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  • WTB: 14 in. Alloy wheel DUST CAPS
    Historical mailing list - Raul Cisneros
    Mon, 14 Jun 1999 11:56:51 EDT
    ...Anyone have a couple to spare? Thanks, Ra�l Cisneros 87 Syncro 1/2Westy 86 Syncro GL 87 Wolfsburg GL(needs an engine/may...
  • Re: vanagon golf engine conversion problem
    Historical mailing list - David Marshall
    Wed, 7 Feb 2001 19:41:55 -0800
    ...Are you using CIS, CIS-E, Digifant II or Motronic? It really sounds like you are using the CIS system with a warm up...
  • Re: CIS Experts: engine does not start (long)
    Historical mailing list - Modl6971
    Sat, 25 Apr 1998 02:51:18 EDT
    ...key ellement for your fuel injection is like this,,,,,, You need CIS FUEL PRESSURE TESTER, to check System pressure, cold pressure and warm pressure...
  • Re: intake air for cis van
    Historical mailing list - Randolph Feuerriegel
    Wed, 7 Jul 1999 00:36:18 -0700
    ...Basically I am doing the same setup as Davids double cab, 2.0L, except CIS-E in a syncro van. From the throttlebody to...
  • CIS Joys! :)
    Historical mailing list
    Mon, 8 Mar 1999 20:07:17 EST
    With all the talk on this list about the 4 cylinder conversion and how simple and reliable that the CIS injection system, just want...
  • Re: Drivability issue revisited-intermittent stalling
    Historical mailing list - Frank Terhaar-Yonkers
    Sat, 18 Jan 1997 21:36:45 GMT
    ...Engineering Services, W2 F3 5 7025 Kit Creek Road PO Box 14987 Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709 fty@cisco.com voice (919)472...
  • Re: finding the color code
    Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
    Mon, 5 Nov 2001 14:04:48 -0800
    ...fty@CISCO.COM <DIV></DIV>&gt;Reply-To: fty@CISCO.COM <DIV></DIV>&gt;To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <DIV></DIV>&gt;Subject: Re...
  • Re: Dragging starter
    Historical mailing list - Frank Terhaar-Yonkers
    Sat, 4 Apr 1998 10:14:43 -0500
    ...Cat3900 Software Team 7025 Kit Creek Road PO Box 14987 Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709 fty@cisco.com voice (919)472-2101 FAX...
  • jetta problems
    Historical mailing list - Dan Soiney
    Tue, 19 Nov 1996 23:26:12 -0600
    Is anyone out in van land any good at bosch cis fuel injection as fitted to an 87 jetta? Mail me privately and I...
  • for sale:Audi 5cyl Turbo motor, intercooled, for engine swap
    Historical mailing list
    Sat, 16 Jan 1999 20:40:01 EST
    ...also includes the fuel lines and CIS airflow plate/fuel dist. 122k miles runs great. car parted due to ps rack/hyd failure. engine...
  • Re: Instant horsepower (Pinwheel)
    Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
    Sun, 7 May 2000 21:05:13 -0700
    ...BMW did not use the CIS system as far as I know. I have owned several 6 cylinder BMWs from a 77 530i on...
  • Re: Must sell my Vanagon - Comments appreciated
    Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
    Sat, 16 Oct 2010 19:38:48 -0400
    Hi Pat, What fuel system is on it? IIRC 1.7s came with carbs or CIS. I owned a 1985 CIS cabriolet; and found...
  • My Digifant Opinion
    Historical mailing list - J Frank Hammontree
    Mon, 27 Apr 1998 00:36:19 -0400
    ...It's a very simple fuel injection system and they run smoother > than the CIS cars. Just to throw my 2 cents into the...
  • Re: Boston Bobs day at the dyno
    Historical mailing list - Todd Francis
    Fri, 21 Dec 2001 21:30:02 -0800
    ...Boston Bobs day at the dyno > I have a friend that does a lot of work with CIS. He hasn't tried a Vanagon...
  • Re: Engine swap conversion details are now online!
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
    Tue, 25 May 1999 21:21:24 -0700
    ...So that's 25 mpg with a 2.0 litre engine (which one? Audi or late model VW? Motronic or CIS?) And about the...
