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  • <No subject>
    Historical mailing list
    7/18/95 6:37 AM
    about 20 years ago, the hot set-up for curing all engine ails was water injection... Spearco made (and maybe still does, i'm...
  • Last two Performance Digijet ECUs
    Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
    Fri, 24 Mar 2006 15:12:17 -0500
    ...These are actually factory VW ECUs made for the 2.2l engine that was sold in Europe but had the older style (digijet) injection...
  • Re: 85gl acceleration Flat spot untill warmed up
    Historical mailing list - TC
    Fri, 22 Dec 2006 07:39:07 -0800
    ...85gl acceleration Flat spot untill warmed up > TC, > What is a ;"python injection afm"? > > Ken > > > ----- Original Message ----- > ......> last 48 > > python injection afm > >
  • Re: bosch information
    Historical mailing list
    Fri, 12 Aug 94 13:12:32 PDT
    Joel wrote: > > i recently got a copy of a Bosch catalog of gasoline and diesel injection > products. and, as i am wont to do...
  • Re: Carburetors on a WBX
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Mon, 28 Jul 2008 20:59:27 -0700
    ...But good working fuel injection.......... and the wateboxer is not a good example of a really solidly consistent fuel injection and engine managment system...
  • Re: Water Injection
    Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
    Sat, 24 May 2008 23:04:30 -0400
    Hi John, I tried a water injection experiment in my westfakia last summer. In July my engine threw a rod through the top of...
  • Re: Fuel Injection hoses - Again!!!
    Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
    Thu, 29 Jan 2004 08:42:27 -0500
    "Injection hoses probably need to be changed every two years!!! " No way. This is exactly why I say leave well enough alone. Obviously you...
  • Re: Hydrogen help for the Vanagons
    Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
    Sun, 30 Jan 2011 13:32:13 -0600
    I was under the impression that airliners use water injection for takeoff and altitude establishment..... I had a Spearco dual stage Water Injection system...
  • Re: Experiment
    Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
    Tue, 27 Jul 2004 15:58:53 -0500
    ...There was a mode in which maximum demand was made on the engine, and it was necessary to add water injection to prevent the...
  • Van Again
    Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
    Thu, 6 Jan 2000 21:00:09 -0600
    Anyone know what is happening with Ken Wilford? I need the injection system hose kit he sells and I can't get a rise...
  • water injection
    Historical mailing list - Bob Whitby
    Fri, 19 Jul 2002 18:29:53 -0400
    ...running on tap water-- Have you people never heard of water injection? The theory being that the atomized water cools, and therefore densifies (scientific...
  • Re: FSI direct injection??????? (NVC)
    Historical mailing list - Michael Stieber
    Wed, 10 Dec 2003 12:28:07 -0800
    ...http://www.vwvortex.com/artman/publish/audi_news/article_199.shtml --- JordanVw@AOL.COM wrote: > FSI stands for the new VW direct- injection system...
  • Re: water injection
    Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
    Fri, 19 Jul 2002 23:27:34 +0100
    ...We're also way ahead on the subtleties of water injection, as the original subject matter arose through noting the way that engines produce...
  • Re: Plastic fuel line
    Historical mailing list - Mike B
    Sat, 1 Mar 2014 15:28:04 -0500
    Fuel injection hose is larger on the OD, which may not allow it to fit through some bulkheads. Also, Fuel injection hose is more...
  • Re: digifant injection
    Historical mailing list - neil N
    Mon, 6 Apr 2009 19:51:20 -0700
    ...FWIW, I googled using the term "batch fire" and found that the correct term (or possibly one of them) is "simultaneous injection". Neil. -- Neil...
  • Re: '82 Westy Diesel Intro + Injector / Timing Belt / GeneralQuestions
    Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
    Mon, 27 Aug 2001 11:15:22 -0700
    ...The engine and fuel injection parts are mostly the same as 81-85 Jettas, etc. Leaking in the injector area is most likely due...
  • Bad Fuel? (long)
    Historical mailing list - John Franklin
    Mon, 22 Sep 1997 11:32:23 +0000
    ...I know the Alfa becomes very sputtery and unhappy with lower octane/detergent fuel (it too has Bosch electronic fuel injection), but I haven...
  • The Bosch Fuel Injection book by Robert Probst
    Historical mailing list - Kenneth D Lewis
    Sat, 1 Sep 2001 15:15:21 -0400
    Found The Bosch Fuel Injection book by Robert Probst for $8.95 at http://discountautorepairmanuals.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv Good Luck and Drive Safely...
  • Re: Best chance of passing emmissions?
    Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
    Thu, 18 Aug 2005 17:53:29 -0400
    I would suggest a bottle of STRONG fuel injection cleaner in the tank about 200 miles before the testing.There are so few smog...
  • Re: What is an AFM?
    Historical mailing list - Michael J. Sullivan
    Tue, 5 Oct 1999 14:34:04 -0400
    ...Vanagons have pulsed injection as opposed to continuous >injection. > <bold>Michael J. Sullivan </bold>Marshfield Hills, MA Tierra del Fuego 2000 or bust! '87...
