stalling problem
  Historical mailing list - Sam Walters
  Wed, 24 May 2006 23:08:44 -0400
  ...Attached is a set of files that have a rather complete explanation of how the fuel injection system works and how to diagnose and...
• Re: Vanagon Stalls Out While Driving
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 2 May 2025 11:16:41 +0000
  ...the injection wiring over the years but the Bentle yTesting steps don't properly reflect these changes.In the 1990 model year injection harness...
• Re: Diesel questions
  Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
  Thu, 11 Jun 2009 10:24:55 -0700
  ...I use a vacuum pump to fill the system with fuel and avoid the 1min cranking needed otherwise (exessive cranking taxes injection pump and...
• Re: LPG diesels, anyone?
  Historical mailing list - Bradley Flubacher
  Sun, 15 Jul 2001 10:56:32 -0400
  I think the dryness might refer to the lubricating properties of the diesel that are needed to keep the injection pump in good working...
• Re: Emisson Control unit question
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 11 Jun 2003 08:53:31 -0700
  ...Here's a link to the Bosch Fuel Injection Manual if you're > interested. http://www.conservatory.com/vw/manuals_nyx/L-JetronicWithLambda.html...
• Re: Engine conversion
  Historical mailing list - Garth Woolstenhulme
  Fri, 5 Jan 2001 21:49:22 -0800
  ...Got out the phone book, found a authorized Bosch fuel injection shop, called and they said to bring it in. The guy ran the...
• Re: O2 sensor stuff
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Thu, 8 Mar 2001 09:18:36 -0600
  Hi Mark and All, Abandoning fuel injection for a carburetor is about as logical as my grandfather who refused to ever drive a car...
• Fuel Injection problem WAS>> Decent Vanagon Mechanic in Eastern Mass...
  Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
  Mon, 15 Dec 2003 19:44:50 -0800
  ...ERic Richard Golen wrote: > Hi, > > > The fuel injection system in my 87 Westy has been giving me fits for > about > a year now. It...
• Re: Parts for '84 Vanagon with 1.9 engine available for the taking
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Fri, 3 Jan 2020 12:15:47 -0500
  ...Lauterbach <john@jhl.mgacoxmail.com> wrote: > I have ECU, fuel injection wiring harness, and a bunch of other stuff > including > front A/C assembly...
• Re: Why no bolt-on HP upgrades to the 2.1 WBX?
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Thu, 24 May 2012 15:13:17 -0400
  ...discussing possible Bostig plans to put together a custom modern fuel injection system for the otherwise stock boxer engine. I'm guessing they moved...
• Digifant Information
  Historical mailing list - Dave Arthur
  Thu, 30 Apr 2009 20:53:31 -0300
  ...Various documentation I have gleaned (Pro Training) references the Bosch Digifant fuel injection system. Some of the pages are showing Digifant on the footer...
• Re: Thoughts, and maybe a Westy for me..
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 9 May 1996 21:57:37 -0700
  ...Sounds like fuel injection minus the throttle body. Is it an automatic? If not, are you sure it's not 75 or later? -David...
• Re: Vanagon Fire Photos
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Wed, 18 Mar 1998 19:56:50 -0500
  ...them serve as a warning to the virtues of >replacing fuel injection lines. Scary stuff Erik- You got my attention. I have found that...
• Re: Phred's not feeling too well...
  Historical mailing list - Walt Spak
  Fri, 12 Mar 1999 10:34:54 PST
  ...I replaced the temp sender for the injection to no avail. A friend suggested that I look at the Ox sensor as the next...
• Some stuff for sale 90 GL parts
  Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
  Tue, 13 Mar 2001 15:48:41 -0600
  ...Complete fuel injection system from a Dijifant 2.1. Excellent condition. No problems wit h any of it AFM is only a year old...
• Re: 84 rough running,backfire
  Historical mailing list - Samuel L. Walters
  Fri, 20 Apr 2001 11:44:10 -0400
  ...Temp II sensor can also cause erratic fuel injection system behavior as can a faulty O2 sensor. See archives over the last three months...
• Re: diesel pump questions
  Historical mailing list - Robert Dalton
  Thu, 17 Jan 2002 16:03:14 -0800
  ...Do you think this might have something to do with the lift pump part of the injection pump getting weak? Next time I'll...
• Re: Bucko update
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Fri, 29 Nov 2002 17:27:21 EST
  ...His was using the CIS fuel injection system, with spark knock timing, not that this would affect the result. Just in case, cheers, Steve...
• Slave cylinder bracket
  Historical mailing list - Per Martin Joraholmen
  Tue, 18 Feb 2003 10:40:23 +0100
  ...it is a -86 with a 2.0 l gas engine (used to be a 2.1 l fuel injection) Thanks Per Martin
• guess a gasket quiz
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Thu, 20 Feb 2003 08:03:33 -0800
  ...copper washer and the dripping large gasket and the orange fuel injection gasket, valve cover and exhaust head gaskets but what of the many...
• Re: More rant on grounds and vanagon syndrome
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 10 Apr 2003 12:02:58 -0700
  You mean like the 83.5-85 Vanagon 1.9 Digijet injection grounding is done. I wonder why they changed it for the next...