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• Re: Black Box Relay question
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Mon, 11 Mar 2013 18:00:36 -0400
  ...I was working from the Digifant pro training manual. It doesn't reference that fifth pin. It looks like it triggers the high speed...
• New Engine Needed
  Historical mailing list - Cookson, Noel
  Fri, 26 Apr 2002 06:41:48 -0500
  ...2) Digifant or better fuel injection system 3) Stock tach and gauges work 4) Stock AC, Power steering bolt on. 5) More reliable than...
• Re: 7 to 22 hp gain at wheels!?
  Historical mailing list - jbange
  Tue, 31 Aug 2004 16:24:03 -0700
  ...the spidnik valves harder? Whatever it is, I figure the VAG Digifant engineers put it there for something, so it's probably better off...
• Re: Vanagon Syndrome Harness
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Wed, 16 Aug 2000 00:52:43 -0500
  > I was told by several VW authorities, including VWoA, that the harness to > repair the "Vanagon Syndrome" was a digifant only item. Is this...
• Re: Full Throttle AC Cutout?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Sun, 27 May 2007 14:36:02 -0700
  ...would also disengage the AC compressor clutch. > Of > course, since the Digifant full throttle switch does double duty as the > "no > throttle" switch, it...
• Re: '82 diesel 1.8 conversion
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Sat, 18 Aug 2007 08:57:31 -0700
  ...For fuel injection system you can use CIS, CIS-E, DIgifant 2, Motronic. I find Digifant 2 the esiest fuel injection. ('88-'92 Golf...
• Re: 85 Vanagon - should I buy
  Historical mailing list - Bill
  Tue, 30 Jun 1998 23:45:31 -0600
  ...keeping the digijet FI--since it is less troublesome than the digifant system. If I can just Kill my 1.9L (171,000mi.) My...
• Re: 2.1l ECUs new for $475
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Tue, 18 Mar 2003 11:27:33 -0500
  ...have available in a very limited > supply, brand new 2.1l Digifant ECUs for $475. These are the latest and > greatest 025 906 022D...
• Re: Maximum engine power and Performane Chip Discussion
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Fri, 14 Mar 2003 13:54:05 -0500
  On Fri, 14 Mar 2003, Mark Keller wrote: > The Digifant Fuel system works largley by monitoring input from the O2 > sensor. By monitoring the...
• Re: Rad fan--2 or 3 wire???stumped
  Historical mailing list - populuxe
  Mon, 28 Apr 2003 22:21:13 -0500
  ...I found the fan set up of my 90 was listed on the Digifant 86-89, 450 watt radiator fan scheme. Now, that makes...
• Re: What voltage do injectors need to fire?
  Historical mailing list - Vince S
  Mon, 6 Sep 2004 21:54:03 -0700
  ...What voltage do injectors need to fire? > >With the Digifant system, does anyone know what >voltage the ECU sends to the injectors to get...
• Re: Natural Gas Conversion Kit
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 31 Mar 1998 23:14:05 -0800
  ...As far as the Digifant system is concerned it thinks it is burning a lower octane gasoline. >If you have any pic's of...
• Re: 86 syncro running cool
  Historical mailing list - Joe Beckham
  Mon, 23 Nov 1998 07:25:38 -0800
  ...The 86 (digifant) is still new to me, but seems to be a little less reliable and harder to diagnose. . . progress I guess. Thanks...
• Re: A cause for Increased Oil Consumption with Ratio Rockers (and those without)
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Wed, 10 Jul 2002 11:54:59 -0400
  ...In reality I think the amount of scavange is metered by the in line metal plug (digifant only) with the small opening through it...
• Re: Newbie has Westie & Vanagon Questions.
  Historical mailing list - Cory Zumbrennen
  Sat, 30 May 1998 12:55:12 EDT
  ...Smaller improvements include improved braking, Digifant (is this >an improvement??), re-routed coolant hoses, Syncro available, PW, PL, PM, >square headlights, skylight in the...
