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• Re: [vanagon] Another "Pro" tech nees help
  Historical mailing list - Tim Marciniak
  Thu, 11 Mar 1999 19:50:01 -0600
  ...Any >digifant experts want to take a stab at it? Please reply to Walter, not me! > >Jim Arnott >WetWesties >Union, OR > >1987 Volkswagen Vanagon...
• ECU weirdness with Cabriolet that may apply to a Vanagon or 2 (No Vanagon Content)
  Historical mailing list - Dave C
  Sat, 13 May 2000 19:35:07 -0400
  Our 91 Cabriolet (Digifant II) was acting weird today. The engine would rev to 4500-5000 rpm or so, stay, then go way down...
• My van failed Maryland emissions test
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Atkins
  Sat, 5 Jul 2003 14:16:02 +0000
  ...a 2 liter audi 3A inline 4 running on vw golf digifant fuel injection from an RV engine code 1.8 l engine . It...
• Re: vanagon single electrode plugs
  Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
  Sat, 12 Jun 2004 03:52:44 +0000
  ...BTW did you ever find that Digifant 3 wire ISV?? :D Chris DeLong Fine Tuning 206.522.5503 www.finetuningperformance.com Seattle, WA USA...
• Re: Electrical puzzle
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Thu, 14 Jun 2018 12:21:12 -0700
  ...some seat belt stuff I have not looked at closely. > > > > I also noted that #50 goes to starter, digifant, idle-control, brake > warning light...
• Re: Digifant II quirky issue. 3000 RPM rev limit?
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Thu, 11 May 2017 13:05:25 -0400
  When I bypassed the fuel pump relay it revs to the redline. Since the problem started after I replaced the relay, we may have...
• Re: "intermittant syndrome" harness fix...only for 2.1L vans???
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 4 Mar 2005 22:21:02 -0500
  The harness adapter is only for the Digifant. If it ran for almost 20 years without it, why should it need it now? I...
• Re: Engine conversion mileage?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 8 Dec 1999 12:26:33 -0800
  data for my conversion: '82 westy 1800 8v Digifant, '92 model year. engine has around 100k miles (80k done while in van in van...
• Re: Who is Mike Miller???......
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Wed, 3 Oct 2001 12:20:57 -0700
  ...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: Testing the waters, investigating options.... opinions please,
  Historical mailing list - Rich Blake
  Sat, 17 Aug 2002 22:46:32 -0700
  ...The Digifant system is ok and I think APR makes a chip for it, but more tuneable would be a CIS-E system (fully...
• 15 degree swap..aha!
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 9 Nov 2007 08:50:47 -0800
  ...To my way of thinking, finding a junk-er diesel or most of one and then swapping in the gas motor and Digifant II...
• Re: I-4 conversion general info
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 25 Oct 2015 08:45:50 -0700
  ...In my hybrid motor, I did have to swap my distributor drive gear, in order to keep the digifant engine management system....Techtonic's...
• Re: Throttle stop switch? Stumbles on resume throttle..
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 10 Mar 2013 10:18:51 -0400
  ...I have a Digifant ignition on a 93 Jetta inline gas powered van.. When I coast down a long grade at higher RPMs (highway...
• Re: Vanagon idle hunting
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Wed, 13 Apr 94 16:32:44 CDT
  ...that's what they kept telling me, too!!! >'87 models come with the Digifant system, Right? . Looks as if the coolant > temp sensor I...
• Wet weather power loss
  Historical mailing list - Helen Fahy
  Fri, 6 Apr 2001 18:32:50 -0400
  ...Is there a reference that describes how the digifant system really works and not just test this and replace that? Long Winded discussion: I...
• WBX Digifant Ground Check. No Continuity Between Some Points.
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sat, 9 Jun 2012 12:25:53 -0700
  Hi all. Under these conditions: - grounds between engine and frame cleaned and ok, new braided strap between engine and frame - battery negative clamp dis...
• Digifant 21. MV High Fuel Consumption
  Historical mailing list - Dave Arthur
  Mon, 18 May 2009 19:21:33 -0300
  I need some opinions... I have just returned from my first 'real' trip with our Westy. I was a little shocked at the fuel...
• 1985 Vanagon stumbling-Again!
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 13 Jan 1997 19:00:15 -0600
  ...Sounds like the Digifant vanagon syndrome, but the 1985 has the Digijet system. I am not really certain if the problem is ignition (Firing...
• Re: FAQs-I like it!
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Tue, 19 Jan 1999 20:19:12 +0100
  ...AFM, O2 sensor, temp I/II sensors, ground straps, > stuttering, mention Digifant/Digijet tool) [Darrell, this one has your > name written on it] > * paint...
• Re: The Dying 86 Vanagon - engine cuts out
  Historical mailing list - Dana E Hager
  Wed, 14 Apr 1999 19:45:21 -0700
  ...After building a Digifant tool and installing it in the van I found out that it still does it when I don't have...
