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On Engine Efficiency, Comparing I4s, WBs and Subies
Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
Mon, 29 Oct 2001 02:51:30 EST
...In essence, the torque maximum represents the peak volumetric efficiency of the pump as well as the maximum efficiency of completely consuming the available...
Re: Swap Update 2
Historical mailing list - David Marshall
Tue, 12 May 1998 19:12:15 -0700
...used the Vanagon fuel pump and fuel lines for my swap and it runs right >> to spec for CIS. Seeing how you are installing...
Re: Ethanol Free Gas.. No fuel pump buzzing?
Historical mailing list - James
Fri, 26 Feb 2016 15:30:31 -0500
...The fuel pump stopped buzzing. > > >> > > >> Is it possible that E10 is damaging our fuel pumps? > > >> > > >> --t > > >> > > > > > > > >
Re: Low Power woes...
Historical mailing list - wayout
Wed, 10 Oct 2001 23:31:39 -0400
...If the pump is noisy, it is probably either starved at the inlet, or >running too high a pressure due to a bad regulator...
Fwd: how much interest IS there in the 5cyl conversion???
Historical mailing list - Helmut Zeidler
Thu, 14 Jan 1999 09:25:21 +0100
...I recommend, not to use the Vanagon fuel pump (3.8 bar). The pressure on the Audi pump is higher, 6.5 bar. But...
Re: All engines have issues...
Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
Sun, 23 May 2010 17:12:23 -0400
All the US I4 VWs went to CIS fuel injection in 1977. There was a brief period in the early 80s where a few...
Re: gas, spark, still no love
Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
Thu, 5 Dec 2002 17:53:06 +0000
...Gas motor is CIS (not >CIS-E) > >from 1986 Golf (engine code GX). I turn the car over and every now and > >again get...
Re: Idle Stabilizer Control Unit Reverse Engineering
Historical mailing list - neil
Mon, 8 Jan 2007 11:43:49 -0800
...Which is more reliable? The CIS or Digifant fuel injection system? This will wheigh in if I make a Jettagon out of my Westy...
Re: fuel pump fuel filter-stupid engineering
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Fri, 19 Jan 2007 13:19:29 +0000
...Some European cars would have the filters before the pump. All the CIS cars and most American and Aisian cars have the filter after...
90 Westy as stocking stuffer(FOR SALE-NY $9300)
Historical mailing list - Raul Cisneros
Wed, 19 Dec 2001 18:45:55 EST
...Fixed fridge-pump did not pump, lights quick & easy now, works in all modes. Stove and sink/pump work. Body is great (California car...
Re: Turbo Vanagon, Audi 5000 CS Turbo engine for sale: PLEASE DELETE IF NOT INTERESTED, CONTACT "OFF" LIST.
Historical mailing list - Open Wheel Racing
Sat, 14 Dec 2002 19:23:31 -0600
...such as the intercooler, oil cooler, after run water pump, injector cooling fan, CIS fuel system, ignition system, etc. If your handy there are...
Re: Ethanol Free Gas.. No fuel pump buzzing?
Historical mailing list - Tyler Hardison
Fri, 26 Feb 2016 12:35:07 -0800
...The fuel pump stopped buzzing. > > > >> > > > >> Is it possible that E10 is damaging our fuel pumps? > > > >> > > > >> --t > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > >
Re: 8 Secretive Part Numbers For One Fuel Pump?
Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
Wed, 22 Dec 2010 21:54:50 -0600
...Radtke <wa7zpu@cisaz.com> wrote: > Hi Derek, > > First, be sure that you need a fuel pump. > > The first time that I thought that I...
Re: New 1,9 TDI from VW
Historical mailing list - Bj�rn Ratjen
Fri, 10 Sep 1999 11:52:55 -0700
What VW has been developing is an integrated fuel pump into the cylinder head. Extra "bumps" on the camshaft will help to supply fuel...
crazy engine conversion in Calgary
Historical mailing list - Keith Adams
Mon, 31 Jul 2000 11:15:39 -0600
...He added digital fuel injection (as opposed to the original Scirocco injection? CIS?) then added a bunch of parts from an Audi (inverted oil...