• Re: Question about temp II sensor and bad running
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 11 Sep 2008 13:15:03 -0500
  ...The problem is rich running, not lean. ?? Jim > > When a Digifant system stalls, or runs rough, spark quality should first be > tested. > You should...
• Non-Transplant: Prices of Ahnendorp Wasserboxer Mods
  Historical mailing list - Tom Forhan
  18 Dec 1995 11:43:11 EST
  ...Also, the Digifant needs to be modified to supply fuel for this additional displacement, and Ahnendorp does this on their own dynamometer. The alternative...
• Re: Placement of Fuel Filter
  Historical mailing list - �ric Giroux
  Mon, 16 Jul 2001 11:56:18 -0400
  ...why the fuel filter is placed after the pump >in the digifant system? I hate to think of all that crud going through >my...
• Re: DIY $20 digital oil temp gauge
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 17 Nov 2002 10:14:19 -0600
  ...done, or could do such a thing, sort of like Darrels Digifant Digitool, but a bit more sophisticated. Just Sunday Morning mental meanderings. John...
• Re: Full Throttle AC Cutout?
  Historical mailing list - Matt Roberds
  Tue, 29 May 2007 19:57:04 -0500
  ...Of course, since the Digifant full > throttle switch does double duty as the "no throttle" switch, it > wouldn't work to just scab onto...
• Re: The end of the road (86 westy runnin' rich) - LONG STORY
  Historical mailing list - Laurence Smith
  Tue, 22 Oct 2002 00:25:05 -0400
  ...I changed every Digifant component. I was trying to solve a very serious rich running condition. My symptoms were exactly the same as yours...
• Re: No spark in the Digifant
  Historical mailing list - Joe Wagner
  Tue, 12 Aug 1997 19:25:31 -0400 (EDT)
  You have a bad ignition switch. Try running a wire from the +B to the + side of the coil. On Tue, 12 Aug 1997...
• Re: fuel pressure gauge
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sat, 20 Jan 2001 10:29:34 -0800
  ...work for any fuel rail FI system that VW has > (Digijet, Digifant I + II and Motronic). > > These gauges go to 11BAR (160PSI) and have...
• Air fuel tuning technique - Gurus wanted
  Historical mailing list - Dennis
  Tue, 26 Jul 2005 14:59:12 -0400
  I recently (finally) completed some air fuel tuning on my conversion (http://my.tbaytel.net/guskers) which uses digifant II injection. Given cold weather...
• Re: Digifant FI System Pro Training Manual PDF
  Historical mailing list - VWNut Hawk
  Tue, 21 Jun 2005 14:31:55 -0500
  email me jhawk@hawkcomputing.com if you need a cd. Is there a digijet version out there? >>> John Meeks <vanagon@GMAIL.COM> 06/21...
• Re: Engine thoughts--now Go Westy engine management system
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Thu, 4 Jan 2018 14:20:43 -0500
  ...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: Oil.. Where's it go?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Wed, 18 Oct 2017 17:34:31 -0700
  ...Never had any > consumption issues on that engine (1800 8v digifant) for the 15-16 years I > ran it. Used Mobil one synthetic back...
• Summer trips w/o problems
  Historical mailing list - William Dummitt
  Sun, 30 Aug 1998 14:14:41 -0400
  ...Also, it was a good road test for my ECU fitted with Darrell Boehler's digifant cable. Any concerns about interference from power lines...
• Engineering solutions to vanagon problems
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Dunn
  Fri, 5 Nov 1999 19:37:47 EST
  ...Driving along, their faithful Digifant WB motor sputtered and their trip ground to halt on the side of the highway. Being tinkerers as they...
• Re: Mystery Electrical Trouble
  Historical mailing list - Steven Dodson
  Mon, 29 Jul 2002 11:01:30 -0400
  ...It's a 1987 Vanagon Syncro, 1.9WB w/ digifant system. Again, the issue is that the tacho reading is changing but the actual...
