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• Re: EXPERTISE NEEDED! oil pressure woes con't. part 4
  Historical mailing list - Steven Denis
  Fri, 9 Feb 2001 18:43:09 EST
  ...s in older cars?? The later buses got heavier and the Digifant system runs them a bit hotter and MOST of them have A...
• Re: Need AFM adapter so different aircleaner or cold air intake can be used- to cone or no!
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Mon, 19 Jan 2009 19:27:55 -0500
  ...This approach greatly reduced the intake roar for the Digifant and Audi engines as heard in the interior of the Westfalia. It did lead...
• Re: Arduino and Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Sun, 17 Nov 2013 10:20:37 -0600
  ...I suspect not on Difijet and Digifant. > One some systems ....say early volvo EFI ...there's a a fairly > sophisticate throttle position switch ( and...
• Re: question about thermostat ... or not
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Thu, 4 Mar 2010 09:58:53 -0800
  ...digifant replacement engine (2005) with less than 1000 miles > on > >> it ... > >> > >> benny boy says the thermostat is crucial to proper performance of > injector > >> system...
• Re: Friday Thoughts about Turboing a Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Fri, 13 Dec 2002 21:41:30 -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: A bit rough idle, running. Unbalanced injectors?
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Sat, 18 Aug 2007 21:50:26 -0600
  ...Some fuel injection > systems use a valve to bypass air around the throttle plate for idle, > and the working end of this valve can...
• Re: Vapor lock? Static electricity? Help!
  Historical mailing list - Paul Chubbuck
  Tue, 24 Jul 2007 06:21:59 -0600
  ...van as your Golf motor is using a different engine management system. Maybe you need a better mechanic. On 7/23/07, Larry or...
• Re: Single wire Oxygen sensor: Substitution report..
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Fri, 31 Oct 2014 13:43:29 -0600
  ...Bear in mind that good or bad is > relative, with port fuel injection needing faster information than > carbureted systems. > > ANY O2 sensor that will...
• Update: Idle Speed Adjustment
  Historical mailing list - John H. Rodgers
  Mon, 12 Oct 1998 22:14:25 -0500
  ...1) The 1988 and later models have the Digifant Fuel injection systems. 2) The Bentley book is confusing as to how to adjust the...
• Re: More O2 Sensor confusion...
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Tue, 6 Mar 2001 09:13:09 -0500
  ...I've reached the conclusion that VW spec'd the wbx digifant system to run right on the margin of what's acceptable to...
• Re: More O2 Sensor confusion...
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Tue, 6 Mar 2001 09:13:09 -0500
  ...I've reached the conclusion that VW spec'd the wbx digifant system to run right on the margin of what's acceptable to...
• Re: I'm getting the FAS Gen 5 and info
  Historical mailing list - Jamie Fitterer
  Thu, 17 May 2012 15:40:00 +0000
  ...We will also be selling a version of our unique hydraulic cradle bar mounting system package that we designed for the old Tiico/ ABA...
• Re: '84 1.9L 2-WD -- cold start problems still the same after new O2-sensor, new Temp II sensor, and new plugs
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 20 Jun 2011 13:48:22 -0700
  ...used on fuel injection systems prior to Digijet and Digifant. CIS fuel injection cars use them .. air-cooled Vanagons have them .. but not our...
• Re: Stuck in Alturas with electrical mystery
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 24 Sep 2007 09:45:46 -0400
  ...bus depot with the connector kit..2 wire for the digifant >II system on my inline >rabbit motor... > Checked the obvious...alternator belt is...
• Re: Fuel Injector (or wiring) Question: Deceleration, Fuel Shutoff Mode
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 27 Jul 2012 21:54:11 -0700
  ...I've run almost all the Bentley digifant checks and have replaced the muffler o2 cat temp sensor all tune up parts except hall...
• Re: new 86 Westy Nova Scotia owners
  Historical mailing list - Alfred Bagdan
  Thu, 10 Aug 2000 12:24:47 -0600
  ...It is called the Digitool and since you have an 86 van and a digifant system, you can download the plans of how to...
• Re: 87 Lack of power
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Thu, 13 Dec 2001 09:45:15 -0800
  ...What is an AFM? I see in the bentley the whole system is called an > "AFC". Is it the "intake air sensor" (Air Fuel...
• Re: I'm getting the FAS Gen 5 and info
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Egeln
  Thu, 17 May 2012 14:48:04 -0700
  ...IMO, assuming the exhaust system remains crack free, and the carriers hold up (why wouldn't they?) that will be a nice swap. Some...
• Re: ECU Digital
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Mon, 16 May 2022 22:38:31 -0400
  ...fairly simple system and with very few exceptions most running problems end up being outside the fault of the FI system. > > For the high...
• Re: Turbo question Water Jacket Seal failure
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Tue, 10 Sep 2002 08:18:10 -0700
  ...The new outboards are ultra-high 700 PSI systems, for the same reason. Likewise diesels run in the 400 psi range. I was pleasantly...
• Re: Single wire Oxygen sensor: Substitution report..