  • Re: CIS Experts: engine does not start (long)
    Historical mailing list - Patrick Dooley
    Fri, 24 Apr 1998 22:03:15 -0400
    Helmut, you have to get a CIS pressure gauge. You are driving blind without one. The CIS injectors open at ~30 psi. Without a...
  • Re: Vanagons in Africa
    Historical mailing list - Patrick Dooley
    Wed, 22 Apr 1998 22:05:09 -0400
    ...Had the complete original CIS on my 77 scirroco until I recently sold it. Only maintenance was fuel filters. -----Original Message----- From: Helmut Zeidler...
  • <No subject>
    Historical mailing list - mike and shari
    Mon, 12 Mar 2001 21:33:56 -0800
    ...Hall > 2041 College Road > Columbus, Ohio 43210-1178 > 614-292-7416 > 614-688-4949 (fax) > armitage.1@osu.edu > www.cism.ohio-state.edu
  • Need HELP! please - tracking down a relay part number
    Historical mailing list
    Wed, 22 Mar 2000 08:42:46 -0500
    ...Thanks! in advance, - Frank \\\\////\\\\////\\\\\////\\\\\////\\\\////\\\\////\\\\////\\\\////\\\\////\\\\ Frank Terhaar-Yonkers Cisco Systems, Inc. Manager, Solution Performance Engineering NSITE - Pineview Building - RTP 7025 Kit Creek Road PO Box...
  • Re: Will 90 Cabrio ISV Control unit fit 87 Vanagon?
    Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
    Thu, 24 Apr 2003 06:59:29 -0400
    ...16V > non-Motronic CIS-E has a two prong connection. 8V CIS-E has a three prong > connection. 8V Digifant has a two prong...
  • plastic parts to hold-in and adjust headlights are crumbling
    Historical mailing list
    Fri, 2 Nov 2001 08:40:50 -0500
    ...NSITE - Pineview Building - RTP 7025 Kit Creek Road PO Box 14987 Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709 fty@cisco.com voice(919)392-2101...
  • Re: Soliciting VW Engine Recommendations
    Historical mailing list - TonyCollin
    Tue, 21 Jan 2014 22:47:44 -0500
    ...I don't know of anyone who swears by CIS. I do but that is because of the scirocco and not the vanagon. No...
  • Bumpersticker
    Historical mailing list - Brad J Winemiller
    Fri, 7 Jul 1995 16:43:15 -0400 (EDT)
    ...Well they can be seen at http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/~winemill Thanks for any info Brad
  • Re: New Top Seal - ' 71 Bus
    Historical mailing list
    Sat, 4 Nov 1995 22:55:41 -0700 (MST)
    ...know.) Mindfulness -- Harmon Seaver hseaver@nyx.cs.du.edu seaverh@vaxa.cis.uwosh.edu hseaver@csd.uwm.edu All is impermanent, but this too...
  • Re: 5 cyl. Audi, sender on flywheel doesn�t matter
    Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
    Tue, 15 Aug 2000 01:14:32 PDT
    ...these engines??? Helmut, you mentioned elsewhere that the 2.2 with CIS, according to a German magazine you read, is very reliable and usually...
  • Re: YOKOHAMA Y365 Tires
    Historical mailing list - Raul Cisneros
    Tue, 16 Jan 2001 10:40:12 EST
    ...Raul Cisneros 87 Syncro Westy (with SA 15’s BFG AT/TA’s 215/75/15 --unstoppable in our Northeast snow so far)
  • Re: Gastester(schon wieder!)
    Historical mailing list - William R. Kennedy, NJIT CIAT, 201-596-5648
    Mon, 15 May 95 01:18:08 EDT
    ...Very educational to watch the display. "Sweet spot" setting of mixture (on 77 CIS engine) is very narrow and has nothing to do with...
  • intake air for cis van
    Historical mailing list - Scott Walker
    Tue, 6 Jul 1999 17:01:17 -0400
    Ok, here's one for all you non-wasser boxer types. Nearing completion on the Westy, and looking for suggestions for the run between...
  • Re: Mileage at altitude - responses/experiences requested
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
    Thu, 28 Oct 1999 22:20:47 -0700
    David wrote: >The CIS-E systems found in the 85 thru 89 Golf GTI / Jetta GLI and 1.8L 16V >engines have a plug...
