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• Re: diesel gas conversion - fourth day
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 5 May 2002 21:19:42 -0700
  Just did my Syncro 16 to a Digifant II head / injection system and a 2.0L Audi 80 block. FRAME MODIFYING: Best tool to...
• Re: Idle (Air?) Control Valve VW part #035133455F
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 9 Mar 2016 22:03:19 -0500
  ...I believe it was used on most VWs that had Digifant EFI in that era. Stuart -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon...
• Re: Arduino and Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Thu, 14 Nov 2013 12:05:33 -0800
  ...Thank you! > > > Brett > > > On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 9:30 AM, Neil N <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote: >> An image from my Digifant pro...
• Re: Digifant ECU: Corrosion? And.... Rosin or Heat Damage? PICS
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 8 Jul 2012 09:30:03 -0400
  At 09:03 PM 7/6/2012, neil n wrote: >On LH end of the PCB, there appears to be some kind of corrosion...
• 2.1l vs 1.9l AFM was Re: Looking for a good used Air flow meter 1.9
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 11 Aug 2009 14:48:31 -0400
  ...sure if those meters are the same as the 2.1 digifants. > >If they do interchange, then I have 5 or 6 of them...
• Re: FI Explanation
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Mon, 29 Jun 1998 07:21:58 -0500
  ...The bosch motronic very well also and mentions the digifant is similar. Darrell Boehler Makanda Illinois -----Original Message----- From: Chip & Co. <Shaner@FAMENT.COM...
• Re: Header from Ahnendorp
  Historical mailing list - Michael J. Sullivan
  Wed, 14 Jun 2000 15:03:50 -0400
  ...page. (not that I would ever want to part with my digifant!) Gary <<<< Michael J. Sullivan IPS "SWATteam" Architect Open Market, Inc. ********************************************* phone: 781...
• Re: Placement of Fuel Filter
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Mon, 16 Jul 2001 12:35:21 -0400
  ...Placement of Fuel Filter Shawn Wright wrote: <snip> Anyone know why the fuel filter is placed after the pump in the digifant system? I...
• Re: Behr AC manual
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Tue, 26 Aug 2008 22:26:31 +0200
  ...I also have the Digifant > and Digijet Training factory manuals in PDF form. > > On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 12:58 PM, Raimund Feussner...
• Re: ECU reset, O2 voltage stability
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Tue, 13 Feb 2007 14:11:49 -0800
  ...However (and as jon states), the Digifant retains some settings when turned off. The O2 signal is not constant and does flucuate/swing between...
• Re: Inconsistent stumbling on resume throttle..Was "vanagon syndrome?"
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 24 Jun 2014 22:22:48 -0700
  ...The digifant you have is very similar to what the wbx engine uses. Yes, there are places for unmeasured, ie after the afm, air...
• Broken down in bishop ca!
  Historical mailing list - Timmy Evens
  Tue, 28 May 2013 21:19:04 -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...
• FI systems query
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Fri, 19 Aug 94 20:44:56 CDT
  ...AFC injectors used on air-cooled engines produced up to 1983 ARE NOT interchangeable with Digijet/Digifant injectors. ------------------------------------------------- and, from Mitchell's Electronic Fuel...
• 87 syncro GL: rough running
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 22 Mar 1996 10:02:00 -0400 (EDT)
  ...What do list members that are in the know about VW digifant FI think? Thanks, porter_fred%pax9@mr.nawcad.navy.mil relax and...
• Re: Darrell Boehler's digifant tool
  Historical mailing list - Dave Bayer
  Mon, 13 Jul 1998 14:54:14 -0700
  >| Basically, what Darrell does is >| solder a cable with a inside the ecu, with a female connector on the other >| end. He then constructs...
• Re: Bug tune up - No vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Fri, 25 Feb 2000 02:08:40 +0100
  ...The Beetle never got hydraulic valves (well maybe during the recent years, together with Digifant injection and Catalytic converters), but 30k miles is too...
• Re: Syncro: What is the oil breather heater for?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 10 May 2000 20:42:20 -0400
  ...On the >other hand, my Syncro has Digijet injection, opposed to the Digifant in >your Syncro. > >PerL >87 Syncro 112i > > > >John-Reed Maffeo wrote...
• Re: higher octane needs
  Historical mailing list - Paul Mayfield
  Fri, 28 Dec 2001 19:47:43 +0000
  ...As far as I know (and I may be wrong on this) Vanagon engines with digifant do not have the capability to make use...
• Re: Vgon syndrome on 1.9 WBX
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Wed, 14 May 2003 13:08:33 -0400
  ...I've never tested a Digifant one, but on L-Jet systems that was normal. It'd ramp up, then drop, ramp up, then...
• Re: black box above coil
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 23 Apr 2003 15:00:03 -0700
  For a compression test on a Digifant pull the ECU relay. This will disable the ignition, injectors, and fuel pump. To avoid having to...
• Re: Weak..... so weak
  Historical mailing list - mdrillock
  Sun, 14 Sep 2008 18:05:53 -0700
  ...Many times I have seen a Digifant start and idle with the AFM not connected to the harness due to a slight oversight. No...
