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Re: 1988 Vanagon GL tintop
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Sat, 13 Feb 2016 11:41:40 -0800
When this exact thing happened to me my idle control module was fried. It's in the air intake behind the right tail light...
Re: ECU and starting question
Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
Tue, 17 Jul 2007 19:53:53 -0700
...switch) >> >> is coming from the pin #4 of the transistor ignition control module. This pin >> >> also has a wire that connects itself to the...
Re: Idle issues
Historical mailing list - Dan N
Sun, 17 May 2020 09:06:22 -0700
...Idle control valve does not vibrate/hum > but will open/close on bench test. idle Control Module and valve has been > changed out with...
Re: Isolating an idle problem?
Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
Mon, 22 Dec 2014 11:55:30 -1000
...I think it's part of the >> ECU. >> >> Neil. >> >> On 12/21/14, Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Idle control module,.... Try to...
Re: Cruise Control
Historical mailing list - Keith Hughes
Sat, 13 Sep 2008 22:42:44 -0700
...Rostra=AE Cruise Control module switch =20 > settings may differ if you use a speed signal generator or magnets and =20= > a pick up...
WTB: known good Idle Stabilizer Valve - UPDATE: problem solved!
Historical mailing list - David McCallum
Tue, 23 May 2006 19:49:52 -0600
...I had convinced myself that the valve was terminally sticky, not even considering that the Idle Control Module was the culprit. Well, fortuneately, I...
Re: PS Pump switch high idle question
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Fri, 6 Jan 2017 17:19:58 -0500
...The idle controller > looks at engine speed, temperature, and those other inputs and then > modulates the valve to get to the desired speed. The...
Re: Wierd (Ignition?) Problem...
Historical mailing list - Wil Haslup
Thu, 16 Mar 2006 16:58:46 -0500
...control module or computer. I also have > never been in a situation to run the Bentley tests during the 20 minutes > of the engine...
Re: Cruise Control
Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
Sun, 14 Sep 2008 11:59:31 -0400
...The only things related to the cruise control, that can be seen in the engine compartment, are the wire to the coil, the vacuum...
No cold start and the shaft from the shop (long)
Historical mailing list - Jim Gregory
Thu, 16 Jan 2003 16:59:04 EST
...I have swapped out the temp 2 sensor, ECU, AFM, Ignition control module. I ran the pin test on the ECU harness, checked timing...
Re: Idle gremlins still at play
Historical mailing list - Dan N
Thu, 12 Aug 2021 08:57:39 -0700
...a failed unit ready to send: > > > > https://modulemaster.com/products/vw-volkswagen-vanagon-1986-1991-idle- > > controller-rebuild > > > They are all old now, and...
Re: Idle Control Issues
Historical mailing list - Craig Forney
Sat, 20 Jul 2013 22:21:39 -0700
...regulated by the Idle Air Control (IAC) Valve (cylindrical object on top of the engine). It is controlled with a pulse width modulated (PWM...
Re: What is it with the US? (No real van content)
Historical mailing list - Matt Roberds
Mon, 25 Jun 2007 02:29:33 -0500
...There is also a small 12 V battery to run the lights, engine controls, radio, etc. The engine is cranked over by one of...
Re: O2-sensor blues and more on '84 1.9L engine
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sun, 14 Aug 2011 22:29:18 -0400
...When the O2-sensor is connected and I measure the voltage between the connector and engine ignition control module heat shield, I am getting...
Re: 83 h20 fuel injection problem
Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
Tue, 22 Sep 1998 21:43:51 EDT
...the engine compartment over night and checking the sensor in the morning when both temps ad equalized. This sensor ,I beleive , controls the air...
Re: Desperately Need Smog Help...Read all past posts....
Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
Tue, 15 Aug 2006 13:02:44 -0400
...Different AFM's, Idle control module, Idle control vavle hums just like it should. Even tried different computers. I have a Bosch D and...
Re: Send in the Grounds...
Historical mailing list - John
Fri, 18 Jun 1999 00:58:35 -0400
...small stud on the forward sheet metal above the engine and the Digifant control module(DCM) uses a single ground located near the DCM...
Add WBX Temp Gauge/Coolant Low LED
Historical mailing list - neil n
Fri, 23 Oct 2009 22:34:28 -0700
...grounded in engine bay. When coolant gets below these probes, the connection to ground is broken and the coolant low control module does its...
Re: Eurospec problem
Historical mailing list - Grant Holst
Wed, 13 Oct 1999 08:17:42 -0700
...do a pin by pin of all the circuits to the control module. > There are maybe 20 circuits to be checked. This is the...
Re: hard to start in the morning
Historical mailing list - Dan N
Mon, 7 Nov 2016 11:39:21 -0800
...the ICU (idle control module) the black box behind the passenger tail light but moved to the rear of the engine bay to make...
Re: Anyone used "Night Hawk" bulbs? (searched archives)
Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
Fri, 6 Apr 2007 12:57:28 -0700
...The > required ballast/control gear will probably always be more expensive and > bulkier than a simple filament lamp or LED. The accountants don't...
