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• Re: 2.1L engine won't fire
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 23 Mar 2017 06:21:05 -0500
  ...Any signs of life, ECU ignition drive and likely bad > solder cured by reflowing. > > Otherwise swap 'em back, problem either stays with ECU or...
• Follow-up RE: testing 84 ECU into 85?
  Historical mailing list - BILL
  Tue, 29 Jun 1999 19:16:24 -0600
  ...I found this ECU out of a local junkyard for $45. The junkyard said the going rate for all ECU's is $50. Hey...
• Re: The two throttle valve switches, redux
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Tue, 25 Sep 2007 22:56:21 -0700
  ...This pulls Pin 4 of the ECU down and the AFM says "throttle is open." > Based on this, the ECU enriches the mixture. > > Or...
• Re: Buying the ECU Chip- What version ECU to put it in!! -Works w-no rockers!
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Thu, 3 Aug 2000 09:42:34 -0700
  ...Buying the ECU Chip- What version ECU to put it in!! -Works w-no rockers! > >In his 1998 post about the Aussie chip, Lawrence...
• Re: FS: ECU and wiring harness (CHEAP !)
  Historical mailing list - James Adams
  Wed, 4 Sep 2002 14:04:01 -0400
  ...The part number printed on the ECU ends with 022 and no concluding D. One other possible clue is that there is a round...
• Re: ECU firmware location
  Historical mailing list - tinker man
  Sun, 16 Sep 2007 23:50:09 +0200
  On 9/16/07, Jerry Baker <jbvelo@bellsouth.net> wrote: > Bob, > Does the EURO ECU (13 HP GAIN) work with Digifant > USA 2.1...
• Re: Won't spray gas, won't start
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 2 Dec 2008 15:48:13 -0800
  I've suggested it already, but you could check that the ECU is getting power. you checked the ground for it ................the power is...
• Fwd: Re: ECU Testing
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 12 Jul 2015 13:31:26 -0500
  I have the Shoebox ECU monitor. I got it without the ECU and did my own soldering and wiring. Unless you are good with...
• ECU Testers for sale- proceeds to PIF Fund. "digitool"
  Historical mailing list - Matthew
  Sun, 13 Dec 2009 18:14:22 -0800
  Folks, Shoebox Electronix and Van-Cafe have donated two ECU testers- one for 83-85 and one for 86-91 rigs. We have listed...
• Re: Was: Engine electrical requirements? Now: WBX ECU Heat?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dearing
  Fri, 21 Aug 2009 14:57:44 EDT
  ...know on some Vanagons, the ECU is mounted under the rear seat. Is it covered? If not..... Am I increasing risk of ECU failure...
• Changing the ECU on 85 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Alfred Bagdan
  Mon, 12 Jul 1999 18:51:06 -0600
  ...One suggestion was to change the ECU. Although this is probably the most expensive option, I happen to have a spare ECU (the original...
• 80-83 Air Cooled Vanagon ECU FS.
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 2 Apr 2001 12:16:10 EDT
  I have a rebuilt ECU available for California Air Cooled Vanagons 80-83. It is pn 071 906 021B. I would like $200 for...
• Re: Need ECU for 85
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Mon, 12 Feb 2007 16:19:50 -0500
  Dave I have new OEM european ECUs for the digjet $200 better power I also have some used stock units I will look around...
• Re: Fwd: Re: ECU Testing
  Historical mailing list - John Goubeaux
  Sun, 12 Jul 2015 12:26:34 -0700
  ...I did quickly read through all the documentation on the ECU monitor I got, ( an 8691V ) and saw that it WOULD entail opening and...
• Re: 84 Vanagon--Won't start at 40 degrees--Update
  Historical mailing list - john schaper
  Tue, 12 Mar 2013 10:03:00 -0400
  Reading about the temp 2 and the ECU, I had a spare ECU from a totalled previous van I owned. Early in the a...
• Re: Euro-spec Digifant ECU?
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Wed, 4 Apr 2007 08:22:43 -0400
  ...i see no difference at all.... > > I feel that overall, that ECU give between 10 and 15% more power over a > stock ECU/engine...
• Daily Update On My Injectors
  Historical mailing list - Gregory Smith
  Fri, 28 Dec 2007 19:35:39 -0800
  Jeff, Have you checked that the signal wire from the coil to the ECU is attached? Without it the ECU won't pulse the...
• Resetting ECU - what problems does this fix?
  Historical mailing list - Keith Adams
  Tue, 2 Sep 2003 10:51:28 -0400
  ...So what all symptoms are temporarily fixed by re-setting the ECU? - AFM problems - O2 sensor - dead ECU What else? Keith Adams calgary.ab...
• Re: ECU firmware location
  Historical mailing list - Jerry Baker
  Sun, 16 Sep 2007 10:40:27 -0500
  Bob, Does the EURO ECU (13 HP GAIN) work with Digifant USA 2.1? What is the cost of the EURO ECU? Jerry Baker...