Re: On Longevity, Displacement, Efficiency and Technology in Conversions
Historical mailing list - Edward Nutter
Wed, 27 Mar 2002 09:44:23 -0800
...The engine longest in the tooth is the old Type 4, followed closely by > the old low compression I4 CIS engines, and Vanagon WB...
Re: Considering I4 swap: 1.8 89 Golf vs. 1.8 VW Fox (90?)
Historical mailing list - David Marshall
Sat, 28 Jul 2001 22:35:46 -0700
...box / fuel meter - also the CIS system runs at a higher system pressure that *some* Vanagon fuel pumps don't like (1 in 5...
CIS Experts: engine does not start (long)
Historical mailing list - Helmut Zeidler
Fri, 24 Apr 1998 12:06:58 +0300
...I forced the fuel pump to run and opened the fuel pressure regulator by raising the air pressure plate by hand. But there was...
Re: Comment on 2.1 WBx vs. 2.2 Sub vs. Tiico (Fuel Efficiency)
Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
Thu, 28 Mar 2002 21:21:08 EST
...was competitive with the others (same combustion chamber efficiency and similar pumping losses. Fuel efficiency is yet another matter. Of course, there are all...
Re: Must sell my Vanagon - Comments appreciated
Historical mailing list - Pat Sloan
Tue, 19 Oct 2010 12:19:54 -0700
...There is also a complete new fuel delivery system from new gas tank, lines, pump, filter and injectors. hello Pat with the CIS system...
Re: Ethanol Free Gas.. No fuel pump buzzing?
Historical mailing list - Eric Wunrow
Fri, 26 Feb 2016 14:12:50 -0800
For what it's worth, my fuel pump stopped (loudly!) buzzing the instant I got rid of the plastic filter and put on the...
Re: Ethanol Free Gas.. No fuel pump buzzing?
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sat, 27 Feb 2016 00:06:47 -0500
...The fuel pump stopped buzzing. > > >> > > >> Is it possible that E10 is damaging our fuel pumps? > > >> > > >> --t > > >> > > > > > > > >
Re: no spark, no gas, no love
Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
Tue, 3 Dec 2002 20:07:57 +0000
...When I went to check the fuel distributor (CIS system) by >pulling an injector and cranking the system, I get no fuel. Pump is...
Re: re. turboing a vanagon
Historical mailing list - Westyman
Fri, 13 Dec 2002 20:43:16 -0800
...I've seen a guy use a drain tank with a power steering pump to evacuate it, a kludge at best. It's been...
Re: Digifart MAF question
Historical mailing list - Chris S
Thu, 30 Apr 2009 15:47:43 -0400
Has anyone ever adapted CIS FI to the WBX? On 4/30/09, Jonathan Farrugia <jfarrugi@umich.edu> wrote: > not so > > Air Flow Meter...
Re: Ethanol Free Gas.. No fuel pump buzzing?
Historical mailing list - James
Mon, 29 Feb 2016 11:41:35 -0500
...The fuel pump stopped buzzing. > > > > >> > > > > >> Is it possible that E10 is damaging our fuel pumps? > > > > >> > > > > >> --t > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
Re: Surging engine
Historical mailing list - pdooley
Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:20:34 -0400
Fuel flow meter or fuel injection pump? What engine management do you have? If it's a Rabbit/Fox motor, probably Digifant or CIS...
Re: for campers: Propane Safety
Historical mailing list
Tue, 1 Nov 1994 14:39:09 -0800
...Hoover | shibumi@cisco.com | | Engineering Computer Services | | | Cisco Systems, Inc. | +1 415 324 5249 | |===========================================================================| | "I remember a time in the wilds of Afghanistan. We...