• Re: Cooling System Pressure
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Wed, 15 Mar 2000 07:55:15 -0500
  In fact, Digifant tool guru Darrell Boehler has such a setup in his van. I don't remember where he tapped in, but there...
• Re: The Better Waterboxer Motor....the simpler 1.9L or the 2.1L with all ofthose additional hoses....reliability?...power?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Mon, 22 Apr 2002 23:48:12 -0700
  ...prone waterpumps and thermostats...... > I wonder if a digijet and a digifant were used on a 2.1L if the power output > would be...
• Rough Running; 87' Syncro
  Historical mailing list - John Connolly
  Tue, 29 Jul 2003 21:08:53 -0600
  ...I'm not very familiar with the Digifant systems, but can do the basic troubleshooting. any ideas? I checked all grounds, and did voltage...
• Re: vanagon syndrome-- need capacitor
  Historical mailing list - Hans Achter
  Thu, 9 Jun 2005 12:10:24 -0400
  I'm not certain, but I believe the 'syndrome' affects only the 86-91 vanagons with Digifant injection. I think Robert's advice regarding...
• Re: Thread pitch / hole size for 1.9 WBX O2 sensor
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Fri, 16 Feb 2007 12:32:20 -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: RECOMMENDATION
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Sat, 20 May 2000 08:38:40 EDT
  ...Cheaper to buy all new parts for the Digifant now since all the "old" new stock is being sold off cheap now from list...
• Digifant start-up bad
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 1 Aug 2010 07:01:13 -0700
  84 Chassis with inline digifant 92 VW motor. Same-o as many vanagon ignitions, same-engine managment/injection. These past few days i've...
• What Fuel Octane? (Was: Engine RPMs???(not too long))
  Historical mailing list - Pokey
  Thu, 22 Feb 2001 05:48:07 -0800
  ...It is less effecient than the Digifant system,CIS-E and the Motronic. SNIP Since I have owned two well running WBX, I have...
• Re: Flush & Fill & Fan Switch questions - thermoswitch
  Historical mailing list - Warner, Jeff (DSIO-MS)
  Wed, 31 Jul 2002 15:58:21 -0400
  ...I have an '87 Digifant which is suppo= sed to be self-bleeding, but I still bled the system until I had coolant = come...
• Re: Isolating an idle problem?
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Mon, 22 Dec 2014 11:55:30 -1000
  ...Isolating an idle problem? >>> >>> I've been seeing an intermittent low idle-sometime no idle with my >> Digifant >>> 84 van 92 rabbit/fox/Jetta...
• Stranded in my driveway as I try to leave on a 10 day trip :(
  Historical mailing list - Steve Williams (Contractor)
  Sun, 9 Jul 2023 10:47:43 -0600
  ...connected to something, specially since it says it goes to the Digifant Control Unit. My "gut" says it's something inside the "Wire Distribution...
• Re: Power Steering Pump Wiring Question?
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Fri, 2 Oct 1998 14:02:14 EDT
  ...On a digifant system the connection may be different but the function would be the same. Drive Safely & Good Luck Ken Lewis<Kernersville,NC...
• Test equipment
  Historical mailing list - Roger Bowman
  Tue, 28 Sep 1999 08:06:11 -0700
  ...I considered the Digifant tool mentioned on the WWW, but the ECU's I'm coming across are sealed as a condition of warranty...
• O2 Sensor Wiring (excerpt from Dealer Service memo)
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Wed, 7 Mar 2001 07:18:18 -0800
  ...108A Mark, Is the VW fix specific to the 2.1L/Digifant or the 1.9L/Digijet? If it works for us poor souls...
• Re: Temp II Sensor, Engine Hot.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Tue, 24 Sep 2013 18:15:15 -0700
  Hi Neil, I checked in my Digifant manual before I commented before. I saw the exact same text you are showing below, and perhaps...
• Re: Soliciting VW Engine Recommendations
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 21 Jan 2014 23:54:15 -0500
  ...Digijet and Digifant waterboxer EFI systems are both fine. Each has advantages the other system doesn't have. They're both good. On 1...
• Re: Charcoal canister on 2.1 digifant engines?, page 20.33
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Overmyer
  Fri, 29 Apr 2005 14:56:55 +1000
  ...Charcoal canister on 2.1 digifant engines?, page 20.33 >The gas tank has vents on top that connect to the top of the...
• Re: Stopped in Moro... fuel?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 21 Oct 2016 01:42:17 +0000
  ...Riding along in the rain, 84 Digifant vanagon with an ABA inline gas motor, started missing. Key cycling has no "reset"...all gauges normal...
• Re: Are waterboxers junk?ECU CHIP.
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Fri, 24 Apr 1998 09:52:48 -0700
  ...1.9 with Digijet fuel injection to the 2.1 with >Digifant for the 1986 model year, making 1986 to 1991 vans with the...
• Re: Wanted: Air filter housing for 2.1 liter
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Tue, 24 Dec 2002 06:28:18 EST
  ...2.1 liter digifant. Gary, I have this from the '86 Syncro I recently dismantled. It still has the AFM attached but I can...