  • Re: stickers
    Historical mailing list - John Branstrom
    Sat, 8 Apr 2000 10:31:05 EDT
    ...as if the top 2 stickers will be going into production. Cisneros as the official ID sticker and Tippets as the fun bumper sticker...
  • Engine swap - Fuel Injection - AFC v. CIS
    Historical mailing list - Tom Altman
    Thu, 3 Mar 2005 15:23:35 -0600
    What has anyone done with the fuel injection on a Vanagon if they have done the 2.0 ABA swap? I have all the...
  • Re: VW inline four-bangers
    Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
    Mon, 4 Aug 2008 21:42:38 -0400
    ...Maybe part way into 76 they started switching to CIS. All 77 were CIS in the US. I had a 76 scirocco with the...
  • Digifant parts fs
    Historical mailing list - Scott Walker
    Mon, 8 Mar 1999 19:54:56 -0500
    Hello, Pulled the ignition and fuel out of the Frankenstein Westy as I have decided (after much consideration) to go with CIS. I don...
  • Re: Spare Fuel Pump Saves the Day
    Historical mailing list - walkingboss
    Fri, 5 Apr 2013 23:15:13 -0500
    ...part that needs to stay wet, fuel pumps, injectors, fuel distributors (CIS system), pressure regulators, etc! Howard Subject: Re: [VANAGON] Spare Fuel Pump Saves...
  • Re: Inline 4 Recommendation
    Historical mailing list - Michael Brenner
    Mon, 1 Mar 2004 17:25:50 -0800
    ...I've heard the early CIS injection type are the easiest, but are there some others that have more power? Thanks MJB
  • Re: CIS Experts: engine does not start (long)
    Historical mailing list - Helmut Zeidler
    Mon, 27 Apr 1998 13:18:46 +0300
    ...I learned much about CIS, more than I could find in the manuals. But the failure was different and that easy: When I disassembled...
  • Re: All engines have issues...
    Historical mailing list - neil n
    Sat, 22 May 2010 12:13:58 -0700
    ...Does engine have CIS? You can spot CIS by the 4 long high pressure fuel hoses coming from each cylinder to a fuel distributor...
  • Re: R12 - Freon
    Historical mailing list - Frank Terhaar-Yonkers
    Fri, 21 Aug 1998 06:15:46 -0400
    ...Cat3900 Software Team 7025 Kit Creek Road PO Box 14987 Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709 fty@cisco.com voice (919)472-2101 FAX...
  • Re: Subaru was: 2.1l engine for sale too $900.
    Historical mailing list - David Marshall
    Tue, 31 Aug 1999 22:05:02 -0700
    ...What I do is get a CIS-Lamda 81 to 84 Rabbit fuel injection system - it is pure mechanical once you get it going...
  • VW Computer Graphics?
    Historical mailing list
    Fri, 26 Aug 94 17:00:42 EDT
    ...So far, I have only found scant material on AOL, CIS, etc. Maybe there's a library out there someone knows about, or software...
  • Re: still can't pull CIS injectors!
    Historical mailing list - wb6otg
    Tue, 31 Dec 2002 20:19:58 -0500
    >You might try soaking the area with Autotransmission leak sealant as this >softens and swells O-rings of normal materials. I think brake fluid...
  • Re: Engine Interrupted. Any Ideas, Please?
    Historical mailing list - Pat Sloan
    Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:11:10 -0800
    ...Any Ideas, Please? Is it CIS type fuel injection ? I believe in that year it is. My 87 jetta ( US model ) 1.8 16...
  • Re: Why did this mod increase my fuel economy?
    Historical mailing list - John Wessels
    Mon, 27 Mar 2000 12:52:51 EST
    ...The Fuel Curve in a CIS system would remain constant. It really is pretty dumb. It will only deliver the amount of fuel that...
  • Re: engine swap
    Historical mailing list - Randolph Feuerriegel
    Wed, 11 Aug 1999 12:27:36 -0700
    ...This is available from FastForward as well as the plug-in wiring harness, depending on the type of FI system you use, CIS or...