• Re: Mustn't it be the ECU?
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Bulley
  Thu, 28 Aug 1997 19:02:50 -0400
  ...Could this be anything but the ECU not properly dealing with the signal from the oxygen sensor? Everyone says don't suspect the ECU...
• Re: ECU relocation / new 1.9 harnesses
  Historical mailing list - Brendan Slevin
  Tue, 11 Dec 2007 14:39:59 -0800
  I'd be be more interested in a pig tail to relocate the ECU with the existing wiring harness. Anyone see any problems with...
• Re: Carry spare ECU? What else?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 16 Apr 2010 11:16:48 -0700
  ...For the weekend warrior attempting an ECUswap, is there a period of time one should wait after disconnecting battery, before disconnecting and swapping ECU...
• Re: O22D ECU for sale
  Historical mailing list - Herb Mooney
  Sun, 27 Jul 2003 21:52:30 -0400
  Hmmmmm, I don't know myself but that nice fellow Vanagon fan was the one to tell me about the ECU so maybe he...
• Re: ECU: 022D vs 022X vs 022DX ??
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 10 Nov 2005 10:06:28 -0800
  ...Mark Malcolm Stebbins wrote: >..... >While I am interested in Syncro ECU, and specifically wheather European syncro ECUs are different >from N American ECUs.... .. > > >
• Re: So thar I was: Now-ECU relocation
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Thu, 6 Dec 2007 15:06:28 -0500
  there is a fella that makes harnesses for the early injected vans he could custom make a harness to have the didijet ECU sit...
• Re: 025 906 021 C 1.9 ECU question
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Tue, 14 Apr 2009 10:11:11 -0400
  ...I > >> even sold the performance 1.9l ECUs for a while. People get all weird > >> sometimes when buying an ECU. They will insist on...
• Was: Engine electrical requirements? Now: WBX ECU Heat?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Fri, 21 Aug 2009 11:21:41 -0700
  ...A recent thread about WBX engine electrical demands mentions ECU heat. I'm running a Jetta 2.0 in my Westy. The Jetta ECU...
• Was: So thar I was: Now-ECU relocation
  Historical mailing list - Vdub Guy
  Wed, 5 Dec 2007 16:02:03 +0000
  > If I was making a 1.9 waterboxer into my 'go anywhere , do anything' world > class vehicle, I'd move the ecu to under...
• Re: 83 aircooled vanagon
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 21 Nov 1999 21:55:43 EST
  ...ive never heard of a aircooled van ECU going bad. keep checking. chris (with plenty of good used ECU's from aircooled vans, that...
• Re: Help, stranded. Van won't exceed 55mph
  Historical mailing list - -- Dan Roberts
  Mon, 28 Feb 2005 15:21:09 -0500
  The mechanic removed the ECU and found a large burned area. It looks like part of the ECU is melted. We're looking for...
• Re: ECU 4 Sale
  Historical mailing list - Carter
  Tue, 29 Jun 1999 17:21:25 -0700
  ECU for Digijet...$125 + S&H from CA Kit Carter
• Re: grounded ECU??
  Historical mailing list - Dave Richards
  Wed, 23 Apr 1997 21:13:37 -0400
  Dave Sidote wrote: > > Hi Volks, > > Recently there was a post about making sure the ecu was grounded. I went > and looked at the ecu...
• Re: need bad ECU/wire harness for 81
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Mon, 27 Mar 2000 07:50:58 -0600
  ...You do have to solder the wires from the digitool cable to the ecu - but that's easy. IMHO, what you are proposing would...
• Re: [Syncro] New ECU - Seems down on power now
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 10 Nov 2000 23:09:02 -0500
  Disconnect, clean and reconnect all of the earths for the ECU and see if that makes any difference. This is a common problem with...
• anyone with '86 - '91 in Fort Collins/Northern CO?
  Historical mailing list - most david
  Mon, 23 Jul 2007 18:51:59 -0700
  Is there anyone on the vanagon list with an '86 - '91 vanagon (or a spare ECU from these years) in the Fort Collins area...
• Re: installed new engine.. now have ecu/fuel pump woes....anyone help me?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sun, 22 Apr 2012 13:28:52 -0700
  ...Went through the bentley manual for testing power and fuel pump relays and both relays failed the tests and the manual says replace ecu...
• Re: installed new engine.. now have ecu/fuel pump woes....anyone help me?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 22 Apr 2012 14:28:08 -0700
  ...the ecu energizes the fuel pump relay by supplying ground to it. I would probably undo the wire coming from the ecu and supply...
• '91 WBX 2.1 L ECU for SALE - $150
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 11 Dec 2017 11:38:11 -0600
  With the Vanagon, everybody needs a spare ECU in their travel kit. In my '88 GL the ECU has given up the ghost twice...
• Re: Travel Weirdness (warning; tires. ;)
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Mon, 8 Sep 2014 21:42:49 -1000
  I've worked on all kinds of cars , for decades, and have never seen an ECU that needed to be, or was mounted, so...