Re: Must sell my Vanagon - Comments appreciated
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Tue, 19 Oct 2010 13:49:09 -0700
...There is also a complete new fuel delivery system from new gas tank, lines, pump, filter and injectors. hello Pat with the CIS system...
A/C in a diesel Vanagon
Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
Mon, 26 Jun 1995 11:39:34 -0500 (CDT)
...Joerg Rieger <jrieger@sun.cis.smu.edu> >Cc: Multiple recipients of list <vanagon@lenti> >Subject: A/C in a diesel Vanagon On Sun, 25...
Re: fuel pump fuel filter-stupid engineering
Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
Fri, 19 Jan 2007 15:28:19 -0800
...Some European cars would have the filters before the pump. All the CIS cars and most American and Aisian cars have the filter after...
Re: Shade tree wiring of a cold start valve on a 2.1?
Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
Tue, 6 Jan 2009 18:37:06 -0500
My recollection of the Cold Start injector on the CIS and CIS-E cars that I had was that it only fired while the...
white clouds out of the exhaust
Historical mailing list - Bill MacLachlan
Mon, 29 Sep 2008 11:57:36 -0700
...They called and I authorised installation of a fuel pump cut off relay ( pump was wired directly- relay makes sure it shuts off if...
Re: Shade tree wiring of a cold start valve on a 2.1?
Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
Sat, 10 Jan 2009 02:59:14 -0600
...Since the Haltech also has an 86 terminal for the fuel pump relay, that's where I'll get the power supply and correct...
Re: Vapor lock? Static electricity? Help!
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
Sun, 22 Jul 2007 15:40:16 -0700
...Collins, < I went to CSU for 3 years a lifetime or two ago ) first....which fuel injection system does it have ? CIS ( metal braded...
2.0L engine swap is done... WOW!
Historical mailing list - David Marshall
Fri, 14 Aug 1998 21:41:39 -0700
...I did the wiring harness from scratch and made the fuel pump relay "black box" that interfaced with the CIS-E knock sensor and...
Re: permanent fuel pressure gauge
Historical mailing list - Raceingcajun
Mon, 6 Mar 2006 06:33:08 -0600
...And now you purpose to do the same thing on an Audi CIS system, running full working pressure of 75 lb's to 85...
Re: Bucko update
Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
Fri, 29 Nov 2002 16:39:35 -0800
...Load demands more fuel- if the pressure is dropping, then maybe the fuel pump is bad. I put a bottle of Heet. Maybe large...
RC>Re: New 1,9 TDI from VW
Historical mailing list - Chao, Harvey
Fri, 10 Sep 1999 12:45:12 -0700
...Having the fuel injected on a common rail (or like CIS), would be like lighting all the spark plugs at one time on a...
CIS help long
Historical mailing list
Wed, 15 May 1996 21:15:53 -0500
>Hi Volks, Its me again, more damn CIS problems with my Vanagon. > I need some help with my 83 GTI Motor that is installed...
update on diesel-gas conversion
Historical mailing list - Matt Ratto
Sun, 26 May 2002 13:50:18 -0700
...I got a fuel pump from Stan a few weeks ago, complete with bracket. But then I couldn't remember where to put the...
Re: fuel pump fuel filter-stupid engineering
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Fri, 19 Jan 2007 19:44:31 -0500
...Some European cars would have the filters before the pump. All the CIS cars and most American and Aisian cars have the filter after...
Re: Fuel pressure anomaly
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Wed, 28 Aug 2013 00:12:13 -0400
...much of an issue like it was on the CIS systems. If the pump has enough capacity to make pressure and the regulator is...
Re: Diesel Engine Upgrade
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Thu, 1 Sep 2011 15:04:42 -0700
...though an m-tdi is possible. ( mechanical injection pump ) I suspect your current engine uses CIS fuel injection.. not the nicest to deal with...
