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• Re: strange idling behavior ? (long post with plenty of diagnostic hints)
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Fri, 14 Nov 2008 18:43:53 -0800
  ...I don't know Digifant, but vacuum leak is my first thought. Also check out the Vortex.com They should have a section dedicated...
• Re: Isolating an idle problem?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 21 Dec 2014 18:25:04 -0800
  ...Isolating an idle problem? > > I've been seeing an intermittent low idle-sometime no idle with my Digifant > 84 van 92 rabbit/fox/Jetta...
• Re: AFM Spring Tension
  Historical mailing list - Mark Bowie
  Sun, 6 Sep 1998 16:22:06 -0400
  ...I've hooked up a digifant tool, and it all checks out except I'm unsure about the readings for the AFM and the...
• Re: Survey-- Your Favorite Vanagon Accessories That You Have Added
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Thu, 1 Feb 2001 07:33:52 -0500
  ...2) An ECU that will accept the digifant chip 3) The digifant chip. 4) Re- bush the suspension. Replace control arm bushings, ball joints...
• Re: Idle Stabilizer Valve part numbering question
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Thu, 1 Oct 2015 14:02:23 -0700
  ...Is an older ISV from other VW (mk II 1.8 Digifant?) rated for same voltage and current draw range? If so, if needed...
• Re: Eurospec problem
  Historical mailing list - Grant Holst
  Wed, 13 Oct 1999 09:12:33 -0700
  ...Also when the key is > switched on with the stock Digifant set up, the pump primes for about 1 > second and you can hear...
• Re: One more maintenance item to keep a check on...
  Historical mailing list - Ron Semko
  Sun, 26 Nov 2000 15:40:12 -0500
  ...Sun, 26 Nov 2000 14:42:26 EST > >The throttle switch with the Digifant and the two switches on the Digijet. > >I have found...
• Re: Digifant de-evolution?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 29 Apr 2002 11:13:08 -0400
  At 10:32 AM 4/29/2002, Matt Sutton wrote: >Hi Folks, > -Starting cold with ISV connected and o2 sensor disconected, engine revs >to...
• Re: Tiico Emissions in CA and elsewhere...
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Thu, 28 Mar 2002 18:59:13 EST
  ...now has to be as clean as an old waterboxer with digifant or digijet FI. >> Sorry to contradict, but this is not consistant with...
• Re: idle stablizer/its only another part (Good Info Here!)
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Sat, 21 Dec 2002 14:23:10 -0500
  We only supply the "D" but they will work on all 2.1l Digifant Vanagons. They are backward compatible. You can't get the...
• Re: No Oil filler cap=poor idle..observation on Digifant..
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 24 Jul 2009 09:31:01 -0700
  ...GMAIL.COM> wrote: > > > My van has an inline four VW motor..Digifant II injection, lots of the > > same parts as a WBX. So yesterday...
• No idle when engine cold
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Mon, 20 Apr 2020 14:53:13 -0400
  ...2.0 ABA block, 1.8 head, Digifant II. I recently replaced the head gasket. The head was skimmmed flat. ARP studs. All looking...
• Throttle-on running issue
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Mon, 15 Jul 2019 21:07:00 -0400
  ...We have a 2.0 ABA with 1.8 head with Digifant II FI. The engine will start fine from cold. As it warms...
• Re: Fuel pressure too high
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 6 Mar 2018 16:21:08 -0500
  > > There's no power at the fuel pump, because there is none at the "Digifant > Control Unit Relay" (as it is called on page...
• Re: Are all 2.1 engines digifant?
  Historical mailing list - Ben
  Sun, 4 May 2014 22:51:38 -0700
  The downloading and free sharing of copyrighted material is an illegal activity NOT encouraged or permitted on the Vanagon List. The Bentley Manual is...