  • Re: plastic parts to hold-in and adjust headlights are crumbling
    Historical mailing list - Tonya Pope
    Fri, 2 Nov 2001 12:56:37 -0600
    ...L2 > >Cisco Systems, Inc. > >NSITE - Pineview Building - RTP > >7025 Kit Creek Road PO Box 14987 > >Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709 > >fty@cisco.com...
  • Re: Digifant, barometers, and the AFM
    Historical mailing list
    Mon, 1 Nov 1999 18:06:19 EST
    I know our 5-cylinder engine we installed which had the CIS-E system had an altitude compensator unit. I don't think the...
  • Anybody from Virginia Beach???
    Historical mailing list - Kitzmann
    Mon, 28 May 2001 21:40:22 -0400
    ...82 former diesel now Cis-e
  • Re: still can't pull CIS injectors!
    Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
    Tue, 31 Dec 2002 10:37:57 EST
    You might try soaking the area with Autotransmission leak sealant as this softens and swells O-rings of normal materials. I think brake fluid...
  • Re: Soliciting VW Engine Recommendations
    Historical mailing list - Neil N
    Tue, 21 Jan 2014 21:58:24 -0800
    On 1/21/14, SDF ( Scott Daniel Foss ) <scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote: > I don't know of anyone who swears by CIS. I know...
  • Re: removing radiator
    Historical mailing list - Frank Terhaar-Yonkers
    Wed, 6 Aug 1997 12:43:50 GMT
    ...Engineering Services, W2 F3 5 7025 Kit Creek Road PO Box 14987 Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709 fty@cisco.com voice (919)472...
  • Re: Computerized Gauge Setup
    Historical mailing list - Jason M. Yasment
    Thu, 4 Nov 1999 16:36:12 -0500
    ...Raul Cisneros <Merrag@AOL.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Thursday, November 04, 1999 1:18 PM Subject: Re: Computerized Gauge Setup Ken...
  • Re: Fuel injectors needed
    Historical mailing list - Raul Cisneros
    Fri, 19 Nov 1999 12:51:25 EST
    ...1L motor-where do these come from and are they considered correct? Thanks, Ra�l Cisneros 86 Syncro GL 87 Syncro Westy W�bg
  • 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: plastic parts to hold-in and adjust headlights are crumbling
    Historical mailing list - Robert Young
    Fri, 2 Nov 2001 15:00:27 -0500
    ...L2 > >Cisco Systems, Inc. > >NSITE - Pineview Building - RTP > >7025 Kit Creek Road PO Box 14987 > >Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709 > >fty@cisco.com...
  • Tags on Eurovans? Mine does not fit!
    Historical mailing list - Trace Choulat
    Mon, 9 Oct 1995 19:31:53 -0400
    ...on? Or should I just punch new holes in the tag to make it fit? Please help, Trace Choulat tchoul@unf6.cis.unf.edu
  • Re: Diesel swap
    Historical mailing list
    Wed, 28 May 1997 22:44:01 -0400 (EDT)
    ...as opposed to the great milage you get from a slow diesel. -Raul Cisneros '86 Syncro GL '86 Scirocco '81 VW Diesel Pick Up
  • Re: Rich Van $$ Update
    Historical mailing list - EMZ
    Wed, 4 Mar 1998 12:29:56 -0500
    The hot setup would be a CIS fuel system on a 2.1L engine. Very dependable and easy to work on. SOmeone on the...
  • pesky injectors
    Historical mailing list - Matt Ratto
    Thu, 3 Oct 2002 20:03:47 -0700
    ...Today decided to pull the CIS injectors and check them out. I got one of those VW special tools and managed to break it...
  • I4 Happenings in turbovans land
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Sun, 26 Jun 2011 21:23:07 -0700
    ...87 jetta 16V 1.8 CIS-E engine ... I now am getting a 92 2.0 liter 16V ...... The fuel distributor is missing for...
  • FS 98> Passat 15 Steel rims/center hole machined
    Historical mailing list - Raul Cisneros
    Thu, 3 Aug 2000 16:50:10 EDT
    ...I want $275.00 you pick up shipping or come get them. (Nyack, NY) Ra�l Cisneros 87 Syncro Westy 86 Syncro GL