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 31 Oct 2014 17:02:46 -0400
  ...Bear in mind that good or bad is relative, with port fuel injection needing faster information than carbureted systems. ANY O2 sensor that will...
• Re: AFM pathology (no legal or medical content)
  Historical mailing list - Frank Miller
  Mon, 4 Oct 1999 06:39:21 -0400
  ...Thoughts about a couple of AFM failure modes, developed from >studying a used digijet and new digifant AFM, reading the service note, >list messages...
• Re: More 89 Bluestar questions
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 15 Jan 2014 19:54:20 -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: Thermostat Replacement?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 14 May 2009 13:14:02 -0700
  ...You have bled the cooling system to the radiator. Yet.......it still acts like the main pipes are blocked - the radiator is stone cold...
• Re: Trip Report: Portland, Or to Algodones, Mx and return..
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 15 Mar 2015 09:48:34 -0700
  ...sensor with a cheapo unheated one to run > > with my Digifant engine management system...Works fine except it takes a > > second or two to...
• Re: SMOG TEST failure
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 7 Feb 2008 21:52:41 -0500
  ...The Vanagon engne is really > prone to this due to the poorly designed intake system. Over advanced > ignition timing will also add to this...
• Re: Not passing smog, still... Need help!
  Historical mailing list - Steven Dodson
  Sat, 24 Aug 2002 18:41:19 -0700
  ...Is it different on syncros or digifant? -Steven Dodson Kneeland, CA "Inga" the 87 Syncro -----Original Message----- From: Doktor Tim [mailto:doktortim@rockisland.com...
• Re: Conversion? JETTA ENGINE??
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 31 Dec 2009 09:30:57 -0800
  ...Is this a dumb idea? Should I just get new plastic stuff? > I'm going to work over the fuel delivery system and get...
• Re: Intermittent Ignition miss, no start,or rich running, need help!,LONG
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Thu, 7 Oct 1999 09:57:26 -0400
  ...Is acceleration enrichment that excessive on these digifant systems? or is something else awry? Obviously I need to locate the vacuum leak, but that...
• Re: My near Vanagon disaster(long)
  Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
  Sun, 21 Sep 2003 23:46:43 +0000
  ...to replace >the >clutch and change the fuel injection system from '91 Golf-Jetta Digifant 2 >to '95 Motronic. > >What made it take so...
• Re: CA smog situation 84 1.9
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sun, 20 Sep 2009 15:38:16 -0700
  Here's one from Dennis on smog; Emissions issues really are straight forward for those who know how the system works, what should happen...
• Fwd: My 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st Westy -'84 Westy information
  Historical mailing list - Thomas D. Hanlon
  Fri, 27 Jun 1997 19:18:59 -0500
  ...More technical minds than mine can verse you on the fine distinctions between Digijet and Digifant FI. I change all filters, in all crevices...
• Re: gas fumes/injectors
  Historical mailing list - Karl Bloss
  Sat, 3 Jun 2000 23:43:11 -0400
  ...The way I did it was to depressurize the system (pull the injector relay on Digifants; pull the ground wire on the fuel pump...
• Re: Single wire Oxygen sensor: Substitution report..
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 31 Oct 2014 12:58:18 -0700
  ...Bear in mind that good or bad is > relative, with port fuel injection needing faster information than > carbureted systems. > > ANY O2 sensor that will...
• Re: Vapor lock? Static electricity? Help!
  Historical mailing list - Paul Chubbuck
  Tue, 24 Jul 2007 06:36:09 -0600
  ...van as your Golf motor is using a different engine management system. Maybe you need a better mechanic. On 7/23/07, Larry or...
• Re: "windage tray" and other I4 conversion comments
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Mon, 8 Jan 2001 18:22:55 -0800
  ...Remember that for Digifant II and CIS-E engines (I assume CIS is > similar, but haven't really looked at this primitive system) the...
• Re: Need AFM adapter so different aircleaner or cold air intake can be used- to cone or no!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 19 Jan 2009 22:19:49 -0800
  ...This approach greatly reduced the intake roar for the Digifant > and Audi engines as heard in the interior of the Westfalia. It did lead...
• Re: '84 1.9L 2-WD -- cold start problems still the same after new O2-sensor, new Temp II sensor, and new plugs
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Wed, 22 Jun 2011 04:39:55 -0400
  ...valve' is a '5th injector' .. > used on fuel injection systems prior to Digijet and Digifant. > CIS fuel injection cars use them .. > air-cooled Vanagons...
• Re: Loss of Power False Air Oil Breather?
  Historical mailing list - Tim Marciniak
  Wed, 21 Aug 2002 22:26:34 -0500
  ...Another >thing I have not done yet is a thorough check of wiring continuity >from the Digifant computer to the various sensors etc. Right...
• Re: gutless - My Experience from 1982 New
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Mon, 31 Mar 2003 23:41:06 EST
  ...by 1 mm), and went through several muffler designs with exhaust system mounts. But the trans failure was my fault, and the muffler mount...
• Re: AFM track cleaning wisdom
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Wed, 11 Aug 2010 21:41:16 -0700
  IIRC, you have an '85? I was told that the capacitor fix only worked on the digifant system, so if you have the original...