• Re: Part out or Sell - your opinions
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Thu, 18 Apr 2013 08:21:07 -0400
  ...Happy Trails, Greg Potts Toronto, Ontario Canada 197x Westfakia "Bob the Tomato" 1988 Wolfsburg Weekender Hardtop - Inline 4 2L 8V Digifant Engine conversion blog...
• Re: Increased Idle Speed with A/C
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 25 Mar 2009 11:10:55 -0500
  ...Do you have a copy of the Digifant FI Service Manual. Drop me a note off list if you would, please. You problem prompted...
• Has anyone R&R'd the distributor in a sy
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 23 Apr 1996 10:00:00 -0400 (EDT)
  ...Has anyone replaced the distributor assembly in a 2.1 syncro digifant? Where did you get your part? I got a quote for a...
• Re: What is a Westy Weekender?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 11 Nov 1996 14:24:34 -0800
  I got my bentley manual over the weekend but just before that, I got a couple of Digifant II brains to resolder connections on...
• Re: Running Hot
  Historical mailing list - gregory
  Sun, 5 Apr 1998 22:49:02 -0700
  ...so, the question, where does your temp gauge needle sit on your perfectly operational digifant powered vanagon? thanks gregory
• Re: WTB: Idle Stabilizer Control Unit-2.1L
  Historical mailing list - Karen Olson
  Sat, 13 May 2000 11:21:33 -0500
  ...I need the controller for the 2.1L Digifant > engine. The place where I usually get Bosch parts can't find a listing for...
• Re: Latest news on No Spark
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth D Lewis
  Sun, 17 Jun 2001 11:23:24 -0400
  ...Now before I go and purchase that, are there any other suggestions for what the no spark syndrome could be? I have the digifant...
• Re: Vanagon !
  Historical mailing list - Jim Kennedy
  Mon, 26 Apr 2004 08:13:09 -0700
  ...25 Apr 2004, tmiller wrote: > Has anyone tried to use a Digifant ECU for the same year VW Golf or > Jetta? I was specifically...
• Re: Strange Idle behavior: Cause found
  Historical mailing list - Dave Arthur
  Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:49:47 -0300
  ...Ouch. >> >> Does anybody know if the ISV from digifant Golf/Jettas are compatible? >> I have a bucket with about 10 ISV's from these...
• Re: Engine miss
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Thu, 11 Sep 2014 20:58:14 -1000
  ...Engine miss > > Does this version Digifant use an AFM? If so.... > > Faulty portion of resistive strip in the AFM? > > tencentlife on thesamba.com posted...
• Re: A new project..inline 4 VW van
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Sun, 6 Jun 2010 03:23:38 -0400
  ...3A in that the block height is the same as the Digifant engines (your ABA is 16 mm taller), has all the bottom end...
• Re: What IS Vanagon Syndrome, exactly?
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sat, 19 Oct 2013 19:21:26 -0400
  ...I just saw a few posts about a Digifant inline > VW powered vanagon traveling the southwest, like I soon will be doing > again... He...
• Re: Surging at Idle (2.1 Digifant)
  Historical mailing list - Justin B. Jensen
  Tue, 16 Sep 1997 16:58:20 -0700
  Lawrence Johnson wrote: > > On the principle that there is no such thing as a stupid question: > > When I first start the engine, the revs...
• Re: fitting engine into vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Sat, 6 Jan 2001 05:48:09 -0800
  I'm going to be facing that 'what to do?' question soon on the inline 4 Digifant2 engine that I'll be installing in...
• =?utf-8?Q?Re=3A_Are_all_2.1_engines_digifant=3F?=
  Historical mailing list - Mike Holm Toronto
  Sun, 4 May 2014 17:16:53 -0400
  ...Are all 2.1 engines digifant? At 01:51 PM 5/4/2014, Mike Holm Toronto wrote: >Cool. I'm still working out the...
• Re: Are all 2.1 engines digifant?
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Mon, 5 May 2014 13:28:55 -0600
  ...Are all 2.1 engines digifant? >> >> The downloading and free sharing of copyrighted material is an illegal >> activity NOT encouraged or permitted on the...
