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• Re: high idle
  Historical mailing list - Austin
  Wed, 10 Sep 1997 21:42:03 -0700
  ...Austin p.s. - keep in mind this is an '87 Digifant system...I'm not familiar with other Vanagon setups (but I can do...
• digitool and ecu service
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Thu, 17 Jun 1999 20:15:54 -0500
  ...I make a digitool for both the digifant and for the digijet ecus. I charge $100 for the digitool, this includes everything except shipping...
• Vanavolvo ??
  Historical mailing list - Calle Fallberg
  Fri, 16 Feb 2001 18:50:46 +0100
  ...Another bonus is that it�ll pass emissions control with a carburettor so bye- bye digifant trouble :-) 112hp / 170 NM with a single carb...
• Re: higher octane needs
  Historical mailing list - mike miller
  Fri, 28 Dec 2001 22:02:26 -0800
  ...anti-knock and cleaning agents. > > As far as I know (and I may be wrong on this) Vanagon > engines with digifant do not have...
• Re: DEAR GOD Re: timing belt
  Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
  Mon, 28 Jun 2004 04:21:12 +0000
  ...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: FW: running problems, 2.1
  Historical mailing list - rsf
  Thu, 19 Jan 2006 19:27:04 -0500
  ...for answering my relentless questions and convincing me to buy the Digifant book and tech video. I'll feel much confident traveling with my...
• Re: Digifant II 'Diesel' Conversion Pics
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Thu, 20 Sep 2001 19:58:25 -0700
  ...AM To: vanagon@volkswagen.org; vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com Subject: Re: Digifant II 'Diesel' Conversion Pics on 20/9/01 3:48 AM, David...
• Re: Ok...still running rich problem....
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Tue, 9 Dec 2003 09:00:15 -0500
  ...Hey all, I am still having problems of a rich running condition on my digifant fuel injection. These are the things i have tried...
• Re: Spare ECU
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 28 Feb 2011 01:02:20 -0500
  At 12:32 AM 2/28/2011, Old Volks Home wrote: >Digijet ECUs are abit more robust than the Digifant successor in my >experience...
• Re: idle/full throttle switch replacement
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Thu, 6 Aug 1998 07:18:07 -0400
  ...Bloss wrote: > I confirmed the death of my idle/full throttle enrichment switch on > our Digifant after Darrell's ECU tool found that, i...
• Re: Fuel injection diagnosis
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Thu, 30 Mar 2000 10:52:02 -0500
  ...If you have a Digitool from Darrell Boehler, you can read off exactly what the OXS is sending to the Digifant ECU and see...
• Cutting out on acceleration
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Mon, 18 Nov 2002 10:56:26 -0800
  For you who have Jetta or Golf engines in your vanagons running Digifant 2 ,I beseech your advice. It's been 5 years since...
• Re: Generic, three wire, O2 Sensor choice for digifant?
  Historical mailing list - Cliff Ober
  Wed, 30 Jun 1999 19:26:16 -0500
  ...Generic, three wire, O2 Sensor choice for digifant? This is a subject that I have been thinking about and also talking to others about...
• Re: AFM optical pick up
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sat, 10 Feb 2024 18:12:44 -0500
  ...to replace the stock carbon track and wiper arm in the digifant air flow meter. > > More to come , doing some measurements for the group...
• summer trips
  Historical mailing list - john silverman
  Thu, 10 Sep 1998 18:18:01 -0600
  ...I had all sorts of nightmares about Digifants, ECUs, catalytic converters, etc...FOund a great shop in Bozeman, Montana (Auto Stop, ask for Randy...
• Re: Header from Ahnendorp
  Historical mailing list - BRENT CHRISTENSEN
  Wed, 14 Jun 2000 15:29:09 -0700
  ...page. > (not that I would ever want to part with my digifant!) > > Gary > > <<<< > > > > Michael J. Sullivan > IPS "SWATteam" Architect > Open Market, Inc. > > ********************************************* > phone: 781...
• Re: Westy mechanical training.....
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon man
  Sat, 7 Sep 2002 16:31:11 -0400
  ...1) Filling and bleeding the coolant system (Bill Kasper a natural for this) 2) Digifant system - Where everything is located 3) Bypassing sensors in...
• Re: Help with wet weather cut out problem
  Historical mailing list - Calle Fallberg
  Mon, 10 May 2004 16:21:38 +0200
  ...had this problem every fall as long as I drove the Digifant WBX, kept comming back and it�s a pain in the butt...
• Re: Update: permanent fuel pressure gauge - Source!
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Wed, 15 Mar 2006 14:13:47 -0500
  ...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: [VW gas I4 Conversions] weird engine behavior, stops on downhill coasting, diagnostic help?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 15 Sep 2018 20:06:57 -0700
  ...It's a little more complicated with Digifant. The engine has to > have achieved 3,000 rpm before decel mode can be invoked,** and...