Update on my engine swap (very long)
Historical mailing list - Simon Reinhardt
Sun, 20 Oct 2002 22:54:31 -0600
...I got a complete engine-area harness from an '88 GTI, since I'm switching to CIS-E. After stripping out A/C, lights...
'86 GLi problem...continued
Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
Sun, 17 Mar 2002 11:49:26 EST
...The only wiring diagram that I have at present is the Haynes manual which does not cover models with the CIS-E that this...
[Vaguely OT] Audi Componentry FS
Historical mailing list - ian Butler
Fri, 10 Jan 2003 03:43:38 -0500
...the ignition module and all the CIS-specific intake and fuel delivery bits including the fuel pump, ECU, air box, and everything. The car...
Re: Bucking/Loss of power on HOT days
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Wed, 3 Aug 2016 20:09:26 -0400
...I >> suspect some cavitation and pump damage occurred. Anyway, I've >> replaced fuel pump.... > > >> Other things I've read about include: gas cap, charcoal...
Re: Must sell my Vanagon - Comments appreciated
Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
Tue, 19 Oct 2010 14:14:15 -0700
...There > is also > a complete new fuel delivery system from new gas tank, lines, pump, > filter > and injectors. > > hello Pat with the CIS system...
Re: Cheap way to clean rusty gas tank
Historical mailing list - Christopher Michael Gronski
Mon, 21 Aug 2000 07:44:22 -0400
...Pulled the injectors(CIS), did a spray pattern check. Two > spraying off at weird angles, the other two nothing. Pulled the fuel sender > to...
Re: Diesel to Gasoline Conversion?
Historical mailing list - Mark Dearing
Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:13:07 EDT
...taken from a 1987 VW Jetta - the water cooled, fuel injected CIS engine) will that set up be easy or difficult for a mechanic...
Re: Found Vanagon With Porsche Engine
Historical mailing list - Ben T
Tue, 11 Dec 2001 18:51:49 EST
...Mostly CIS injected unless it's been converted. BTW, the T engines had cast iron cylinders vs nikasil (or other alloys) for the E...
the never-ending engine conversion
Historical mailing list - Matt Ratto
Mon, 20 Jan 2003 16:01:45 -0800
Via a series of incremental changes, I've gotten to the point where my vanagon conversion (1.8 CIS Golf motor) actually runs! I...
Re: Eurospec problem
Historical mailing list - Randolph Feuerriegel
Tue, 12 Oct 1999 22:54:44 -0700
...I am thinking about changing fuel pumps. One difference though is that my FI is CIS-E and yours I believe is pulsed. My...
Re: Fuel pressure anomaly
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Tue, 27 Aug 2013 21:44:13 -0700
...much of an issue like it > was on the CIS systems. If the pump has enough capacity to make pressure and > the regulator is...
Re: Fuel pressure anomaly
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Wed, 28 Aug 2013 00:52:25 -0400
...much of > an issue like it was on the CIS systems. If the pump has enough > capacity to make pressure and the regulator is...
Re: white clouds out of the exhaust
Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
Mon, 29 Sep 2008 12:34:10 -0700
...They called and I > authorised > installation of a fuel pump cut off relay ( pump was wired directly- relay > makes sure it shuts off if...
Re: 52 degree Inline 4 hydraulic lifters leaking down
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
Mon, 14 Apr 2008 12:07:25 -0700
...Lifters from the oil pump ........you check the oil pressure, ( to make sure it's not excessive, like from stuck pressure relief valve ) and...
Re: Diesel to Gasoline Conversion?
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Wed, 14 Oct 2009 21:50:18 -0700
...I know nothing about the CIS injection system but finding mechanic people who know the inline VW gas motor? Easy. Probably the most numerous...
Re: Diesel swap
Historical mailing list - Dr. Theodore B. Hoekman
Fri, 30 May 1997 11:58:56 +0000
...rather than the CIS injection model that I have. It works well but there are some small annoyances with fuel pump noise that appear...