• FW: Power Loss in rain
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Thu, 15 Jun 2000 13:08:49 -0400
  ...From the symptoms and the Bentley wiring diagrams, I believed that a failure of the left engine compartment ground, where the Digifant relay and...
• Re: What year is it really?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Thu, 18 Sep 2003 22:51:05 -0700
  ...The 1986 (08/86) camper that I have now has a 2.1L motor in it with DigiJet injection (not Digifant) and square fuses...
• Vanagon FI Test Equip & Sorry
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 13 Oct 1994 10:21:15 -0400
  ...I'd hate to be judged by my own inner critic! Anyway, before I get to the good stuff (digifant fuel injection test equipment...
• Slight over run popping from exhaust..84 (inline VW with Digifant )
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 3 Aug 2009 16:30:05 -0700
  ...Plus I know there are list members with other similar VW motors and knowledge of the Digifant EFI system. Here goes: This particular motor...
• Re: re. natural gas, propane
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 11 Jun 2000 19:34:00 -0700
  ...digifant fail. >In western Canada it seems there are more places to buy propane than diesel. >Propane also burns cleaner than the digifant. IMHO...
• Re: fuel pump choice? fuel filters
  Historical mailing list - Sam Walters
  Thu, 14 Sep 2006 23:12:57 -0400
  The original set up of the Digifant system (86+) was for two fuel filters, one between the tank and the pump, just like the...
• Re: Mann Oil Filter and lifters Was:Engine Starting Problem
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 26 Feb 2014 20:16:10 -0800
  I had the same problem on occasion with my I4 1800 digifant in my 82 westy. I tried different filters, but always used the...
• Re: Arduino and Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Thu, 14 Nov 2013 22:08:09 -0800
  ...On 11/14/13, mark drillock <mdrillock@cox.net> wrote: > > Vanagon Digifant is not alone in using an ICU as a separate module to...
• Re: Fuel injectors needed
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Fri, 19 Nov 1999 13:45:45 -0500
  ...I read somewhere that yellow collar injectors are for 2.1L digifant motors and blue collar injectors are for 1.9L digijet motors and...
• Re: Who is Mike Miller???......
  Historical mailing list - mike miller
  Wed, 3 Oct 2001 11:54:03 -0700
  ...I thought >> I'd gotten >> comfortable with the list jargon --- ECU, Digifant, Digijet, Digiwife >> ---- and >> now I am bemused by this new term. Is...
• Re: ecu 025 906 022 d
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 28 Nov 2001 12:07:04 EST
  ...I have rebuilt Digifant ECUs ready to ship for $200 (again FYI). I don't charge a core charge up front either, I just...
• Re: Digifant de-evolution?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 29 Apr 2002 16:59:38 -0500
  Matt Sutton wrote: > Hi Folks, > Finally did a tune up on my newly aquired 88 GL, Matt, I have an 88 GL, and when...
• Re: engine conversion
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Thu, 6 Mar 2003 09:59:01 -0500
  ...with part numbers, of everthing one can use, to install a digifant A2 motor in to a Vanagon. This alone would convince everyone about...
• Re: State of the Art in Engine Swaps is....?
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Wed, 7 Apr 2004 15:50:09 EDT
  ...BenT 1989 Syncro 16 Doka 1.6td (stock) 1988 Wolfsburg Edition 2.1 WBX (stock) 1987 GL 1.8 Digifant inline-4 (cheap conversion...
• Re.: 87 Vanagon hesitation continues
  Historical mailing list - Kay O Fremgen
  Thu, 13 Aug 1998 11:18:46 -0400
  ...It goes from digifant ECU pin 2 to the oxygen sensor connector, from this connector to the black wire on the oxygen sensor. My...
