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• Why buy a Vanagon or friday at last
  Historical mailing list - Calle Fallberg
  Fri, 29 May 1998 19:12:07 +0200
  ...summer and studded tires and - apart from some of the usual Digifant errors- runs like a champ! I�ve started to redo the interior...
• Re: Question about temp II sensor and bad running
  Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
  Thu, 11 Sep 2008 19:40:30 -0700
  ...Vanagon 2.1 Digifant only. This is the original version 1.0, built by Daryll Boehler http://www.loam.org/vw/Vanagon/DigiTool/ Mark...
• 2.5 Litre Big Motors From Brian
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 18 Dec 1995 11:47:42 -0500
  ...No problem! >Bosch Digifant injection system i believe, it has to be "retuned" to meet the >bigger engines mixture-needs, BAS doesn't do...
• Re: Must sell my Vanagon - Comments appreciated
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 16 Oct 2010 17:27:19 -0700
  ...so I might try marketing it as a runner that could use either a common 1.8 Digifant inline four .. or a diesel. ( thinking...
• Re: Vanagon Head Leaking Around The Head Nut(S)
  Historical mailing list - Mike B
  Tue, 15 Apr 2014 04:16:54 -0400
  ...If you use the 1.8 lite >> motor with Digifant engine management you don't have to mess with >> much at >> all...Everything is...
• Re: Cutting out problem
  Historical mailing list - Mick Kalber
  Mon, 11 Sep 2000 09:10:03 -1000
  ...The real problem is the screwy programming in the Digifant gets confused and shuts down. VW never admitted this error. > (other than the fact...
• Re: Boston Bobs day at the dyno
  Historical mailing list - Marshall
  Thu, 20 Dec 2001 22:15:03 -0600
  This is an interesting topic - how much headroom does DigiFant/DigiJet have for performance increase? According to that Bosch book on fuel injection tuning...
• Re: engine conversion question...
  Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
  Sat, 26 Jun 2004 06:29:04 +0000
  ...engine conversion question... > >I love my 2.O Digifant.....when this motor goes....it will be a trip to >the junkyard and not to...
• Re: The end of the road (86 westy runnin' rich) - LONG STORY
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon man
  Tue, 22 Oct 2002 06:23:17 -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: Oil.. Where's it go?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 18 Oct 2017 19:48:56 -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...
• Re: Engine Bay Wiring Harness
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 27 Jan 2016 22:07:18 -0500
  ...Goes to terminal 23 on the ECU, a contact on the Digifant control unit relay and one side of the coil on the fuel...
• Re: Hard starting when cold 2.1 WBX
  Historical mailing list - HotelWestfalia
  Tue, 15 Nov 2011 00:09:24 -0800
  ...I'm >>pretty familiar with how the Digifant FI is supposed to work and >>have checked the temperature 2 sensor and idle control systems...
• Re: Throttle Body Question
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 18 Jun 2011 14:38:38 -0700
  ...The fuel system is Digifant. > > The throttle body lays transverse over the engine. From the Right hand > side of the firewall, through a hole...
• Re: Bentley's Page Numbering!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 12 Feb 2010 12:38:27 -0800
  ...section 20, 'Fuel Supply' covers Diesels, Digijet gasoline, and Digifant gasoline, , all similar but slightly different. They do that in the engine section too...
• HELP -- Vanagon won't start
  Historical mailing list - Chris Stinson
  Thu, 25 May 2000 18:57:41 -0400
  One of my 1986 Vanagon GLs (2.1 liter watercooled Digifant) won't start. I drove from Washington, D.C. to Harrisonburg, VA (about...
• DON'T BUY FROM PARTS PLACE!! was: Re: [Vwdiesel] 82 Diesel Vanagon Engine Replacement - I'm looking at the 1.9 NA
  Historical mailing list - Bob O Shaughnessy
  Mon, 29 Apr 2002 11:44:16 -0400
  ...The 8V digifant Jetta was looking like a good > choice, but then my Parts Place catalog arrived in the mail. Parts Place > are selling...
• Re: Question about temp II sensor and bad running
  Historical mailing list - Jack R.
  Thu, 11 Sep 2008 14:44:50 -0400
  ...The problem is rich running, not lean. ?? Jim > > When a Digifant system stalls, or runs rough, spark quality should first be > tested. > You should...
