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• Re: MPG Question
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 2 Apr 2006 07:35:16 -0700
  ...2.1 Digifant came with 2 different 4 speeds, ABD and ACW Pages 35.32 and 35.33 show the internal gearing of each...
• Fwd: The VW Gods have smiled upon me.
  Historical mailing list - mordo
  Wed, 7 Feb 2007 09:54:19 -0500
  ...It appears to be a Digifant issue; I see many vacuum leaks, among other things. $500. I pick it up today. Woohoo! It's...
• Re: Airflow meter fix info wanted
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 19 Jan 1997 12:31:58 -0700 (MST)
  ...The DIGIJET (and probely DIGIFANT) electronically box accumulate this oscillator voltage value , but after a while it thinks it is a malfunction and shut...
• Re: Temp II voltages
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 30 Apr 2001 21:45:41 -0400
  ...remember correctly, David drives an '84 Digijet and Darrell later >model Digifants. Two different systems with possibly differing specs of >which I am learning...
• Radiator Fan Differences & A/C install update
  Historical mailing list - Damian Shaw
  Wed, 25 Apr 2001 09:55:04 -0600
  ...According to my wiring diagrams the Digifant vanagon, with A/C, got a different radiator fan than the vans without A/C. It's...
• Re: I4 conversion -- wiring diagram/help
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Mon, 2 Aug 2004 08:31:44 -0400
  ...Also, does anyone have a write-up of what each pin is for on the Digifant II ecu connector? Before it'll run I...
• Re: FOR SALE: '82 Vanagon w/'98 Jetta TDI Engine
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 31 Aug 2005 08:24:30 -0700
  ...The gasoline wbx with Digifant has a 25 pin ECU. The early simpler VW TDI has a 68 pin ECU. The later VW TDI...
• Re: Running Without O2 Sensor Question
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sun, 23 Apr 2006 08:54:23 -0700
  ...will eventually foul and/or cook your cat with unburned HC. Digifant responds to open loop by going pretty rich, as it's essentially...
• Re: Digifant Fuel System Troubleshooting Experience
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Mon, 11 May 2009 19:19:18 -0700
  ...NSCC.CA> wrote: From: Dave Arthur <dave.arthur@NSCC.CA> Subject: Digifant Fuel System Troubleshooting Experience To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Date: Monday, May...
• Digifant ECU: Corrosion? And.... Rosin or Heat Damage? PICS
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 6 Jul 2012 18:03:31 -0700
  Hi all. As a preemptive maintenance "strike", opened up my ECU to check condition of ECU PCB and components. This is for a in...
• Re: Digijet = K-Jetronic?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 21 Jul 2000 07:57:47 -0700
  ...was too good at the alphabet!) John wrote: > > Hi Stuart, > > The Digifant & Digijet systems are actually based on the Bosch > L-Jetronic design with...
• Re: newbe
  Historical mailing list - sleepingmonkey1
  Sat, 8 Mar 2003 10:18:00 -0500
  digifant is your fuel injection system. and this tiico stuff is an engine conversion for these vans(don't know to much on that...
• O22D ECU for sale
  Historical mailing list - Herb Mooney
  Sun, 27 Jul 2003 21:17:32 -0400
  ...BOSCH 0 261 200 284 Made in Germany DF 1 Digifant I 025 906 022 D Thank you to the fellow Vanagon fan that...
• Re: Idle Relay - Idle Valve match?
  Historical mailing list - Kim Springer
  Sat, 16 Aug 2008 21:21:38 -0700
  ...Are there certain sets that were designed to go together? > > For the 2.1 Digifant in NA, there's just the B revision and...
• Re: Generic ignition coil on 1.9?
  Historical mailing list - David
  Mon, 21 Nov 2016 00:46:49 +0000
  ...I wasn't sure if it applied to the 1.9 because at the bottom of the page it says Digifant, and at the...
• Re: idle stablizer/its only another part (Good Info Here!)
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 20 Dec 2002 12:44:56 -0600
  ...web site to a parts house that carried some 2.1L Digifant related parts. I remember seeing a new ISV prices at over $200...
• Re: For Ben T - Where has everyone gone?
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Tue, 11 Jun 2019 14:41:37 -0700
  ...of the I4 engine including the NA diesel, the 1.8L digifant, the 2.0L 3A and the 1Z TDI. Indeed there were few...
• Re: What component causes the fuel pump to come on for a second or two when I turn on the ignition to the first position (no cranking)?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Sun, 10 Jul 2016 23:20:24 -0700
  ...Thoughts? Philippe '87 Vanagon 2.1 Digifant
• Re: Bucking, hesitation between 1500 and 2500 RPM when hot
  Historical mailing list - mdrillock
  Wed, 11 Feb 2009 16:05:04 -0800
  ...The > continuity test I performed is listed in the Digifant Pro Training Manual. > It is not listed in the Bentley. > > http://www.obsolyte.com...
• Oil.. Where's it go?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 17 Oct 2017 09:44:06 -0700
  84 5sp w/ABA hybrid inline motor...93 jetta block with crossflow 8 valve head and Digifant..no cat exhaust. I've driven this...