• Re: Engine thoughts--now Go Westy engine management system
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Thu, 4 Jan 2018 11:17:59 -0800
  ...New Delphi electronic control unit (ECU)—replaces NLA Digifant ECU and ICU (idle control unit)"* So, I would assume they kept that ECU in...
• Re: '88 GL intermittent ignition miss (update)
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 21 Nov 2013 12:15:57 -0800
  ...Driving it the following day revealed the problem was still > there, and getting worse. > > I downloaded the Digifant troubleshooting pages following a link on...
• RPM oscillations when cold
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 13 Jun 1996 07:23:00 -0400 (EDT)
  ...engine is cold? If anybody on the list is an VW/digifant EFI guru, I'd really appreciate any advice about trouble shooting this...
• Re: Air Intake Project
  Historical mailing list - Gary Lee
  Sun, 27 May 2001 11:05:09 -0600
  ...My van is duel fuel, there is the digifant fuel system and a propane fuel system. What this means is that I can drive...
• Re: alternator to ignition coil???
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Mon, 16 Dec 2002 15:52:39 -0800
  ...alternator to ignition coil??? Hi, Ive been having intermittent starting problems on my 87 digifant. today it died again at work and i didnt...
• 86 idle hunting and idle control unit
  Historical mailing list - John Brigstocke
  Fri, 15 Apr 2005 21:41:07 -0400
  ...I am working from a 84-88 Chilton FI manual that has a section on Digifant. Thought I would leave it with pin 17...
• Re: GOWESTY AFM no start problem
  Historical mailing list - Scott - IMAP
  Sat, 2 Jul 2016 14:37:39 -0700
  ...on my newly installed Digifant sytsem on a 2.1 wbxr engine ( which ran on stock 85 Digijet for a while ) , I how have...
• Re: Throttle-on running issue
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 15 Jul 2019 20:29:25 -0700
  ...We have a 2.0 ABA with 1.8 head with Digifant II FI. > > The engine will start fine from cold. As it warms...
• Re: Idle Stabilizer Valve part numbering question
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Thu, 1 Oct 2015 11:05:30 -0700
  ...the 025 and the 037? > Are they interchangeable in an '89 Digifant system? They 'look' > identical. > > Thx > Patrick Spragge > 1989 Westfalia w/2.1...
• Re: I need help identifying a part...........
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 21 Sep 2012 18:09:09 -0700
  If you're not planning on swapping in the Digifant electronics in the future..... Can you not just put a bolt in? Or is...
• Vanagon Engine Swap information please!
  Historical mailing list - "David Marshall (by way of Ron Lussier )"
  Tue, 28 Oct 1997 09:07:35 -0800
  ...problem I might switch to a 90-92 Cabriolet head and Digifant injection and splice the Cabrio and Vanagon injection systems together somehow. I...
• Re: Idle stabilizer control unit
  Historical mailing list - Yi-Ruey Wei
  Tue, 21 Jul 1998 09:59:07 -0500
  ...writes: >I have an '86 Westy 2.1 Liter water cooled digifant that developed the >dreaded high idle condition. The van would do 50...
• Re: ecu 025 906 022 d
  Historical mailing list - Mick Kalber
  Thu, 29 Nov 2001 00:22:31 -1000
  ...Again no problem. > > I have rebuilt Digifant ECUs ready to ship for $200 (again FYI). I don't > charge a core charge up front...
• Re: '90 Carat - Radio turns off and back on when starting the van
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Fri, 14 Nov 2008 11:04:33 -0800
  ...on >> (engine running position) >> >> For digifant from 1990, the radio is connected to 30 via S3 fuse. 30 >> is always "on" power. This appears...
• Continuing to diagnose rich rough running Digifant ....from yesterday
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 24 Jul 2014 06:59:03 -0700
  This is an inline VW motor but running all the electronics, same as and probably directly from, a Digifant Vanagon...started with an 84...
• digifant wiring discovery
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Sun, 11 Feb 2001 15:05:05 -0500
  For the past week our '88 has been doing the running rich thing. Just as others have described; warms up normally, then gets richer...
• Re: Wanted 1.6 diesel parts
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Thu, 27 Sep 2001 20:54:11 -0700
  Why carbs?? The Digifant II injection system works very well, burns cleaner and much more efficient. Also there is a built in knock sensor...
• Re: Diesel Van Bell Housing
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Tue, 18 May 2004 11:41:49 -0400
  ...that is what i am using in my vanagon with a gas golf digifant engine. if you go with the diesel set up you...
• Re: 025 906 021 C 1.9 ECU question
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Tue, 14 Apr 2009 08:51:21 -0400
  ...Any Vanagon 022 ECU will work in a 2.1l Vanagon digifant. Believe me I have tried every combination you can imagine over the...
• Re: Tri Star Syncro for sale
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Thu, 17 Oct 2002 15:03:22 EDT
  ...Converted to automatic with a Digifant 2.1, modified Carat bumpers, modified Carat upholstery and overhead AC. I'm sick about it. I was...