• Re: Bucko update
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Sat, 30 Nov 2002 21:56:49 -0800
  ...fix. > > Since the AFM syndrome affects WBX Digifant and well as 88-92 Golf-Jetta Digifant 2, this may be of some interest to...
• Re: I'll try this again - Idling issues
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 9 Dec 2017 10:36:21 -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...
• Preaching to the Choir: Fuel Lines
  Historical mailing list - Clark, Patrick
  Sun, 22 Oct 2000 22:07:02 -0700
  ...Then finally I poked an prodded the fuel regulator ('89 Digifant) and viola-- I notice the fitting turning moist and yes it's fuel...
• Re: HOT-WIRE
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 23 Apr 2010 09:00:36 -0700
  ...I am going to look into that for my inline Digifant motor...I could always use a few more hp....especially HP that comes...
• Re: 2.1l vs 1.9l AFM was Re: Looking for a good used Air flow meter 1.9
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 11 Aug 2009 14:09:55 -0700
  ...sure if those meters are the same as the 2.1 digifants. >> >>If they do interchange, then I have 5 or 6 of them...
• Re: New Digifant bogosity
  Historical mailing list - Trace Choulat
  Thu, 9 Nov 1995 19:00:07 -0500
  Frank, I don't know that it has anything to do with the cold, but the '86 I had would start running like crud...
• Re: 6 mils of lash...
  Historical mailing list - John
  Mon, 31 Jan 2000 16:51:46 -0500
  ...Trying to adust a hydraulic lifter is a little like trying to adjust the Digifant idle speed. Mechanically you can cause a change but...
• turn your 1.9L into a 2.1L without having to actually buy a 2.1L case
  Historical mailing list - Smola, Tony
  Wed, 13 Mar 2002 21:26:59 -0600
  ...I want to keep everything else stock like compression....well maybe to 9:1 at the most....whatever the digijet or digifant will take...
• Re: ABA 2.0L 15 degrees
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Thu, 8 Nov 2007 10:40:28 -0800
  ...On 11/8/07, David Marshall <mailinglist@fastforward.ca> wrote: > The problem with the 1.8L Digifant head is the long intake runners - the...
• Re: Idle Stabilizer Valve part numbering question
  Historical mailing list - Pat Spragge/RFAN
  Thu, 1 Oct 2015 11:20:23 -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: Found motor for Swap,(reply, 2.0,supercharged)
  Historical mailing list - Modl6971
  Wed, 6 May 1998 03:17:36 EDT
  ...If you don't want to go with this route, stick a 2.0 liter Golf Jetta digifant motor, ECU, and wire harness, install...
• Re: I have a gas puzzler..
  Historical mailing list - Alfred Bagdan
  Sat, 2 Oct 1999 11:00:15 -0600
  ...RK15AsSW9> Hey Vana-go-go-ers, RK15AsSW9> Has this happened to you before ? You are cruising along in your RK15AsSW9> digifant-managed 2 liter...
• westy cold = rich
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Sun, 1 May 2005 12:47:42 -0700
  ...According to Darrell Boher's (sp) report and testing, The Temp I sensor is a bit of a wildcard, in Pre Digifant ECU's...
• AFM Data Update
  Historical mailing list - jon
  Sat, 2 Dec 2006 19:58:59 -0800
  ...My opinion is that the digifant is a well designed and simple FI system. The problem is that is depends on several components (ala...
• CARB VS FUEL INJECTION
  Historical mailing list - Russell O. Gunter
  Thu, 18 Feb 1999 20:53:08 EST
  ...If you view the differences between a Digijet and Digifant, the Digifant has no vacuum advance/retard unit. Digifant was used in Vanagons through...
• Re: 84 vs 85 Digijet
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 6 Apr 2009 19:36:07 -0700
  ...Until to day I thought that there was only Digijet and >>Digifant. Little did I know that 85 Digijet differs from 84 Digijet. > > I...
• Re: coolant leak story
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 28 Nov 2012 08:04:40 -0800
  ...I have the 2.0l ABA block (93 Jetta) with a 1.8 8-valve head (92 Jetta, etc.) running Digifant injection in my...
• Re: Need to replace a pushrod
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Wed, 21 Aug 2002 15:53:28 -0400
  ...Thanks in advance for your > help. > > Thanks! > Marla > '87 Van "Morrison" 2.1L Digifant
• Re: Troubleshooting the Basic Idle Stabilizer System - Manual Transmissions- Part I
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 26 Mar 2009 02:31:07 -0500
  ...Rodgers >> 88 GL Driver >> >> In my Digifant FI manual - >> >> Part I >> >> Vanagon/Type II Fuel Systems - Digifant >> >> TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDELINES >> >> Poor Idle: >> a) At operating...