Re: What's a Hall sender do?
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Mon, 8 Apr 2013 18:54:08 -0400
...Otherwise it passes the pulse straight through to the ignition module on the firewall which generates the ignition primary pulse that drives the coil...
Re: Idle gremlins still at play
Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
Tue, 10 Aug 2021 08:05:40 -0300
...Rinse and repeat. >>> >>> I unplugged the 12v from the idle control valve and the engine remained at idle. I removed the idle control valve...
Re: Idle gremlins still at play
Historical mailing list - Dan N
Tue, 10 Aug 2021 07:59:16 -0700
The idea of giving a little gas when you start a cold WBX engine (without dle controller) was from my observations on my ML430...
Re: Hall sender + ignition control unit electronics
Historical mailing list
Tue, 19 Jun 2012 00:49:20 -0400
...COM> wrote: >In general, the Ignition Module (ICU) on 80-85 models (the one on the >left engine wall) is a sealed unit, so...
Re: Some Engine Conversions (fomerly "TO WATERBOXER OR NOT"??)
Historical mailing list
Mon, 10 Jan 2000 09:11:19 EST
...Idle control module next on the list for cold idle problem) I am glad that I chose to modify my Wasserboxer engine. I have...
Re: 1988 Vanagon GL tintop
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Sat, 13 Feb 2016 13:56:03 -0600
...com> wrote: > When this exact thing happened to me my idle control module was fried. > It's in the air intake behind the right...
Re: O2-sensor blues and more on '84 1.9L engine
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Mon, 15 Aug 2011 09:57:52 -0500
...engine ignition control module heat shield, I am getting >>> around 0.46 volts with engine warmed up. Voltage is rather stable with >>> engine at...
Re: Idle stabilizer
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Thu, 10 Jan 2002 01:43:15 -0500
...The 2.1l engines have a solenoid-operated idle-stabilizer valve with an associated control board -- it bleeds air past the throttle plate. The...
Re: bucking, part deux RE:ECU
Historical mailing list - Thomas D. Hanlon
Mon, 11 May 1998 09:39:12 -0700
...water-cooled" section, and see the offer for the Electronic Ignition Control Module" on page 24 of the VW Catalog 57J. It is offered...
Oil pressure warning
Historical mailing list - John
Sat, 10 Mar 2001 23:23:56 -0500
...has a stablizer control module behind the right tail light and it should be connected AND functioning. If the hot engine idle speed is...
Leaking Fuel injector acted like bad throttle switch...
Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
Sun, 23 Feb 2003 22:37:08 EST
...gap just off idle that turns the engine management to the ECU from the Idle control module. Well, I checked the gap and it...
Re: I'm giving up!
Historical mailing list - kevin obrien
Thu, 18 Sep 2003 05:19:52 -0700
...and the cable that > runs from the distributor to the ignition control > module. I have had both > give similar problems. > > John Lauterbach > '84 7...
Re: speed sensor (subie conversion question)
Historical mailing list - Paul G
Tue, 7 Jul 2009 09:07:21 -0700
...ring on your CV), A speed sensor simulator - (Enginewiring.com)� or the cruise control module from an early jetta mounted in the speedo head...
Re: Clues to the cold start/running problem- my test
Historical mailing list - Richard Bias
Wed, 3 Jan 2001 19:22:51 -0500
...Revved the engine OK cold and it would idle and not die (It might >just mean that my control unit was OK after all...
Re: Where does this relay go?
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Sat, 21 Feb 2009 20:51:50 -0500
...What year is this beast? >I don't know what's in the control module, but I doubt that it is >really a relay...
Re: Idle gremlins still at play
Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
Tue, 10 Aug 2021 12:01:35 -0300
...The idle is controlled by the throttle valve > actuator and timing via a sensor... If you start your cold engine and > it idles right...
Re: hard to start in the morning
Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
Mon, 7 Nov 2016 15:53:10 -0400
...the ICU (idle control > module) the black box behind the passenger tail light but moved to the rear > of the engine bay to make...
Re: Idle gremlins still at play
Historical mailing list - Dan N
Tue, 10 Aug 2021 08:32:31 -0700
...Rinse >> and repeat. >> >>> >> >>> I unplugged the 12v from the idle control valve and the engine >> remained at idle. I removed the idle control valve...
still high idle and rough running at star-up
Historical mailing list - Edward Duntz
Sun, 30 Dec 2007 21:40:10 -0500
...He replacemed the temp II sensor (coolant), tried a different idle control module, and a different AFM. Neither really made a difference. He adjusted...
Re: O2-sensor blues and more on '84 1.9L engine
Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
Sun, 14 Aug 2011 23:07:14 -0700
...engine ignition control module heat shield, I |am getting |> around 0.46 volts with engine warmed up. Voltage is rather stable |> with engine at...
Re: Some Engine Conversions (fomerly "TO WATERBOXER OR NOT"??)
Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
Mon, 10 Jan 2000 09:22:33 EST
...Idle control module next on the list for cold idle problem) I am glad that I chose to modify my Wasserboxer engine. I have...
Re: Syncro Critic
Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
Thu, 12 Sep 2013 07:44:59 -0400
...When the Comfort Control Module under the drivers seat gets wet because of leaks it will get toasted and getting a new one is...
EV manuals
Historical mailing list
Tue, 12 Mar 1996 22:41:38 -0700
...Instructions for downloading the Engine Control Module diagnostic codes, etc. Lots of diagrams of engines and how a lot of stuff goes together. Not...
Re: Vanagon diesel engine transplants
Historical mailing list - Robin Oomkes
Mon, 10 Jan 2000 17:14:50 +0100
...Green light should come on on control module, after 2-3 mins it should start putting out a *lot* of heat. If red light...
Re: Random Instant Shutdown
Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
Fri, 26 Oct 2012 16:06:20 -0400
...engine compartment, I built Mark's tool and then proceeded to replace the starter, fuel pump, distributor, (Hall sensor), coil, and Hall control module...
Re: '87 westy oxygen sensor problems
Historical mailing list - gary hradek
Fri, 28 Jun 2002 08:18:23 -0700
...The engine control module sees this and says 'ah ha ...too much oxygen, I need to add more fuel' - result is the engine runs...
Re: Still More Friday - ECO
Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
Fri, 31 Aug 2001 12:24:07 -0700
...In item (10), replace "legume meats" with "comestible angiosperm reproductive modules." >ENGINEER'S COOKIE RECIPE >Chocolate Chip Cookies >Ingredients: > >1. 532.35 cm3 gluten...
Re: Bentley wiring diagram. Questions on how to read.
Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
Sun, 24 Feb 2008 06:16:28 -0800
...The fuel pump relay output also provides +12 power for the heater inside the OX sensor via the OX heater control module J208. Mark...
Re: Help!! 85 Vanagon Intermittent Problem
Historical mailing list - Coby Smolens
Mon, 20 Aug 2001 20:59:26 -0700
Checked, cleaned ALL engine and FI system grounds, I presume? Other possibilities: Ignition control module (relatively cheap from Bus Depot or Rocky Mountain), idle...
Re: 2.1 Engine idles at 2600 rpm; 2nd computer doesn't fix
Historical mailing list - --------------------
Mon, 17 Apr 2006 08:51:05 -0400
...Apparently > something in the Engine Control Unit itself (under the back seat) was > causing the idle problem. Just an idea. I have all of...
Re: Where does this relay go?
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Sat, 21 Feb 2009 20:02:21 -0600
...What year is this beast? > > >> I don't know what's in the control module, but I doubt that it is >> really a relay...
Digifant and Fuel Injection Basic questions(long)
Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
Thu, 25 Dec 2008 20:55:52 -0600
...Since the 2.1 Digifant apparently has an internal ignition module(unlike the 1.9), Haltech wants an external one in the engine compartment...
Re: '87 westy oxygen sensor problems.
Historical mailing list - Rodney Woten
Fri, 28 Jun 2002 08:30:16 -0500
...The engine control module sees this and says 'ah ha ...too much oxygen, I need to add more fuel' - result is the engine runs...
Re: What is it with the US? (No real van content)
Historical mailing list - neil
Mon, 25 Jun 2007 09:58:09 -0700
...a small 12 V battery to run the lights, engine controls, > radio, etc. The engine is cranked over by one of the big motors...
Now My Jetta conversion won't start --- :^( --- (longish)
Historical mailing list - neil N
Tue, 17 Jun 2008 07:59:54 -0700
...control module) NOT present. TB is from a *manual* tranny engine. I have a TB from an automatic Jetta. (2 throttle position sensors) and...
FS - 1984 Vanagon Engine (Rebuilt 2.1L), Stand, Hoist, & Parts
Historical mailing list - Blake Heinlein
Sun, 10 Apr 2011 21:33:00 -0700
...Engine Parts (2) two air flow meters; (2) two throttle bodies, exhaust headers, muffler, catalytic converter, engine carrier bar, engine control module, AC idle...
Re: 1990 Carat...Overheating Saga that won't end....Help????
Historical mailing list - Jfp w/3 WBXs
Sat, 7 Sep 2002 02:30:15 +0000
...10V square wave showing engine rotation. All timing calculations and adjustments are carried out INSIDE the Digifant control module thus ignition distributor replacement is...
Fwd: Worse than Vanagon Syndrome
Historical mailing list - Gil Ngai
Thu, 13 May 2021 19:18:52 -0600
...Run Engine - no change in engine performance; Inspect: Throttle: Plate: Moves freely over full range and free of obstruction; Control Cable: Moves freely over...
Re: Idle stabilizer question...
Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
Mon, 15 Sep 2003 05:40:16 -0400
...Another listee made the statement he has been driving > > without the Idle Control Module plugged in (which, I believe, controls the > > buzzing) . > > The engine...