• Re: Digifant timing issues- no idle -SOLUTION-
  Historical mailing list - Dan Richelson
  Mon, 3 Oct 2005 14:57:43 -0600
  ...I replaced the 2.1 liter Digifant and put a 2.1 with only 86k miles on it. I did head gaskets, water pump...
• Re: Fuel Filters vs Fuel Strainers
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Wed, 6 Oct 2010 16:05:33 -0700
  ...this book does not match vanagons exactly. | it's a 'digifant' manual. | Digifant Vanagons ( 2.1 wbxr engine ) use one 'large silver can fuel...
• =?UTF-8?Q?Re=3A_Diesel_Engine_Position=3A_4=C2=BA_Angle_From_Centre_of?= =?UTF-8?Q?_Rear_Wheels?=
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sat, 28 Oct 2017 10:47:44 -0700
  ...ABA with 1.8 liter head > and Vanagon bars, stock deisel motor mounts and stock Digifant stuff from > the 84 van.. > Mine is, measured...
• Digifant II quirky issue. 3000 RPM rev limit?
  Historical mailing list - Alex Towner
  Thu, 11 May 2017 11:05:15 -0500
  I hope I'm not covering this again, since I get the list in digest form. My amateur garage would be removing the fuel...
• Vanagon Intermittent Misfire
  Historical mailing list - Subject: Vanagon Intermittent Misfire
  Feb. 29, 1992
  ...This resonance causes the air-flow meter to supply an intermittent signal to the Digifant ECU. The ECU will then default to a "no...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - Carl Hansen
  Wed, 14 Oct 1998 00:32:47 -0500
  ...NOTE: they DON'T sell the ECU from 1986 on (ie. Digifants). Check out their catalog. MJS At 11:55 AM 10/13/98...
• hi/low idling on '87 2.1L
  Historical mailing list - Richard C Welsh
  Thu, 6 Jan 2000 18:12:51 -0500
  ...has anyone ever done all the Bentley recommended tests for the Digifant system? can I use a standard Ohmeter and some common sense, or...
• Re: 2.1l ECUs new for $475
  Historical mailing list - Mark Belanger
  Mon, 17 Mar 2003 20:32:14 -0800
  Kenneth Wilford wrote: > Just wanted to let the List know that I have available in a very limited > supply, brand new 2.1l Digifant...
• Re: Help! Hesitation on the road!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 10 Aug 2011 18:39:53 -0400
  ...VW technical service bulletins regarding driveability complaints read as follows- The first details problems with Digifant engines and the second one supercedes the first...
• Idle Stabilizer System Delete. Cause Bog Off Idle?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sat, 11 Apr 2015 14:43:40 -0700
  ...This is for an '88 2.1 WBX with Digifant. The idle stabilization valve and control unit are currently unplugged. (see below). However. If...
• Re: (LONG) Surging Idle fixed! / Surging O2 sensor readings
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Wed, 12 Jan 2000 08:08:39 -0600
  ...Our digifants assume any voltage from the o2 sensor is correct. If you have a bad ground, bad o2 wire, bad sensor it can...
• Re: New Digifant bogosity - <fwd> one possible explanation
  Historical mailing list - Frank E. Terhaar-Yonkers
  Wed, 8 Nov 1995 15:55:08 -0500
  ...New Digifant bogosity >To: fty@mcnc.org > > > Ok, this doesn't sound like the common miss that occurs after driving > at sustained highway speeds...
• Re: Cold start valve
  Historical mailing list - Thewestyman
  Sat, 1 Jun 2013 11:40:25 -0700
  ...Cold start valve Depends on the version of Digifant harness. In later years the idle control gets power from the Fuel Pump relay so...
• Re: Broken down in bishop ca!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Ohana
  Tue, 28 May 2013 22:50:07 -0700
  ...Anyone have any tips? Tranny replacement? >> >> Tim >> 2.0 aba digifant 1.8 head >> Converted from 82 diesel >> >> Sent from Yahoo! Mail on Android >> >