• Re: Idle update
  Historical mailing list - Robert Steven Fish
  Tue, 21 Jan 2003 20:11:38 +0100
  ...Extras that were not readily available when the Digifant was first being produced (tested) in Europe. But a stuck valve can kill either a...
• Re: ECU firmware location
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Sat, 15 Sep 2007 10:28:28 -0400
  ...but does > anybody know if the firmware for our ECU's (Digifant or Digijet) > resides completely on the 2732 EPROM or is part of...
• Re: 88 Newbie makes trouble for self
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 21 Mar 2002 19:09:45 -0600
  ...Two or three years ago he had a very cool manual on the Digifant fuel injection system. If you can get a copy it...
• Re: Love that Digitool!
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Fri, 21 Jan 2000 07:35:33 -0600
  ...It is the same as the digifant digitool except it has different wiring to the ecu. I also make an adapter for people with...
• Re: low idle when AC compressor is on
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Cresawn
  Sun, 11 Jul 2021 20:46:41 -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: VW relay #53, 141 951 253B
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Wed, 1 Jun 2016 20:16:13 +0000
  ...Or  an error? Though this is a 86 Digifant, it names the ECU relay as a "Digijet" . Hmmm-I'm not familar with the...
• Re: Arduino and Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Brett Ne
  Thu, 14 Nov 2013 11:47:22 -0800
  ...I find > this an interesting thread. > > An image from my Digifant pro training manual showing labelled pin > outs of ISV control unit: > > > https://lh5...
• Euro-Drive: 91 Volkswagen Vanagon, Poor-idle/Poor-mileage
  Historical mailing list - "Paul Rich (by way of Derek Drew )"
  Thu, 2 Mar 2000 06:20:04 -0500
  ...1 L Trans: Automatic Mileage: 111,000 miles VIN: WV2YBO25XMH002708 Fuel: Digifant I Misc Data: van Symptoms: Poor Idle Quality, Poor Fuel Economy Occurs...
• Re: Digifant performance stuff.
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Tue, 14 Nov 2000 10:32:29 +0000
  Ken, I originally Emailed that the test was at 3600 RPM or above and wide open throttle, WOT. I stated that I had a...
• Re: Turbo Diesel Power and Economy - global eficiency Q?
  Historical mailing list - Gary Lee
  Wed, 16 Oct 2002 22:59:08 -0700
  ...I've had the van on a gas analyzer and propane is much cleaner than digifant. I suspect modern engines with OBD4 are cleaner...
• More AFM/ECU reverse engineering results coming
  Historical mailing list - jon
  Tue, 19 Dec 2006 16:16:31 -0800
  I have made great progress in reverse engineering AFMs, ECUs and other funny business in the Digifant injection system. It's classic 80's...
• Re: "High" Pressure Oil Switch Electrical Questions. (Jetta conversion) PIC
  Historical mailing list - mdrillock
  Wed, 8 Oct 2008 18:45:45 -0700
  ...Returned home, no chirping. (presumably, the > oil was cooler from coasting down the mountain) > > The '86 Vanagon Digifant diagram, shows a solid state part...
• Re: Engine stops running at red lights
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 27 Mar 2000 06:57:54 EST
  ...You can lean more about the "Digitool" by going to his website, <A HREF="http://scribers.midwest.net/midwesty/vw/Vanagon/DigiFantTool/">Digifant Tool...
• Re: VANAGON syndrome
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Mon, 17 Nov 2014 20:44:58 +0000
  ...gmail.com> wrote: > It's only with the 2.1's Digifant system, '86-'91, and documented in the > Bentley on page 24.57...
• engine tuning, emissions, shudder at idle.Digifant.
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Mon, 31 Aug 1998 17:14:24 EDT
  Greetings and salutations; Whilst in the archives looking for causes of high HC in emissions I ran across these various tidbits. I am hoping...
• Re: Western trip: Trip report
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Sun, 12 Oct 2008 14:04:50 -0700
  ...The Vanagon, an '84 semi-Westie > (has all but the pop-top and the rear cabinets) with a '92 Golf/Rabbit 1.8L > Digifant...
• Solution for Re: Vanagon Syndrome
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Thu, 6 Jan 2000 06:54:06 -0800
  ...cost reduced" the nice Bosch L-Jetronic >into the "Digijet" and "Digifant" systems. Most of the reduction was in >the ECU, which turned into...
• Re: Help! Hesitation on the road!
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Luft
  Thu, 11 Aug 2011 22:20:15 -0400
  ...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: DEAR GOD Re: timing belt
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Mon, 28 Jun 2004 09:11:26 -0400
  ...Oh yeah, still havent seen any pic of the infamous (I >>>presume, non-existent) 3-wire Digifant idle stabilizer. And no, dont >>>even ask...
• Re: Oil filter question
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 31 Oct 2010 14:32:39 -0700
  Over the 14 years I had my 50 degree I4 digifant in my westy I noticed that i would get lifter clacking on start...