• Re: Wow, disaster anytime now ...
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 26 Feb 2013 13:25:09 -0800
  ...One of these days let's have a good , and simple , discussion of how Digijet ( or Digifant ) basicaly works. It's pretty simple actually...
• Jetta Conversion Observations
  Historical mailing list - george jannini
  Sun, 20 Jan 2013 12:34:54 -0500
  ...The engine is a nearly stock ABA 2 liter block and 1.8 liter head, with Digifant brain. Advertised numbers are 115 hp @ 5400...
• '88 wiring connector identification
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Tue, 6 Sep 2005 20:16:31 -0700
  ...All the Digifant harness came out nicely, so that's all I have left for wiring, and if I can use some these for...
• Re: '83.5 wasserboxer idling strange
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 13 Nov 1996 18:36:45 PST
  ...I have noticed that the O2 sensor output on our 85 GL (digijet FI) fluctuates much slower than our 86 (digifant FI). Maybe check...
• Re: Vanagon O2 Sensors
  Historical mailing list - Chris Bracken
  Thu, 16 Jul 1998 14:33:48 -0700
  ...a cheaper equivalent listed for lots of vehicles, but NOT the Digifant? If the only difference between O2 sensors is the connector, and whether...
• Re: Maximum engine power and Performance Chip disscussion
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Fri, 14 Mar 2003 11:25:31 -0800
  David Brodbeck wrote: > On Fri, 14 Mar 2003, Mark Keller wrote: > > > >> The Digifant Fuel system works largley by monitoring input from the O2 >> sensor...
• Re: Wasserboxer reputation (Long)
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Sat, 7 Dec 2002 17:27:14 -0800
  ...The WBX technology requires a VW technician >> with factory training and Digifant diagnostic skills. >> >> Incomplete(half-assed)reconditioning and air-cooled "P&P mechanics...
• Re: Speaking of idle stabilizers ...
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Wed, 24 Oct 2012 20:55:32 -0700
  ...My apologies for not mentioning - 2.1L digifant. The AC system is stock '85. >> >> I know the IS should maintain around 850. It doesn...
• Trip stats - added info
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Thu, 27 Aug 2015 17:09:30 -0700
  ...didn't weigh it) with strock 2.1L engine, exhaust, and Digifant injection. Driving conservatively, but not ridiculously so. Mostly 60 - 65mph on open...
• Re: A little more on Cooling problems..inline vw in Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 28 Apr 2010 13:29:06 -0700
  Hi Mark, yes I am aware of converting from CIS to Digifant.. and may do that with my 16 valve . if that head wasn...
• Re: 88 Vanagon air flow meter question
  Historical mailing list - Tom Brunson
  Sat, 23 Aug 1997 15:26:22 UT
  The meter cover has been factory sealed at least on all digifant (86^) systems, using something like a hot-melt glue. This is mainly...
• Re: Accelerator cable extras?
  Historical mailing list - Bill Nolan
  Sun, 19 Mar 2000 13:34:46 -0700
  ...All this is in a '87 Wolfsburg Westfalia Weekender, 2.1 digifant, water cooled. > >Many thanks. >-- >Tim Wise >'87 WWW > Bill (SE Arizona) (Bill...
• Re: Who is Mike Miller???......
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Wed, 3 Oct 2001 11:37:48 -0400
  ...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: (NVC) '91 Cabriolet Loses Pwr, Bucks, Stalls, Won't Restart
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Fri, 5 Dec 2003 13:17:01 -0500
  i'm not really up on the cabriolets, did this year come with cis injection or digifant II injection? let me know and i...
• Re: bow-wow blues
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Sat, 22 Sep 2007 22:26:53 -0400
  ...Timing spot on. > Torn out hair I can't afford to loose . > So, which sensor is sending bogus info to the digifant? > Ron > -- Thanks...
• Strange Idle behavior: Cause found
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:24:11 -0800
  A few days ago, I posted that my Digifant injected inline VW four banger was misbehaving. Newer Vanagons share the same injection system, so...
• Re: Help! Hesitation on the road!
  Historical mailing list - David Vickery
  Thu, 11 Aug 2011 19:05:37 -0700
  ...Help! Hesitation on the road! > > I Googled... > > VW technical service bulletins regarding driveability > complaints read as > follows- The first details problems with Digifant engines...
• Re: Arduino and Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Thu, 14 Nov 2013 09:30:29 -0800
  ...An image from my Digifant pro training manual showing labelled pin outs of ISV control unit: https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-QxW65MiNQlI/UoUHgd3ioUI/AAAAAAAAIp0/rfGr1KsYiho...
• Re: 87 No Start,check this
  Historical mailing list - Modl6971
  Sat, 2 May 1998 21:59:01 EDT
  ...the 15 power curcuit to the coil wich goes to your digifant relay and then your fuel pump relay. If you don't have...
• Re: Green Fuel injector
  Historical mailing list - Filcoff, David M.