• dying '86 automatic
  Historical mailing list - Marcus Elia
  Sun, 1 Mar 1998 16:36:37 -0500
  ...I wouldn't buy it because it's an automatic Digifant while my Van's a manual Digijet; my interest lies in helping a...
• Re: duel fuel westy, LPG/propane or gasoline
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Wed, 16 Aug 2000 01:55:37 PDT
  ...Its a duel fuel system so the original digifant is still in place >and functional. You just flip an electrical switch on the dash...
• Right On Steve! (grounds, vanagon syndrome, etc.)
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Thu, 10 Apr 2003 11:12:23 -0400
  ...sell me a $100 harness "fix"?) that the harness is a Digifant only item. Something about digital versus analog and the internal connections are...
• Re: Random wire... Ugh.
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 30 Jun 2010 10:51:08 -0700
  ...You can see it on Bentley page 97.123 where it connects to the Digifant ECU pin 20 and to a dash MAL-IND...
• =?Windows-1252?Q?Won=B4t_start?=
  Historical mailing list - Calle Fallberg
  Sat, 21 Oct 2000 20:48:14 +0200
  Hi all ! I have a slight problem that has occured every now and then almost since I bought the Vanagon ! It has a Digifant...
• Re: Tiico convert question
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Mon, 10 Dec 2001 21:46:04 -0800
  ...what the tach read!! > > > Dave B >> > > Well, on my '90 GTi Digifant II 1.8 L 8V conversion in a '82 Westfalia and > original...
• It looks like the Triple Electrode Spark Plug might be the best f or the 1.9L Motor
  Historical mailing list - Smola, Tony
  Wed, 27 Feb 2002 17:32:05 -0600
  ...it is a Motronic F/I system where mine is a Digifant II, that might be the difference). I've always found it gives...
• Re: Injector Color Codes, Yellow for 2.1
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 20 May 2006 07:40:50 -0700
  ...and late buses > with FI) > Yellow (gold?) injectors are for Digijet/Digifant engines (1.9 and 2.1) > > > > >> >> Now, it there a difference based...
• Re: Idle Stabilizer System Delete. Cause Bog Off Idle?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 12 Apr 2015 09:19:52 -0400
  ...This is for an '88 2.1 WBX with Digifant. The idle stabilization valve and control unit are currently unplugged. (see below). However. If...
• Re: Engine Conversion Eurospec vs. nonEurospec
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 3 Jan 2000 17:48:57 -0800
  ...I do everything from CIS to Digifant II to Motronic. All of the wiring harness that I have converted for customers do not suffer...
• Re: Oil.. Where's it go?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 17 Oct 2017 09:52:02 -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: Broken down in bishop ca!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Ohana
  Tue, 28 May 2013 22:45:43 -0700
  ...Anyone have any tips? Tranny replacement? > > Tim > 2.0 aba digifant 1.8 head > Converted from 82 diesel > >
• Re: Air/wasser swap
  Historical mailing list - Mark Hineline
  Thu, 27 Oct 2011 12:33:08 -0700
  ...a later model 86-91 donor van with a > 2.1L digifant setup. The cooling and FI are better engineered than > the 1.9L...
• Re: O2 sensors effect on power
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 6 Mar 2001 13:57:58 -0500
  ...impossible for a Digifant O2 sensored fuel injection system to >provided more power than a non-senosred digijet, because the digifant >will never set...
• Re: O2 sensors effect on power
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 6 Mar 2001 13:57:58 -0500
  ...impossible for a Digifant O2 sensored fuel injection system to >provided more power than a non-senosred digijet, because the digifant >will never set...
• strange idling behavior ? (long post with plenty of diagnostic hints)
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 14 Nov 2008 18:17:00 -0800
  ...This little 1.8liter, 8-valve, from a '92 rabbit cabriolet (Digifant II injection) , has always behaved perfectly until just this morning. Upon start...
• 88 GL - Failure to Start - It's Back!!!!!!!!
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Sat, 14 Jun 2014 20:36:45 -0500
  ...The Digifant Service Manual says that for any no start situation - the Temp II sensor is always suspect. Anybody got any ideas? I'll...
• Re: My New Bentley
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 7 Apr 2013 12:55:55 -0700
  ...In part, it has what appears to be the Digifant Pro >>> Training manual though possibly in slightly more detailed form? >>> >>> Got if from VC...
• Re: 86 running problem
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Tue, 16 Jan 2001 09:16:09 -0600
  ...In order for the tach to twitch the coil must get + battery on the plus side, and the digifant ecu coil driver transistor sends...
• Re: Need AFM adapter so different aircleaner or cold air intake can be used- to cone or no!
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Tue, 20 Jan 2009 05:02:15 -0500
  ...It was better than the stock digifant unit by a significant margin though I did the test with the K&N replacement filter in...