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• Re: Idle Stabilizer System Delete. Cause Bog Off Idle?
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sat, 11 Apr 2015 14:53:19 -0700
  ...I don't > know if all 2.1 WBX digifant engines have this, but the ISV connector > on my '88 has a 3 pin...
• Fwd: What IS Vanagon Syndrome, exactly?
  Historical mailing list - Alain Thibault
  Sat, 19 Oct 2013 16:57:03 -0700
  ...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: Speaking of idle stabilizers ...
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 25 Oct 2012 00:30:43 -0400
  ...Even Digifant should be doing a fuel cut off closed throttle @1800 rpm. Temp 2 sensor-connector, wiring. Shared by both ECU and idle...
• 87 Non-Start:Digifant Problem?
  Historical mailing list - Doug Warren x2760
  Tue, 25 Mar 1997 17:11:45 EDT
  BAWANADO an '87 WWW sits listless in the driveway her fuel injection system suspect by this fair-weather DIYer. Symptoms leading to total dismay...
• Re: Quick Muffler Poll
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Wed, 15 Sep 1999 12:16:16 -0400
  ...1999, Christopher Arnold wrote: > Allright Volks, quick part question... > > How many Digifant drivers have a muffler (Bentley 26.10) with a heat shield > as...
• Re: Instant horsepower (Pinwheel)
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Sun, 7 May 2000 21:05:13 -0700
  ...The Motronic parts are very familiar to anyone who has a Digifant system. BMW did not use the CIS system as far as I...
• Re: aircooled transaxle with 1.6NA diesel
  Historical mailing list - Tromper
  Thu, 17 Jan 2002 23:58:28 -0800
  ...a diesel 4 spd in my van with the 1.8 digifant in it, wouldn't mind higher gears, but certainly don't mind...
• Re: FS: parts from 87 van
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 6 Apr 2002 00:41:00 +0000
  ...rusty to bother with new > > engine, so I'm taking the Digifant computer to try > > and make in working order. > > > > Seats are grey. Both...
• Suggestions for shipping a van from Germany to Halifax NS
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Thu, 23 May 2002 23:36:40 -0700
  ...Syncro Westfalia Multivan now (205R16 tires, dual diff locks, 2.0L Digifant II motor). P-mail me if interested. David Marshall Fast Forward Automotive...
• Re: engine conversion question...
  Historical mailing list - shawn feller
  Fri, 25 Jun 2004 19:58:58 -0400
  ...I love my 2.O Digifant.....when this motor goes....it will be a trip to the junkyard and not to the bank. Not...
• Re: Coolant pipes replacement
  Historical mailing list - Ron Mueller
  Wed, 28 Jun 2006 12:09:05 -0500
  ...First, the Digifant > >> series > >> has plastic tubes which would be comparable, in heat loss, to rubber > >> hoses. > >> Second, even if you lost some cooling...
• Re: Is ECU involved in getting power to fuel pump when turning ignition switch on?
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Mon, 23 Jul 2007 19:25:53 -0400
  No http://www.loam.org/vw/Vanagon/VanagonProTraining/DigiFant/ (page 42-43) I hope the ignition switch was check/replace! Ben On Mon, 23...
• Re: Random wire... Ugh.
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 18 Jul 2010 08:23:04 -0400
  ...On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 2:08 PM, mark drillock <mdrillock@cox.net> wrote: > The various label later Vanagon Digifant ECUs store trouble...
• Clutch specs???
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Sun, 8 Aug 2010 13:20:59 -0400
  ...I have a replacement (used) longblock from dad's 85 automatic and am swapping the components over to make another 1.9 digifant setup...
• '89 2.1 digifant stalls
  Historical mailing list - gregory
  Mon, 28 Jun 1999 21:44:30 -0700
  I have the strangest prob with my 89 vanagon. while driving it will suddenly lose power, then recover and off we go again, without...
• Re: My Westy abandoned me for the second time this year :(
  Historical mailing list - Ed McLean
  Fri, 1 Jun 2001 21:50:40 -0400
  ...I believe the voltage was high enough to run the starter but not high enough to run the FI/Ignition digifant system. To check...
• Your early Morning/digifant/digitool brain teaser
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon man
  Fri, 14 Jun 2002 07:26:22 -0400
  Ok, here are the facts. Yesterday got the 88 running (turned out to be shielding on O2 sensor green wire touching connector, thus giving...
• Re: Turning kills engine--??
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 11 May 2007 13:47:48 -0400
  ...The wiring diagrams only start to show >>this >>switch with the Digifant. >> >>I just replaced the wiring harness and am thinking I didn't...
• Re: Troubleshooting the Basic Idle Stabilizer System - Manual Transmissions- Part I
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 25 Mar 2009 23:29:47 -0700
  ...Rodgers > 88 GL Driver > > In my Digifant FI manual - > > Part I > > Vanagon/Type II Fuel Systems - Digifant > > TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDELINES > > Poor Idle: > a) At operating...
• Re: Van Dies, Relays clicking...
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Wed, 15 Mar 2000 11:02:45 -0500
  Ken, Don't forget that on the Digifant, the fuel pump relay is in the little black box over the coil. 'course if you...