• ECU high idle
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Fri, 1 Feb 2008 10:33:58 -0800
  Hi, I'm experienced with the fuel injection setu on digifants. I thought the 87 was such. If so the idle stabilizer is in...
• Re: On Conversion Engine Reliability
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Sun, 21 Apr 2002 23:19:15 EDT
  ...I only use the Vanagon pump as a pre-pump! -------- I have wondered if using the Digifant 2 fuel accumulator with pre-pump would...
• Re: I-4 coversion developing power troubles
  Historical mailing list - Dave Woolridge
  Wed, 27 May 2009 16:47:07 -0230
  ...told it is probably 96 and is I think it is digifant. As for the water there were several rust holes on the top...
• re:Carb vs FI in Vanagon
  Historical mailing list
  12 Dec 95 18:56:00 +1800
  ...yes. >Also, what would be involved in converting my 2.1 digifant to carburation? >What sources of info are there? What would be the...
• Re: More bang from your boxer....
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 11 Aug 1997 20:41:03 EDT
  ...from 86-87 came with the Digijet system and not the Digifant. Jim Thompson Sherwood Automotive * The Old Volks Home http://www.c-zone...
• Re: Newbie has Westie & Vanagon Questions.
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Sat, 30 May 1998 06:40:11 -0700
  ...Smaller improvements include improved braking, Digifant (is this >an improvement??), re-routed coolant hoses, Syncro available, PW, PL, PM, >square headlights, skylight in the...
• Hiccups
  Historical mailing list - Calle Fallberg
  Mon, 18 May 1998 06:42:16 +0200
  ...solution to :-\ I have a -88 vanagon with the 2.1 digifant engine. Its normally running like a champ but every now and then...
• HOT COIL
  Historical mailing list - Scott Hall
  Mon, 15 Feb 1999 15:20:12 -0600
  Das Boot calling again, 1986 Westy, Digifant injection: Coil resistance measurements between terminals 1 and 15 are within specs. I had the ignition switched...
• Re: No Juice to ECU?
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 8 Dec 2002 16:24:32 -0600
  Digifant control unit relay? fuel pump relay? You didn't say the year of the van. Larry A. van man wrote: > > Folks, > > The van...
• Re: REQ - Dead Idle Stabilizer Control Unit Donation
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sun, 23 Oct 2005 11:06:00 -0700
  > > Maybe > do as Daryl did with the Digifant Digitool - make units and sell them > AND make the info available on a web site for...
• Re: Wanted: Digijet idle controller
  Historical mailing list - Tabe Johnson
  Tue, 12 Sep 2006 16:18:34 -0400
  ...I am aware of the difference between digiget and digifant. I apologize for offending your sensibilities by using the wrong word. Next time I...
• Re: Note Re: More Fuel Pump Weirdness - Has Mercury gone retrograde again?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 21 Apr 2010 21:41:16 -0700
  ...If the Jetta engine has Digifant , it uses the same fuel pump vanagon waterboxers do. That pump and system, with fuel pressure regulator on...
• More Ignition/ Stabilizer electonics ?'s(way long!)
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Wed, 11 Apr 2001 01:15:13 -0500
  ...I am trying to get the Digifant idle stabilizer to work with this system too. More on that in hassle #2. Pin one is...
• Re: low idle when AC compressor is on
  Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
  Sun, 11 Jul 2021 01:34:01 -0700
  ...It is a long white/green continuous wire within the Digifant main fuel injection harness. Sadly on page 97.144 it shows the wrong...
• Re: Fuel Pump Kill Switch
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Fri, 13 Jan 2017 17:45:10 -0500
  ...Has anyone done something similar for the relay on a digifant injected Vanagon? > > Ric > 87 Westfalia > > Sent from my iPad
• Fuel pump noise
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 30 Oct 2013 21:48:43 -0700
  ...84 van with a 2.0l inline VW engine and digifant.... I am about to pull it into my shop and do the tranny...
• Auto to 4-Speed Trans Conversion...need help
  Historical mailing list - Dave Rodriguez
  Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:50:05 EDT
  ...the one from the '84 work? It is Digijet, and the '88 is Digifant. Thanks alot, I appreciate any advice you can offer. -Dave
• FIX: 87 Vanagon: Hesitation
  Historical mailing list - Jim A
  Thu, 25 May 2000 19:06:33 -0700
  ...to warm runs great the rest of the time.its a digifant system . these have alot of promblems with the control unit i've...
• Re: : Re: Tag an SUV today
  Historical mailing list - Dave Bayer
  Tue, 26 Dec 2000 19:32:41 -0800
  ...By today's standards (OBD II), > digifant/digijet is very dirty. Modern vehicles pollute much less than > vehicles of 15 years ago. The vanagon...