  • Re: Kombi on fire
    Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
    Fri, 06 Oct 95 08:55:37 CDT
    On Fri, 6 Oct 95 08:43:25 CDT david woodward wondered: >Does fuel injection protect against this type of fire? (no carb, fuel...
  • Re: re diesel injection pumps
    Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
    Sun, 3 Apr 2005 18:53:04 -0700
    ...The TDI diesels use an ECU with 2 or 3 times the number of wires as a waterboxer fuel injection system and even more...
  • Re: low idle when AC compressor is on
    Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
    Sat, 10 Jul 2021 18:45:57 -0700
    ...The wire over to the fuel injection harness connects to a thin white/green wire coming out of the injection harness under the ignition...
  • Re: digifant injection
    Historical mailing list - David Kao
    Mon, 6 Apr 2009 22:26:51 -0700
    ...digifant injection > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Date: Monday, April 6, 2009, 7:21 PM > things are happening fast enough, that it doesn't...
  • Throttle switch; Valve Float
    Historical mailing list - Dave Kautz
    Tue, 18 Apr 95 17:18:18 PDT
    ...is for the '79 California model breadloaf, but I think the injection system is the same for Calif. model 80-83 Vanagons. Eugene asks...
  • Re: water injection
    Historical mailing list - Hector Zapata
    Sat, 20 Jul 2002 14:02:26 -0400
    ...water injection > 100% Air-cooled crowd. > About 4 Ghias, 2 Things, two hatch backs, one notch back, about 10 pre 60 > bugs and a...
  • How does Digifant work?
    Historical mailing list - tabe johnson
    Wed, 1 Sep 2004 19:53:35 -0400
    ...That is, if you unplug the hall sender when the engine is running, you'd get NO injection pulse. But if you unplug the...
  • Re: New VW Rotten Unvieled // TDI?
    Historical mailing list - Vdub Guy
    Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:30:38 +0000
    <Yes and when your injection pump needs rebuilding I will cost the equivalent of 250 gallons of fuel to get the whole job done...
  • Re: bosch information
    Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
    Fri, 12 Aug 94 15:21:49 CDT
    ...i never heard of a 74 bus with >> fuel injection, much less a 2.0 liter engine, but that's what the catalog > >or...
  • Re: Question about testing O2 sensor with digital meter
    Historical mailing list - mdrillock
    Fri, 26 Sep 2008 19:11:16 -0700
    ...Called a "commencement of injection valve" in many other documents. Used as a cold starting aid in VW diesel engines beginning in the 90s...
  • Re: replace FI with carbs?
    Historical mailing list
    Fri, 28 Oct 1994 10:44:50 -0700
    ...Automobile Atlanta Tech Tip 48 Fuel injection is a precisely metered, failsafe system that has few component failures. The newest Porsches use a system...
  • Water injection and long term damage
    Historical mailing list - Peter W. Stein
    Sat, 20 Dec 1997 17:42:34 -0800
    ...I should pull all injection components and dry / clean, eh? Is it the computer making an adjustment when prob starts 15 - 20 sec after...
  • Re: 1.9L to 2.1L Swap
    Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
    Tue, 20 Jun 2000 11:57:41 -0700
    ...Has nobody changed the cooling & fuel injection system along > with the motor? I have a complete 2.1L with fuel injection wiring > harness and...
  • digifant injection
    Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
    Mon, 6 Apr 2009 21:50:48 -0400
    ...intake valve until the intake stroke for that cylinder? Surely 3/4 of the injection cycles are not "wasted" fuel?? Allan -- 1991 Vanagon GL
  • High Idle / stabilization control question
    Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
    Sat, 10 Mar 2007 11:26:23 -0800
    Hi Tim, Tim, it may just be that the idle valve cannot compensate for the current adjustment of the Fuel injection system. or you...
  • Re: Water Injection
    Historical mailing list - Zoltan Kuthy
    Sat, 24 May 2008 22:44:39 -0700
    ...Water Injection > VERY interesting, Greg. > > I know some old time mechanics who will put a slug of water through an > engine, the idea being...
  • bosch info: vanagons 1986-1991
    Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
    Sun, 14 Aug 94 20:07:06 CDT
    Bosch Gasoline and Diesel Injection Products Catalog 221132 1992 Gasoline Fuel Injection - Volkswagen ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Year 1991 1990 Model Vanagon Vanagon Engine 2109cc (MV) 2109cc (MV...
  • Re: Water Injection
    Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
    Sat, 24 May 2008 22:21:53 -0500
    ...John Rodgers 88 GL driver Greg Potts wrote: > Hi John, > > I tried a water injection experiment in my westfakia last summer. In > July my...
  • Re: Digifant performance stuff.
    Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
    Tue, 14 Nov 2000 10:32:29 +0000
    ...I stated that I had a .7 or so volts, and that the Bosch Fuel Injection Book, power curve graph show max. power at...
  • Re: VW approved engine conversion kit
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Tue, 11 May 1999 21:17:24 -0400
    ...these engines? What does "motronic" fuel injection mean, anyhow? Motronic is a Bosch trademark referring to fuel-injection systems which also directly control ignition...