• Re: ECU fixed! was: spare ECU?
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Thu, 15 Apr 2010 16:01:53 -0700
  ...spare ECU? To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Date: Thursday, April 15, 2010, 3:37 PM Yes, for the resistor legs I used a solder...
• Re: ECU problems? '87 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Eubank, Daniel D
  Fri, 29 Oct 1999 08:08:45 -0700
  I had a ECU go bad on a 87 WESTY. I had the rear heater core box on full time even in summer. (This...
• Re: Failing Fuel Pump?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 19 Jul 94 15:57:23 PDT
  ...Check the big ECU connector for dirty/oxidized contacts, especially the #3 pin. In case the ECU is indeed not activating the pump relay...
• Re: ECU/ECM
  Historical mailing list - forum email
  Wed, 23 Jan 2013 12:32:54 -0500
  ...My ECU part > number is 023 906 023. I see an ECU on ebay with the part number 023 906 > 023C. How compatible is...
• ECU
  Historical mailing list - Randy Herd
  Mon, 12 Feb 2001 13:45:32 -0700
  Following Darrell's advise, I beat my ECU against the garage floor. The van then started and ran well for a couple of hours...
• ECU needed
  Historical mailing list - David R. Paterson
  Thu, 25 Feb 1999 00:56:27 -0500
  Hey there, Anyone out there have a good ECU to sell?? TIA Dave
• WBX Digifant Ground Check. No Continuity Between Some Points.
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sat, 9 Jun 2012 12:25:53 -0700
  ...Measuring between pin 6 of ECU harness and new ground point near ECU, I see a huge resistance or infinite Ohms. Re-connecting battery...
• How many volts can ECU handle?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:33:08 -0800
  ...Looking at my Vanagon Bentley, I see B+ from alternator going to the Digifant control unit relay, then off to the Digifant ECU. Seems...
• Re: no current to injectors
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 15 Jun 2012 07:07:30 -0700
  The ECU momentarily grounds one side of the injectors to pulse them. The other side should have power whenever the fuel pump does. Depends...
• Digifant Electrical Experts: New Harness + 4 Pin Hella 53 Relay for ECU?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Mon, 28 May 2012 17:46:28 -0700
  ...The van runs, but because a 4 pin instead of 5 pin relay is used for ECU, and that there are 2 less wires...
• Re: Smoke & mirrors ? ebay 1.9 euro spec ecu
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Tue, 16 Jan 2007 14:06:34 -0800
  ...Smoke & mirrors ? ebay 1.9 euro spec ecu > That ECU is actually intended for the 2.1 liter DJ motor (112HP). The DJ > engines...
• Re: Digifant Electrical Experts: New Harness + 4 Pin Hella 53 Relay for ECU?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 28 May 2012 18:27:06 -0700
  Sorry, I meant the ECU relay diode shown in the 88/89 Bentley diagram is not being used as for suppression. The most common...
• Re: ECU fixed! was: spare ECU?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 15 Apr 2010 16:31:56 -0400
  ...I added new solder to the 2 resistor legs and took the ECU Cool! I'd hazard a guess that the actual failure was...
• ZZZap!! Dead in the road (ECU Schematic wanted)
  Historical mailing list - -------------
  Tue, 10 Oct 2006 08:01:32 -0400
  ...Long story short, my spare ECU gets it going before the her cell phone did. The hardest part was calling off everyone that was...
• Digifant ECU
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 6 Feb 97 16:05:47 PST
  It seems that there are a significant amount of failures in the Digifant ECU. Makes me glad that I have the DigiJet system in...
• Fwd: 87 Camper - engine cuts out on left turns
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Sat, 29 May 1999 06:27:45 -0500
  ...If the black ecu cover makes contact with the seat bracket some ecus will stop sending coil pulses. I gave the ecu cover more...
• Re: O2 sensor testing
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 14 Jan 2003 10:20:14 -0500
  ...A sensor reading 0 volts (from grounding or whatever reason) will cause the ECU to richen the mixture until the ECU runs out of...
• Re: Need ECU for 1.9L
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sat, 5 Jul 2014 07:10:27 -0700
  ...I have a third ECU on its way. If the hesitation coming off stop occurs with only one out of the three units, then...
• Re: ECU COMPATABILITY?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Miller
  Sun, 1 Feb 2004 10:46:27 -0500
  ...I have an 86 ECU I keep as a spare for my 89 Westy which has an 022D ECU. I swapped them out once...
• Re: The two throttle valve switches, redux
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Tue, 25 Sep 2007 21:44:20 -0700
  ...They are wired in parallel and both connected through > one single wire to Pin 4 of the ECU per Bentley's 97.55. Both...
• Re: Reman. or New ECUs
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 21 Sep 1997 21:46:53 -0700
  I have Rebuilt ecu's. I test each one Prior to Shipping it. If anyone is in need of an ECU e-mail me...