• Re: ECU POWER SUPPLY?
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Sun, 1 Feb 2004 13:13:58 -0800
  ...One relay is for the fuel pump, the other is the Digifant control unit relay which supplies power to the ECU, et al. If...
• Re: I need advice/help - Elecrical
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 6 Feb 2005 13:32:00 -0800
  ...reason, I'm not getting power to the ECU. > '88 Carat, Digifant, with some jury-rigging done to the wiring in the > engine compartment...
• Re: Update: permanent fuel pressure gauge - Source!
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Wed, 15 Mar 2006 12:22:04 EST
  ...of the fuel injection rail on my 1.8L I-4 Digifant conversion. Autometer makes the most complete line of such units. See Autometer...
• Re: 87 AFM Cold wthr prblm (long)
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Sun, 7 Sep 2003 17:21:22 -0700
  ...I have been using Golf-Jetta Digifant 2 since 1995 . In 1999, I replaced the '91 1.8 with a '95 2 liter, but...
• Re: Are all 2.1 engines digifant?
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sun, 4 May 2014 22:25:38 -0600
  ...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: '90 Carat - Radio turns off and back on when starting the van
  Historical mailing list - mdrillock
  Fri, 14 Nov 2008 10:49:33 -0800
  ...Mark neil N wrote: > Looking at what I think is a supplement diagram for a factory option, > "water cooled - digifant from 1990" shows the...
• Re: HOT-WIRE
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 23 Apr 2010 09:11:29 -0700
  ...I am going to look into that for my inline Digifant motor...I could always use a few more hp....especially HP that comes...
• Re: Pig Tail for early vans?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Wed, 26 Aug 2009 13:59:45 -0700
  ...talking about the AFM Fix, then it applies equally to the >> Digifant and the Digijet. They are electrically the same and prone to >> the...
• Re: 025 906 021 C 1.9 ECU question
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Tue, 14 Apr 2009 08:27:55 -0400
  ...DJ 025 906 021 F = Digijet DJ 025 906 022 D = Digifant MV / SS 2009/4/13 Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@turbovans.com> > 'normal...
• Re: Vanagon O2 Sensors
  Historical mailing list - Yi-Ruey Wei
  Thu, 16 Jul 1998 17:17:26 -0500
  > I guess what I was wondering was how come Bosch DID have a cheaper > equivalent listed for > lots of vehicles, but NOT the Digifant...
• Re: .... Porsche 6 cyl heating van
  Historical mailing list - Todd Francis
  Thu, 6 Jan 2000 21:07:37 -0800
  ...Todd Francis >Todd; > Why not add a oil to water heat exchanger like the one on the >digifant system i.e. the box sandwiched...
• Re: FS: 84 Vanagon GL SUper Sunroof PRICE ReDUCED
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Schmitz
  Thu, 25 Jan 2001 19:00:04 -0800
  ...For the Digifant-equipped Vanagons (86-91), there should be no problem smogging it. Not sure about the Digijets, though (83.5-85). Dan...
• Re: Ignorance is Bliss
  Historical mailing list - Ed Carroll
  Fri, 23 Aug 2002 22:40:23 -0400
  ...A) get the oil and filter change right, to spec, the first time (stripping/cross-threading no count); B) correctly and quickly diagnose Digifant...
• Re: Ignorance is Bliss
  Historical mailing list - Ed Carroll
  Fri, 23 Aug 2002 22:40:23 -0400
  ...A) get the oil and filter change right, to spec, the first time (stripping/cross-threading no count); B) correctly and quickly diagnose Digifant...
• Re: High Idle until warm
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 18 Nov 2011 00:32:36 -0500
  ...The motor is 1986 digifant. I have a relatively short commute to work and by the time I get there the van is idling...
• Re: Cold Start Injector doesn't turn off.
  Historical mailing list - Joshua Van Tol
  Tue, 16 Mar 1999 22:21:55 -0600
  ...Firstly, Scott has a digifant injection on his '86 van. The cold idle control system is completely different on the '85 and older vans...
• Re: Fuel Filters vs Fuel Strainers
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Wed, 6 Oct 2010 15:59:14 -0500
  ...In as much as I'm having idling problems, I got out the Digifant Fuel Injection System manual to study. I found interesting remarks...
• Re: fuel managment system
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Thu, 14 Feb 2013 20:54:19 -0600
  ...what, if anything, are people changing to to replace the stock digifant system. (85 van-o-gone) >> >> >> TIA! >> >> Dan >> 2000 Jetta VR6 >> 2009 Tiguan...
• Re: '89 Vanagon 10 years of Curiosities and Observations-Bucking
  Historical mailing list - L&A Johnson
  Sun, 4 Jul 1999 17:43:38 -0400
  ...This contact varies a voltage which tells the Digifant ECU how much air is being inhaled. In time this AFM contact wears a groove...
• Re: Eurospec problem
  Historical mailing list - John
  Tue, 12 Oct 1999 18:24:39 -0400
  ...I have a Digifant pin-by-pin check list but it won't work here due to the swap. Use the Bentley book and...