• Re: contact information
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Mon, 6 Jan 2003 20:21:49 -0800
  ...I may not know Digifants, but I know someone who knows someone... And together *we* solve the problem. mark drillock wrote: > I hate to...
• Re: Actual Vanagon content!!
  Historical mailing list - Mark Seifert
  Sun, 25 Apr 2004 20:42:38 -0700
  ...Sun, 25 Apr 2004 19:10:53 -0400 > >Has anyone tried to use a Digifant ECU for the same year VW Golf or >Jetta...
• Maximum engine power and Performane Chip Discussion
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Fri, 14 Mar 2003 10:30:39 -0800
  ...First a little background about the Digifant Fuel Injection, 86 - 91 vans. As with any engine, there is a finite amount of horsepower available...
• Re: Vanagon Re-power cheap and reliable...Reply from digest
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sun, 28 Oct 2007 19:27:19 -0700
  Is there any advantage to Digifant 2 as opposed to Digifant 1 ? TIA, Neil. On 10/28/07, pdooley <psdooley@verizon.net> wrote: > I4...
• Re: Oil.. Where's it go?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 17 Oct 2017 09:58:34 -0700
  ...Where's it go? 84 5sp w/ABA hybrid inline motor...93 jetta block with crossflow 8 valve head and Digifant..no cat exhaust...
• Megasquirt on Waterboxer?
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Sat, 5 Sep 2009 10:22:00 -0700
  ...wise is getting iffy, and as I've long sold my Digifant spares in one of my "I'm never going to own another...
• Hesitation on 87 Vanagon O2 sensor?
  Historical mailing list - Kay O Fremgen
  Wed, 5 Aug 1998 01:11:53 -0400
  Hello All, Went through the Digifant/Bosch system and came up with a O2 sensor question. With O2 sensor unhooked from the computer the...
• digijet tool update
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Tue, 21 Jul 1998 15:40:05 -0500
  ...Like the digifant tool the digijet tool requires the installation of a flat wire pc type cable onto the printed circuit board of the...
• Re: FAQs-I like it!
  Historical mailing list - Steve Macaulay
  Tue, 19 Jan 1999 14:12:23 -0800
  ...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: Gas Milage and the Fuel Pressure Regulator
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Thu, 10 May 2001 18:44:24 -0800
  ...Together they > >would be mass air flow. > > >Mark Ingalls To add to the discussion regarding Temp I function on the Digifant system: The information...
• Re: Turning kills engine--??
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Fri, 11 May 2007 15:19:47 -0400
  ...The wiring diagrams only start to show >>>this >>>switch with the Digifant. >>> >>>I just replaced the wiring harness and am thinking I didn't...
• Re: Engine runs with no AFM?
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Sun, 23 Nov 2008 23:46:06 -0500
  ...Any ideas on this curiosity? This is a 2.1 digifant. Edward ------------------------------------------------------------ + To unsubscribe from the Vanagon List send an e-mail to + listserv...
• Re: Timing 2.1l WBX
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Fri, 28 Nov 2008 08:51:39 -0500
  ...Ken Wilford John 3:16 www.vanagain.com Allan Streib wrote: > Trying to understand the proper ignition timing for my 2.1l WBX > (Digifant...
• Re: Isolating an idle problem?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 21 Dec 2014 21:43:31 -0500
  ...Isolating an idle problem? > > I've been seeing an intermittent low idle-sometime no idle with my > Digifant > 84 van 92 rabbit/fox/Jetta...
• Delay on charge/o2sensor indicators after starting..?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 1 Jan 2017 14:09:47 -0800
  84 Digifant (inline) with previously correct behavior .. I know it's normal for these two lights to remain illuminated until I rev the engine...
