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Re: Diesel to Gasoline Conversion?
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Wed, 14 Oct 2009 21:50:18 -0700
I have one like what you are talking except mine (84 van) has a '92 Jetta/Rabbit I.8liter digifant II gas motor in...
Re: Never Under Estimate Your Ground Straps!
Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
Fri, 1 Mar 2002 16:40:40 -0500
...Never Under Estimate Your Ground Straps! I too have fixed Digifant problems by throroughly reviewing the ground wires and fixing them where needed. Laurence...
Re: Van Died @ 70 MPH. Why? (Jetta conversion)
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Thu, 25 Aug 2011 14:17:34 -0700
...is there a temp sensor in the air flow meter ? .. ( vanagon digijet and digifant have one ..though it's never ever thought about ) air...
Re: Newbie WANTS an H2O Westfalia
Historical mailing list
Mon, 30 Jun 1997 01:15:22 -0400 (EDT)
...In 1986 VW improved the cooling system, changed from Digijet to Digifant fuel injection and increased engine size to 2.1 liters. The new...
Re: seizure
Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
Sun, 16 Sep 2001 23:46:46 EDT
...It happened to me the first time I installed a I-4 Digifant ll Jetta engine in my vanagon. I assigned the wire from...
Re: Looking for a project?
Historical mailing list - T Collins
Mon, 6 Apr 2020 20:59:49 -0400
So if one had a 1.9 and wanted to replace with one of the 2.3 the fuling system would also have to...
Re: Digitool and driveablity issues
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Fri, 2 Apr 2004 17:35:52 -0500
...That floating voltage gets added to the ~.5 volt the system is trying to regulate at. If the O2 sensor can not generate over...
Re: LMMU was: mass air flow sensor adapted to a vanagon
Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
Sat, 27 Nov 2004 13:40:35 -0600
...For example to isolate the meter electrically so it reads >accurately and consistently down to system voltages below 11 for use on >older vehicles...
Re: Maybe some VC
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sat, 26 Dec 2009 23:04:01 -0500
...I am playing a Xmas mechanic with� a difficult problem to diagnose.� I'm turning to you vanagonauts because it involves a digifant system...
Re: Strange pattern of tach and motor dying(long)
Historical mailing list - Chris S
Wed, 1 Jun 2011 07:50:16 -0400
...I do ohave that funky Haltec ECU system on the > motor, so that could be giving me trouble and I have to use a...
road test: 1986 vanagon camper syncro
Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
Mon, 06 Feb 95 15:11:22 CST
...An 8.6:1-to-9.0:1 increase in compression ratio adds punch, and a new electronically controlled engine-management system called Digifant...
Re: Fwd: Re: ECU Testing
Historical mailing list - John Goubeaux
Sun, 12 Jul 2015 12:26:34 -0700
...Replaced it and all was well. > > The system works pretty good. Saved me a lot of time and headache.. > > It's a worthwhile gadget...
Re: 2.1 digifant MV engine Air Flow Sensor Wiring Harness 87 Vanagon
Historical mailing list - brad barcom
Mon, 25 Feb 2002 21:50:46 -0500
...2.1 digifant MV engine Air Flow Sensor Wiring Harness 87 Vanagon Does anyone know the exact science on this "upgraded" modified wiring harness...
Re: '87 westy oxygen sensor problems.
Historical mailing list - Rodney Woten
Fri, 28 Jun 2002 08:35:36 -0500
...I wonder if the extra resistance due to the extra wire is affecting the small voltages that the sensor sends back to the digifant...
More 89 Bluestar questions
Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
Wed, 15 Jan 2014 17:06:00 -0500
...Being basically ignorant of the digifant system could someone point me to a good write up in Bentleys or elsewhere on how to adjust...
Re: Arduino and Vanagons
Historical mailing list - Brett Ne
Tue, 26 Nov 2013 16:49:07 -0800
...My Vanagon >>>>> can't be used because it doesn't have the Digifant injection system. >>>>> >>>>> So, we need either: >>>>> >>>>> Someone with an oscilloscope or...
Re: running rich/low power
Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
Sat, 27 Nov 1999 23:23:52 -0700
...I think the Capacitor fix only applies to > the digifant, not the your digijet system. I would unplug the O2 sensor > the next time...
Re: inline 4 vs Subaru conversion
Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
Wed, 16 Jun 2021 21:30:54 -0400
...We also made upgrades to the transmission, torque converter, and cooling system, not to mention the Fuel Management system. If my driver, Heidi, has...
Great info: Vanagon head leaks and Fuel injection problems
Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
Tue, 16 Apr 2002 17:44:43 -0700
...In my experience the Idle Stabilizer system and the coolant temp sensor are responsible for 9/10 of Vanagon (Digifant) drivability problems. If you...
Re: '82 diesel 1.8 conversion
Historical mailing list - pdooley
Sun, 19 Aug 2007 20:59:28 -0400
...For fuel injection > system > > > you > > > > can use CIS, CIS-E, DIgifant 2, Motronic. > > > > > > > > I find Digifant 2 the esiest fuel > injection. > > > > ('88-'92 Golf...