• Re: Vapor lock? Static electricity? Help!
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Kimmons
  Tue, 24 Jul 2007 10:05:33 -0500
  ...van as your Golf motor is > using a different engine management system. > > Maybe you need a better mechanic. > > On 7/23/07, Larry or...
• Re: Stuck in Alturas with electrical mystery
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Sun, 23 Sep 2007 23:08:24 -0700
  ...bus depot with the connector kit..2 wire for the digifant II system on my > inline > rabbit motor... > Checked the obvious...alternator belt is...
• Bus/Vanagon Literature Database...
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 4 Feb 95 10:19:11 -0500
  ...edu> Volkswagen Vanagon/Type II Fuel Systems - Covers AFC (1980-1983), Digijet (1983-1985 Water-cooled), and Digifant (1986-1991) Joel Walker <jwalker@ua1vm...
• Re: All engines have issues...
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 22 May 2010 22:23:55 -0400
  ...diesel vanagon, but in an 88 jetta 1.8 Digifant engine. mostly ...as you say, 'the just work.' Possibly the least hassle, least demanding...
• Re: ECU Digital
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Tue, 17 May 2022 06:59:33 -0700
  ...fairly simple system and with very few > exceptions most running problems end up being outside the fault of the FI > system. > > > > For the high...
• Re: Wet weather power loss
  Historical mailing list - Helen Fahy
  Sat, 7 Apr 2001 06:15:34 -0400
  ...It *may* also put the > system into open-loop briefly. ECU inputs are Coolant temp, Air temp, AFM > opening, rpm and TDC from Hall...
• Re: How Much to Rebuild 84 Engine???
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Thu, 20 Dec 2007 14:01:08 -0800
  ...I have one westy running with a 2.1 engine but the 1.9 fuel system, and it does seem to go quite well...
• Re: 82 Diesel Vanagon Engine Replacement Choices? Costs? Comments?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Mon, 22 Apr 2002 14:53:48 -0700
  ...I'm using the simple Digifant ll FI system. Excellent power band in 3rd. I can cruise at 78 mph turning only 4000 rpm...
• Re: Parting out a 1987 Wolfsburg vanagon in Toronto / BusFusion / Niagara Falls
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Tue, 22 May 2012 07:09:02 -0400
  ...also available, other than the ECU I still have >> the digifant FI system up for grabs and some decent exhaust parts as >> well. The...
• Re: 400mm Lift to Flush
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 6 Oct 2004 13:59:18 -0400
  ...When you do, take maximum precautions to keep the inside of the system pristine, just like a hydraulic system. Doesn't take much to...
• Re: question about thermostat ... or not
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 4 Mar 2010 12:33:58 -0800
  ...digifant replacement engine (2005) with less than 1000 >> >> miles >> on >> >> it ... >> >> >> >> benny boy says the thermostat is crucial to proper performance of >> injector >> >> system...
• Re: Air Flow Meter;
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Fri, 6 Jun 2003 13:42:01 -0400
  ...Please notify the sender >by return e-mail and delete this e-mail from your system. Unless >explicitly and conspicuously designated as "E-Contract...
• Engine Conversions (2.0L 4cyl) LONG was: Re: Vanagon w/Eurosport vw2.0 inline 4--->??
  Historical mailing list - Mark R Drovdahl
  Wed, 17 Mar 1999 11:53:37 -0800
  ...So, we've traded the Moto head and FI to a local wrecker (Bry's) for a Digifant II head and FI. Jerry rebuilt...
• Intermittent Ignition miss, no start,or rich running, need help!, LONG
  Historical mailing list - Ezra Hall
  Thu, 7 Oct 1999 00:09:06 -0400
  ...Is acceleration enrichment that excessive on these digifant systems? or is something else awry? Obviously I need to locate the vacuum leak, but that...
• Re: SMOG TEST failure
  Historical mailing list - John Goubeaux
  Thu, 7 Feb 2008 19:11:36 -0800
  ...The Vanagon engne is really >> prone to this due to the poorly designed intake system. Over advanced >> ignition timing will also add to this...
• Re: State of the Art in Engine Swaps is....?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Tue, 6 Apr 2004 23:03:50 -0400
  ...You'd be > > on your own for engine mounts, but at least the Volvo mount system is > > pretty simple. You could probably fab something...
• vw recalls for vanagons, campers, and syncros
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Tue, 05 Apr 94 22:26:57 CDT
  ...600 System: Additional equipment. Vehicle Description: Van Description of Defect: Improper jack furnished with vehicles Consequence of Defect: The jack may not reach far...
• Re: ECU firmware location
  Historical mailing list - tinker man
  Mon, 17 Sep 2007 04:37:37 +0200
  ...Garage mechanics (not only VW) were competent at fixing fuel > > injection systems I wouldn't get into it, but it seems when it gets...
• Re: Mercedes 5cyl 300TD in Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 20 Dec 2002 01:47:51 -0600
  ...I see their fuel injection systems as copies of Bosch, their braking systems as copies of Bendix so all in all most of the...