• Re: Vanagon questions
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 15 May 1997 03:16:25 EDT
  ...Can the existing Digifant cope with it? Dunno - have to find out. My 2 cents worth Jim BusBoys1@juno.com http://www.bus-boys...
• Re: 112HP @ 4800RPM on a stock WBX?
  Historical mailing list - Gary McEachern
  Fri, 24 Mar 2000 18:27:37 EST
  ...The van has the Digifant FI but the engine doesn't have the provision for the high pressure oil switch it should have to...
• I'll try this again - Idling issues
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
  Sat, 9 Dec 2017 10:03:54 -0800
  ...This is a 1986 Digifant. Van starts - and idles at about 1000 rpm - all is good. After about 5 minutes under load (partial warm...
• spark plugs
  Historical mailing list - J. Walker
  Mon, 31 Oct 94 09:30:48 CST
  ...BR6ES BP6ET <3-pronged> Water-cooled engine, code MV (1986-1991 Digifant models) Bentley Book FLAPS Autolite 403 Beru 14L-7CU 14L-7C Bosch...
• Re: O2 sensor and CO adjustment
  Historical mailing list - David Bayer
  Wed, 13 May 1998 19:31:22 -0700
  ...resistance through the air meter, air temp sender (I believe the digifant has one of these in the air flow meter), or just through...
• Re: mixture adjustment without gas analyzer
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Mon, 3 Aug 1998 00:33:31 -0500
  ----------------------- Hi Dan, The oxygen sensor should be hot and providing the digifant with voltage / mixture signal in about 2 minutes when starting a cold...
• Re: Digifant Operating Specs
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Sat, 11 Nov 2000 19:43:09 -0600
  ...VANAGON.COM Sent: Saturday, November 11, 2000 4:47 PM Subject: Digifant Operating Specs Maybe only Bosch or VW engineers know this, but the...
• Gas Milage and the Fuel Pressure Regulator
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Thu, 10 May 2001 09:28:53 -0800
  ...I own a 91 with a digifant fuel injection system. The information pertains mainly to digifant although. Some information is valid for digijet-- any...
• Re: DEAR GOD Re: timing belt
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Mon, 28 Jun 2004 23:32:43 -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: Peter Russek Manual? (was: Excellent book 'VW Bus-Camper-Van 1979-1989' )
  Historical mailing list - Lionel Tun
  Tue, 28 Jan 1997 20:27:41 -0000
  ...but it also has a chapter on fuel injection (Digijet and Digifant). It covers 1.9 and 2.1, auto and manual. There is...
• Re: Generic, three wire, O2 Sensor choice for digifant?
  Historical mailing list - mike
  Wed, 30 Jun 1999 19:34:00 -0400
  And will they work with the turbo mufflers on your performance exhaust set up? mike 87 westy KENWILFY@AOL.COM wrote: > > This is a...
• Re: Timing proceedure: 2.1 Watercooled; Bentley page 28.42 Digifant.
  Historical mailing list - John
  Mon, 20 Sep 1999 13:19:17 -0400
  Dom wrote: > > Bentley outlines three techniques for adjusting the ignition timing on > p.28.42 > (I miss the old test-lamp proceedure for the...
• Re: vanagon syndrome week - Friday
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Fri, 10 Jun 2005 16:19:07 -0500
  ...No AFM wiper's, idle stabilizer's, digijet, or digifant, a guy named Hall, some wacky dual throttle positioning switch arrangement, or some 72...
• Re: The end of the road (86 westy runnin' rich) - LONG STORY
  Historical mailing list - kevin obrien
  Tue, 22 Oct 2002 15:53:40 -0700
  ...I > > changed every Digifant component. I was trying to > solve a very serious > rich > > running condition. My symptoms were exactly the > same as yours...
• Re: Digifant ECU: Corrosion? And.... Rosin or Heat Damage? PICS
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sun, 8 Jul 2012 12:07:54 -0700
  Your insights are appreciated. I'm sure I'm not the only person to pull open their ECU and see these things. I had...