Re: '86 Westy cranking trouble
Historical mailing list - Dan Hall
Mon, 21 Apr 2008 12:45:09 -0500
...goes to Digifant unit. >>> little green goes to dash and I believe provides RPM signal to tach >>> and dynamic oil pressure system. >>> black is...
Re: Rostra All-Electronic Cruise Control
Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
Sat, 29 Jun 2002 23:31:10 EDT
...Plentiful before the Digifant cars. Also get the MFA/wiper switch for operation. 2. The cluster will contain the tach and the MFA module...
Bike Mechanics.
Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
Sat, 8 Aug 1998 10:05:48 -0700
...The cable system is the adjustment. Today's cassette hubs are maintenance free except for the occasional repacking with suitable lubricants. Derailleurs are also...
Re: I4 Happenings in turbovans land
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Tue, 28 Jun 2011 20:00:10 -0700
...Yes, it was pretty restrictive looking > and > the hanging system was very crude, to say the least. The guy who did the > conversion, he...
Re: Analyzer question
Historical mailing list - Steve Blackham
Wed, 23 May 2001 23:17:38 -0600
...I say this because I have 12 vehicles with different emmissions systems for which a simple O2 sensor and Volt meter won't work...
Re: Single wire Oxygen sensor: Substitution report..
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Fri, 31 Oct 2014 10:24:49 -0700
...Oct , 2014, at 10:34 AM, Don Hanson wrote: > > > I run digifant engine management for my inline VW ABA Jetta motored > > vanagon...same as...
Re: More AFM/ECU reverse engineering results coming
Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
Wed, 20 Dec 2006 22:07:20 -0500
...reverse engineering AFMs, ECUs and other >> >>>funny business in the Digifant injection system. It's classic 80's >> >>>embedded CPU technology. >> >>> >> >>>I pulled apart...
Re: Clutch specs???
Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
Sun, 8 Aug 2010 17:20:47 -0400
...and like to run a 2.1 > engine, 2.1 exhaust system and 2.1 ntake with 1.9 Digijet fuel injection - > works great...
Re: Is there a market for my VanaJetta Westy?
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Wed, 22 Oct 2008 16:47:53 -0700
...I did an 88 Jetta Digifant 1.8 into a vangon once...........that system at least has potential to be extremely reliable and consistent...
Re: off with her heads
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
Thu, 24 Oct 2013 14:09:42 -0700
...water pump has to match the cooling system .. and the crankshaft pulley should match the distributor ..whether Digijet or Digifant, to make it really...
Re: All engines have issues...
Historical mailing list - Arkady Mirvis
Sun, 23 May 2010 06:55:07 +0100
...Mine is mounted using all the > factory diesel engine mounts.The electrics are from the gasoline vanagon. > The Digifant fuel injection is very dependable...
Re: Friday Thoughts about Turboing a Vanagon
Historical mailing list - Tracy Bonin
Fri, 13 Dec 2002 07:22:00 -0800
...Waterboxer I would install a S&S header system which collects all of the exhaust headers into one extractor pipe with a triangular three...
Re: 85 Vanagon starts hard
Historical mailing list
Fri, 7 Apr 1995 00:49:27 -0500 (EDT)
...The second is that there's something screwed up in the > >FI system that's causing the starting mixture to be richer the colder...
On Conversion Engine Reliability
Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
Sun, 21 Apr 2002 20:11:57 EDT
...I had concluded that the digifant II engine was the most appropriate and cost effective engine in January of 1995. Purchased the engine in...
Re: diagnostic help? running rich(?)...
Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
Thu, 24 Jul 2014 08:15:56 -0400
...wrote: > Hi all, 84 vanagon, inline Jetta 1.8liter running on Digifant system, > same as the older Vanagons. > > Ok so here's the symptoms...
RE: Dying in the rain 2
Historical mailing list - Tom Brunson
Thu, 3 Jul 97 18:44:51 UT
The Bosch Digifant sensor on the '86 up actually does have two wire connectors - one is for the sensor itself, and the other is...
1.9 to 2.3 was: looking for a project?
Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
Tue, 7 Apr 2020 11:58:08 -0400
...I also push upgrading the complete cooling system to the 2.1L design. Increased tolerance to air in the system and self bleeding, better...
Re: A3 8v, VR6 or 1.8T? (was: Thinking swap?)
Historical mailing list - David Marshall
Thu, 7 Sep 2000 20:40:23 -0700
...The use the Motronic system just as the VR6 and 1.8T engines to. These are fantastic engines as they are very smooth, have...
Re: Single wire Oxygen sensor: Substitution report..
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Thu, 30 Oct 2014 10:05:12 -0700
...I run digifant engine management for my inline VW ABA Jetta motored vanagon...same as the stock Vanagons but with the inline motor providing...
Re: Advice on how much my van is worth...