  Thu, 5 Oct 2000 08:33:34 -0500
  ...Green Fuel injector I recently replaced a fuel injector on my 2.1l digifant motor. The original has a yellow plastic body, the replacement...
• Re: Installing inline4 firewall clearance Q
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 15 Dec 2000 20:52:23 -0800
  ...I prefer the throttle valve pointing towards the rear of the van (as occurs with a 1800 digifant install) as opposed to the manifold...
• vanagon parts for sale
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Tue, 11 Nov 2003 20:39:30 -0500
  ...clock works? * speedo cables and counter black box * engine hatch door * digifant intake manifold air distributor and intake tubes no reasonable offer refused, digital...
• Re: Thread pitch / hole size for 1.9 WBX O2 sensor
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Fri, 16 Feb 2007 09:18:21 -0800
  ...archives I found info on the thread size > and pitch for > Digifant O2 sensors - 18 x 1.5, but nothing > about the 1.9l...
• Re: NVC Friday grounding question
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:28:53 -0700
  ...Being fairly competent with electronics theory, I actually found the Bosch l-Jettronic on my 280Z (and the amusingly nearly identical Digifant on the...
• Re: Removing stuck O2 sensor
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 2 Feb 2015 13:51:43 -0800
  Your ABA Digifant may indeed be better, especially without the problematic ICM that’s on the Vanagon. It also breathes better than the WBX...
• New Digifant bogosity
  Historical mailing list - Frank E. Terhaar-Yonkers
  Wed, 8 Nov 1995 10:57:21 -0500
  Since the start of cold weather here in NC, or maybe just coincidence, my '86 is starting to misfire. This one is weird, it...
• Re: Temp sensor and Temp sender
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Sun, 12 Dec 1999 14:43:15 EST
  ...For Digifant systems(85 to 91): they are still near the thermostat but both are two wire devices mounted on the coolant distribution manifold...
• Re: 3 prong connector on alternator
  Historical mailing list - Dart 330
  Wed, 29 Aug 2001 19:13:22 -0500
  ...time I >checked) special tool for checking the timing on your Digifant Vanagon. >That >is if the dealer even has special tool number 1367...
• Re: Phone list?
  Historical mailing list - Laurence Smith
  Mon, 26 Nov 2001 12:35:30 -0800
  ...have some details on what they are particularly good at (eg. Digifant FI) and what the own (90 Westy). Laurence Smith -----Original Message----- From...
• Re: Getting a handle on Idle problems...
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Sun, 20 Apr 2003 23:54:01 -0500
  ...to quote the vw digifant diagnosis book ... " Idle stabilization valve - electronically controlled valve used to maintain idle speed at a pre-determined level by...
• Re: I need advice/help - Elecrical
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 6 Feb 2005 16:11:19 -0500
  ...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: Digitool reading and t-shooting (longish)
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Mon, 4 Jan 1999 19:24:46 -0600
  ...The digifant ecu use pin 13 for all grounds except for the oxygen sensor where it uses pin 19 which attaches just below the...
• Re: Distributor Shaft Pin
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Thu, 8 Jun 2017 20:08:07 -0700
  ...kit" to put an ABA-compatable drive gear on > my own Digifant distributor.... -- Neil n Blog: Vanagons, Westfalia, general <http://tubaneil.blogspot.ca> 1988...
• Re: Engine conversions (Was: I've seen the Tii conversion completed
  Historical mailing list - Undetermined origin c/o LISTSERV administrator
  Mon, 5 Jun 2000 15:06:49 -0700
  ...They are all issues that can be overcome, (and pretty easily by using a digifant II ecu from the 2l 16 valve engines, though...
• Re: Bucko update
  Historical mailing list - John S. Klun
  Sat, 30 Nov 2002 16:33:09 -0700
  ...fix. > > Since the AFM syndrome affects WBX Digifant and well as 88-92 Golf-Jetta Digifant 2, this may be of some interest to...
• Re: Subject: Re: sorry, (I-4 conversion reply from digest)
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Fri, 22 Aug 2008 09:38:37 -0700
  ...Doing it over? I'd use the 2.0 ABA with a 1.8 head/Digifant. And I'd make sure it had oil...
• Re: inline 4 vs Subaru conversion
  Historical mailing list - Alex MeVay
  Wed, 16 Jun 2021 08:58:41 -0400
  > We have an ABA conversion with 1.8 heads and Digifant II in two of our Vanagons. > From a maintenance perspective the I4 is...
• Re: Electrical connection prep.
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 10 Apr 2020 12:11:31 -0700
  ...I think Vw even mentions it somewhere in a digifant tech >> bulletin. Remember when it also was touted by those audiophile types? :-) > > > -- > Neil n...
• Re: 1.8t motor confirm my suspicions
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 1 Jun 2017 18:32:55 -0700
  ...a couple of used motors in the shop, old 1.8 digifant and a 2.0 aba (also have a 2.5 subie core...
• Re: Split fires
  Historical mailing list - Pierce, John D
  Sat, 15 Aug 1998 20:02:22 -0400
  ...It basically doubles the load on the rotor which I find I have to > exchange in my 87 Digifant once in a while anyway...