  • fuel injection problems
    Historical mailing list - MtnGal
    Thu, 18 Mar 1999 19:29:36 -0800
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  • Re: New 1,9 TDI from VW
    Historical mailing list - Bulley
    Fri, 10 Sep 1999 09:56:24 -0400
    While I don't know the specifics on the new Tdi, I can tell you that common rail injection cannot work on any compression...
  • Sequential vs batch RE: digifant injection
    Historical mailing list - pdooley
    Tue, 7 Apr 2009 00:05:34 -0400
    Even with sequential fuel injection, intake valve opening events happen so fast that by 2-3k rpm the injector is spraying part of the...
  • O2 Sensor
    Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
    Mon, 5 Feb 2001 17:39:24 -0700
    ...What I'm interested in list members understanding that adjusting the fuel injection system is done open loop. It is important that the o2...
  • Re: '82 Diesel Smoke
    Historical mailing list - Mike Catlin
    Fri, 1 Mar 1996 14:23:19 -0800 (PST)
    ...They are listed in my telephone book yellow pages under "diesel fuel injection - sales & service". Of course, you need a deep socket of the...
  • <No subject>
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Atkins
    Wed, 17 Oct 2001 01:16:32 +0000
    Hey folks, Today I picked up some fuel injection line for my van at the flaps. The fuel line has a rubber core with...
  • 87 Vanagon 2.1 fuel injection wire harness G1 butt connector
    Historical mailing list - Boucheron
    Fri, 6 May 2011 14:49:06 -0400
    Does anyone know the location of the G1 butt connector inside the fuel injection wire harness? Stock 87 Vanagon 2.1. Started out as...
  • Digifant and Fuel Injection Basic questions(long)
    Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
    Thu, 25 Dec 2008 20:55:52 -0600
    ...FUEL INJECTION QUESTIONS 1.In Haltech's Basic mode, three types of fuel injection can occur, Multi-point, Batch fire, and Staged injection. Since...
  • Re: Experiment
    Historical mailing list - Bruce Nadig
    Tue, 27 Jul 2004 13:54:45 -0500
    ...Interestingly, I was watching the Formula 1 race this past weekend, and they were talking about water injection (it might have been during qualifying...
  • Re: fuel pump choice?
    Historical mailing list - David Bohannan
    Mon, 11 Sep 2006 10:18:19 -0400
    Buy 2 of the Fuel Injection Corp ones...install one, keep one as the inevitable spare...still save 85 bucks... Dave On 9/11...
  • Re: [SPAM] Re: Water Injection
    Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
    Sun, 25 May 2008 10:30:10 -0700
    ...Look up both Snow Performance and Aquamist, as they each have electronic controllers for sophisticated dual stage injection systems, and such. Enjoy! Casey
  • Re: Vanagon? Really? Gasoline vs. Diesel-again.
    Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
    Sun, 22 Jan 2012 19:18:44 -0800
    ...But he did have reservations about the AAZ that had to do with the injection pump. I have to call him anyway so I...
  • Re: ** HELP ** van heavy gas smell
    Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
    Sat, 16 Jul 2005 14:59:17 -0400
    ...If it then runs fine where it ran rough at idle, you got a fuel problem.With the gas smell, you have a injection...
  • L-Jetronic (digijet) information
    Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
    Fri, 25 Jun 2004 19:25:19 -0400
    for those of you that have the bentley and the Bosch Fuel Injection & Engine Management book by bentley, i was wondering if you could...
  • Re: AW: Water deliberately added to gasoline?
    Historical mailing list - Simon Reinhardt
    Tue, 10 Dec 2002 09:42:32 -0700
    ...Therefore, properly timed water injection augments the gases produced by gasoline combustion, to produce a larger volume of "stuff" to push the piston more...
  • Re: ALERT! Brand new fuel hoses failing!!!!
    Historical mailing list - Chris S
    Sun, 28 Sep 2008 08:23:27 -0400
    ...COHLINE 2134 0613- 7 x 13 - > NBR /CR < - 32 - 14/07 It was sold to me as "Fuel Injection hose" 2008/9/27 Ed...
  • Fuel Injection Question
    Historical mailing list - Scott Morrow
    Thu, 28 Mar 1996 07:45:35 -0600
    ...It has the fuel injection still on it, but someone has put a 009 Bosch distributor on it. Will this work? I thought that...
  • Re: 82 Diesel Vanagon Engine Replacement - I'm looking at the 1.9 NA
    Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
    Fri, 26 Apr 2002 11:02:12 -0400
    ...If you use your 1.6 head and 1.6 injection pump, you may diminish the stated horsepower of this engine. You may invest...
  • Do-It-Yourself Electronic Fuel Injection
    Historical mailing list
    Thu, 25 Apr 1996 11:36:20 +0000
    I found the following webpage on Do-It-Yourself Electronic Fuel Injection and it seemed like something that might be of interest to many...
  • Re: AW: Water deliberately added to gasoline?
    Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
    Tue, 10 Dec 2002 10:24:58 -0600
    ...This would activate the water injection system. ---------------------- Clip ----------------------- This worked great for about six minutes, then you became a glider. 1962 Olds F85 had...