Historical mailing list - BRENT CHRISTENSEN
Tue, 22 Feb 2000 12:32:41 -0800
...2.1 digifant with some performace modifications including: custom exhaust: free flow muffler (Magnaflow) custom intake: aluminum fabricated intake nozzle for AFM, large cone...
Re: Thanks, and, uhhh, van misses
Historical mailing list - mike miller
Mon, 16 Jul 2001 08:48:52 -0700
...Anyone know why the fuel filter is placed after the pump in the > digifant system? I hate to think of all that crud going...
Re: More AFM/ECU reverse engineering results coming
Historical mailing list - -------------------------
Wed, 20 Dec 2006 21:47:08 -0500
...reverse engineering AFMs, ECUs and other >>>>>funny business in the Digifant injection system. It's classic 80's >>>>>embedded CPU technology. >>>>> >>>>>I pulled apart...
Re: Strange pattern of tach and motor dying(long)
Historical mailing list - Kim Springer
Wed, 1 Jun 2011 00:26:53 -0700
...I do ohave that funky Haltec ECU system on the motor, so that could be giving me trouble and I have to use a...
Re: SMOG TEST failure
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Thu, 7 Feb 2008 21:07:08 -0500
Emissions issues really are straight forward for those who know how the system works, what should happen normally, and what causes the various gas...
Re: Arduino and Vanagons
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
Thu, 14 Nov 2013 20:16:06 -0800
...That GW system is a little spendy all right. I would think anyone re-doing the whole setup would want that flapper door in...
Re: Discovered my clutch failure reason.
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Wed, 26 May 2021 19:13:20 -0700
Well, the only van engine conversion I still would be an acolyte for is the old 1800 I4 digifant I had in previous van...
My recent engine tear-down: All is good again
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Sun, 10 Nov 2013 07:38:00 -0800
...Everything settled down in a minute or two, the air all came out of the cooling system and she runs like a new motor...
Re: Found my instrument cluster..now a ?
Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
Fri, 2 Oct 2009 08:15:01 -0700
...It has a Digifant II injection system. >>> Anybody know? I'd first like to test the tach using a test wire lead >>> first, to...
Re: (fryday stuff)Top 20 Why Reasons Round headlight vans are better
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Fri, 3 Jun 2005 21:43:03 -0400
...Geeks)Use can use a Digitool with a Digijet system and not have the Digifant (Idle Stabilization Valve) trouble. Idle stabilization done by tweaking...
Re: Engine Interrupted. Any Ideas, Please?
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:42:17 -0700
...techs avoid that system. > I havn't got mine running in my vanagon yet, and I may run it on > Digifant > instead of CIS...
Re: Actual Vanagon content!!
Historical mailing list - Mark Seifert
Mon, 26 Apr 2004 19:18:45 -0700
...Anyway, it looks like that knock sensor is the only major difference between the Vanagon and Jetta systems. If you could somehow trick the...
Re: '86 Westy cranking trouble
Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:16:01 -0700
...goes to Digifant unit. >>>> little green goes to dash and I believe provides RPM signal to tach >>>> and dynamic oil pressure system. >>>> black is...
Re: Found my instrument cluster..now a ?
Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
Fri, 2 Oct 2009 09:02:38 -0700
...It has a Digifant II injection system. >>> Anybody know? I'd first like to test the tach using a test wire lead >>> first, to...
Re: Surging engine
Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
Fri, 16 Oct 2009 07:41:54 -0400
...Another option would be to swap the cylinder head to that from a later model 2L Golf or Jetta and then convert to Digifant...
Re: Driveability issues with a non-stock engine
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Fri, 21 Jan 2005 19:43:31 -0500
...You will probably need to increase the fuel pressure to compensate or go to the 2.1 Digifant. Since you increased the stroke, have...
another edition of the dictionary ...
Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
Wed, 04 Jan 95 16:18:08 CST
...speed measured in the metric system. L/100km Liters per 100 Kilometers. a measurement of fuel economy in the metric system. note that this...
Re: New engine, was Re: Ecu fix addendum
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Thu, 2 Apr 2020 14:53:55 -0700
...Maybe if I up my machining game and get a good pallet system working on my machines I can make more money per part...
Re: Fuel Injector (or wiring) Question: Deceleration, Fuel Shutoff Mode
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Fri, 27 Jul 2012 14:34:37 -0700
...in a waterboxer Dififant or Digijet EFI system . the ECU fires all injectors at once. Sometimes called 'batch fire'. True ..that makes them not...
Re: Replace Heads or Engine?
Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
Sat, 13 Nov 2010 18:51:05 -0500
...The ABA engine will also be getting a new cam and a digifant cylinder head from a 1.8L engine, which will probably double...
Re: Vanagon Syndrome-What Exactly Is It?
Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
Wed, 7 May 2003 21:17:58 -0500
...All Vanagon Digifant Fuel Injection Engines CONDITION After driving for 1/2 to 2 hours at a constant speed, vehicle experiences lack of power...