• Need to replace a pushrod
  Historical mailing list - Marla Stelk
  Wed, 21 Aug 2002 12:05:38 -0400
  ...Thanks! Marla '87 Van "Morrison" 2.1L DigifantGet more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com
• Re: Cutting out
  Historical mailing list - G.M.Bulley
  Sat, 23 Nov 2002 06:40:44 -0500
  ...The vanagon has a cabriolet engine in it and has the digifant engine maintenance system. Ok here is the problem when i mashed the...
• Re: ECU NEEDED - me too!
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Tue, 29 Apr 2003 06:36:48 EDT
  ...Same type of van - 2.1L digifant '87 Westy > - > let me know if you find any extra - > > Marla, I have one, see my <A...
• Re: Megasquirt FI Control and Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Andrew
  Sat, 20 Sep 2003 07:52:19 -0700
  ...One down side to using it on Digifant is that you must leave the ECU connected, except for the injectors and OXS, for the...
• Re: Inconsistent stumbling on resume throttle..Was "vanagon syndrome?"
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 25 Jun 2014 03:08:59 -0400
  ...On the Vanagon Digifant another common problem is a bad ground for the O2 reference circuit. One of these connections is the ground wire...
• Re: Love that Digitool!
  Historical mailing list - yahi
  Fri, 21 Jan 2000 14:42:06 -0800
  ...pin flat cable and will work nicely for a permanently located Digifant Tool. Yahi '87 Westy Syncro ---------- > From: Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@WORLDNET.ATT.NET...
• # Recommended gear change speeds and RPM
  Historical mailing list - TinkerMan
  Wed, 26 Dec 2001 02:20:22 -0800
  ...For a standard, 5 speed, Digijet (not Digifant), 2.1 Liter engine with standard 185R14 tires, what are the recommended gear change road speeds...
• Leak at oil pressure relief valve and pushrods
  Historical mailing list - Marla Stelk
  Sun, 11 Aug 2002 18:55:08 -0400
  ...Thanks, Marla Stelk '87 Van "Morrison" Westy 2.1L DigifantGet more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com
• Tiico replacement parts (FS)
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Sat, 5 Apr 2003 11:59:08 -0500
  ...These are both Digifant motors. This means they also have the fuel injectors, fuel rail, wiring, and pressure regulator that can be fitted to...
• Re: 300 miles with a tank...
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Sun, 7 Mar 2004 10:57:14 -0800
  ...It is powered by an '89 RV 1.8 Digifant 2 engine. The engine 'mods' consist of a tightened AFM spring (2 notches) and...
• Re: Step up the idle
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 21 Aug 2007 10:07:37 -0400
  ...sure what engine management system you have but I thought the Digifant >ECU did all the idle compensatiing for the AC and PS. True...
• Re: Wild idle
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 21 Jul 2010 14:36:23 -0700
  ...and no kidding, I have a plan to run it on vanagon digifant fuel injection. EV's are their own special nightmare. . I'm...
• Re: Fuel Filters vs Fuel Strainers
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Wed, 6 Oct 2010 19:01:48 -0400
  ...this book does not match vanagons exactly. > it's a 'digifant' manual. > Digifant Vanagons ( 2.1 wbxr engine ) use one 'large silver can fuel...
• Re: 86 digifant running rich
  Historical mailing list - M.R. Nimmo
  Thu, 3 Jun 1999 06:32:31 -0700
  Wow! What should a "parts-replace-not-yet-promoted-to-backyard-mechanic" do to learn the basics of the digifant system? I have a...
• Re: Inconsistent stumbling on resume throttle..Was "vanagon syndrome?"
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Tue, 24 Jun 2014 23:22:29 -0500
  Don, I went through this with my 88 GL and 2.1L WBX and the Digifant FI system. Would run along fine - then start...
• Re: VW Vanagon ProTraining Fuel systems Type 2 Book on Ebay
  Historical mailing list - Bob O'Shaughnessy
  Sat, 27 May 2000 15:51:12 -0400
  ...Low reserve! This is the Dealer only book, 134pgs, covers AFI, digijet >and digifant in detail. Very good condition. It is a neat diagnostic...
• Re: Euro-Drive: 84 Volkswagen Vanagon, No-start/Poor-idle/Stall
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Sat, 9 Sep 2000 14:25:13 EDT
  If that problem is on an '84, then it is likely to be Digijet not digifant. I had a similar problem with my '84...
• Removing Oxygen Sensor tips needed, broken O2 sensor cause backfire?
  Historical mailing list - Travers Fenton
  Mon, 22 Sep 2003 19:55:42 -0700
  ...Is 83-85 = Digijet and 86-89 Digifant? Thanks all, Fenton & Jessey 84 Westy __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web...
• Idle Smoothness? (was: Temp. sensor function, Bucking, etc)
  Historical mailing list - tabe johnson
  Tue, 7 Sep 2004 13:06:23 -0400
  ...I hadn't loaned it to someone. (This is on a Digifant Vanagon:) Today, in my never ending quest to diagnose my bucking problem...
• Re: Digitool saves the day, again
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Wed, 15 Mar 2006 18:38:43 -0600
  Yes, it is basically the same black box used for the Digifant but different enough to work with the Digijet - I think theDigijet version...