• Need HELP! please - tracking down a relay part number
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 22 Mar 2000 08:42:46 -0500
  ...I tracked the problem down to what Bentley calls either the: "digifant control unit relay" on page 97.124, or the "current supply relay...
• Re: blinking oil light - solution
  Historical mailing list - Bjorn Ratjen
  Mon, 19 Jun 2000 15:11:22 -0700
  ...In case someone else was wondering, I already told him that his engine is a 2.1L Digifant..... Bj�rn Ratjen Mill Bay, B...
• Re: '89 2.1i digifant cutting out. Really need some help on thisone...
  Historical mailing list - John S. Klun
  Fri, 4 Oct 2002 11:39:04 -0600
  ...the distributor, but I would welcome any tips/advice on anything else that may be causing these problems.... > > Jamie. > '89 2.1i digifant (Nobby).
• Re: Hot start problems, then stumbling, have some advice.
  Historical mailing list - Modl6971
  Tue, 19 May 1998 01:30:00 EDT
  ...Later on replace that large clamp with a Jetta , Golf intake boot clamp from a digifant. That clamp has two little side clips to...
• '87 GL passenger van parts for sale
  Historical mailing list - Birkenfeld Jeff
  Mon, 24 Mar 2003 15:16:32 -0600
  ...ECU for Digifant=$50, AFM=$50, A/C system compressor=$50-condenser=$30-evaporator=$30, power mirrors-one is missing glass=$100 for both...
• Re: Idle Air Valve from a Jetta
  Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
  Wed, 11 Feb 2004 06:28:08 +0000
  Actually they are the same plug. Digifant 2 prong. Chris DeLong Fine Tuning 206.367.5503 www.finetuningperformance.com Seattle, WA USA >From: EMZ...
• Question about a VW FOX
  Historical mailing list - roger sisler
  Sat, 5 May 2007 09:29:49 -0700
  ...Has a digifant 2 ignition system. Not too bad a ping, but enough to want it fixed.Maybe a bit better gas mileage.The...
• Jump tach needle, 85 with Digifant
  Historical mailing list - Scott - IMAP
  Sat, 2 Jul 2016 17:45:25 -0700
  ...The Digifant modifies the timing curve based on coolant temp so >>> part of the procedure is to disconnect the temp 2 sensor to go...
• Re: An Engine Conversion Begins-Mixed Emotions! - 3A Comment
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Tue, 17 Sep 2013 12:19:48 -0400
  ...The stock engine uses a CIS-E engine management system which is easily converted to use Vanagon Digifant or 1.8L injectors and electronics...
• Re: Idle Stabilization parts Costs
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Thu, 24 Feb 2011 08:04:01 -0500
  ...There is an open-source answer to the idle stabilizer, it actually replaces the entire electronics of the Digifant system. It's called MegaSquirt...
• Idle Speed Adjustment - Again!!
  Historical mailing list - John H. Rodgers
  Tue, 20 Oct 1998 08:46:00 -0500
  ...I didn't think this fuel injection system (Digifant) would do that. I thought FI with its sophisticated electronic controls eliminated this particular problem...
• Re: Overland TDD conversion details
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 9 Feb 2003 14:43:25 -0800
  I'm doing a 1.8L Digifant II conversion on an automatic 1986 camper. There is no vacuum line or hose running to the...
• Re: Digitool for the Digijet
  Historical mailing list - Sam Walters
  Wed, 15 Mar 2006 19:50:28 -0500
  ...It was as successful as the Digifant model. So, there probably some out there in use, but not very many. If you had the...
• Re: More Digifant Troubleshooting ...
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 20 May 2009 18:57:09 -0700
  ...turned out to be a Vanagon part number running the Jetta Digifant injection. He sold me another from a Jetta, cross-referenced..$40..guaranteed...
• Fuel injector question - non starting
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
  Sun, 3 Aug 2008 10:55:13 -0700
  ...I have a 1986 Digifant 2.1 L motor. Here are some questions. Question 1: With the ignition on should the control valve for...
• Re: I4 Happenings in turbovans land
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 28 Jun 2011 00:13:18 -0700
  ...On the issue of exhaust systems, I had experienced thermal cracking of the DV system repeatedly when used on the 1.8L RV Digifant...
• Re: wiring harness, stalling
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 11 Jun 1997 23:37:52 -0700
  ...My understanding is that the harness works with digifant fuel injection systems but not necessary with digijet systems. As a result I have a...
• Re: Natural Gas Conversion Kit
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Wed, 1 Apr 1998 20:44:25 -0800
  ...have can you? >Ken Wilford >John 3:16 It uses the Digifant computer, without it the engine would run like crap as NG has...
• Conversion Low Price Vanagon Sale of the Centrury!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Heffelfinger
  Thu, 11 Apr 2002 19:54:18 -0400
  ...Gold exterior, creme interior, Automatic Trans, automatic mirrors, rebuilt digifant, happy tranny, CD player (new this year), and ran great up until I overloaded...
• Re: 2.1 VS 1.9 AFM
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:16:49 -0700
  no debating that digijet and digifant are significantly different. and I'm very familiar with running a 2.1 on digijet etc. however...looking...