• Re: O2 sensors brand quality difference?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 25 Jul 2014 12:10:58 -0700
  ...I used to use on my 90Westy when it was > H2OBxr+Digifant ~ > > < https://www.rockauto.com/catalog/moreinfo.php?pk=279808&cc=1286580 > > > The...
• Re: fuel management system
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 14 Feb 2013 22:40:35 -0800
  ...A.Simmons <dasvwdriver@yahoo.com> > wrote: >>> what, if anything, are people changing to to replace the stock >>> digifant system. (85 van-o-gone) Dan >>>
• Re: Megasquirt on Waterboxer?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 5 Sep 2009 16:09:59 -0500
  ...wise is getting iffy, and as I've long sold my Digifant spares in one of my "I'm never going to own another...
• (no) oxygen sensor heat
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 31 May 2000 09:41:38 -0700
  ...and yon; a breif visit to the power side of the Digifant Relay shows power at that location, but making the leap from that...
• Re: transaxle life
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Fri, 10 Aug 2001 11:47:25 EDT
  ...Westfalia's diesel configuration and one in my 8V 1.8L Digifant configuration. With each repair, I was assured I'd never have another...
• Re: TIICo cooling issues
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Wed, 3 Jul 2002 19:12:26 -0700
  ...My Digifant II head on my 2.0L block is constantly 1 needles width above the LED - the rad fan seldom comes on, in...
• Re: '88 won't start, fuel pump problems LONG
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Tue, 12 Aug 2003 23:52:35 -0500
  ...part number 251-907-393B (green sticker/paint on unit) - the digifant control unit (computer) from VIN range GG 000 001 (1986 syncro) - HG...
• Re: Engine swap - I4 - which angle, motor and FI?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Sun, 13 Mar 2005 01:32:59 -0500
  ...The easiest way though is to change the head to a 88 -92 Golf/jetta digifant system. Eric 86-VW4x4 vw4x4@fyi.net 86...
• Re: Jetta Conversion Observations
  Historical mailing list - george jannini
  Sun, 20 Jan 2013 17:10:24 -0500
  ...stock ABA 2 liter block and 1.8 liter head, with > Digifant brain. Advertised numbers are 115 hp @ 5400 rpm and 122 lb/ft...
• Re: '82 diesel 1.8 conversion
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Mon, 20 Aug 2007 17:45:15 -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: Generic, three wire, O2 Sensor choice for digifant?
  Historical mailing list - Tom L. Neal
  Sun, 4 Jul 1999 12:59:25 -0700
  I'm thinking about starting a search for the mating "cigarette lighter shaped" mating connector to the generic O2. That would make it a...
• Re: Oil, what do I use?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer 19618-5th Ave so Seattle WA 98148
  Sat, 23 Oct 1999 03:24:05 EDT
  ...Has anyone had this problem before with there conversion? Robert Keezer 1982 Westfalia/95 Golf lll engine 2.0 Digifant ll (2.0 with...
• alternator replacement help
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Sun, 11 Jul 1999 17:46:28 -0400
  ...This is an '87 Digifant, BTW. I took out the old one and am looking at the new one, but the connections do not...
• Re: digijet FI adjustments
  Historical mailing list - Matt Sutton
  Mon, 11 Oct 2004 11:47:43 -0400
  Dennis- great layout of procedure! If you had the time at some point, would you consider doing the same for Digifant? Speaking for myself...
• Re: Isolating an idle problem?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Jowell
  Mon, 22 Dec 2014 06:49:33 -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...
• Re: '82 diesel 1.8 conversion
  Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
  Mon, 20 Aug 2007 20:36:41 -0400
  ...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: Arduino and Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 14 Nov 2013 13:49:07 -0800
  ...Vanagon Digifant is not alone in using an ICU as a separate module to control the idle air valve. Other European brands of similar...
• Re: AFM adjustment; clockwise or anticlockwise? NOx
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 18 Jun 2012 23:38:08 -0400
  ...This was YEARS ago, but as I recall, the Bosch book says Digifant ECU defaults to the WOT table on open loop, which ought...
• Re: inline 4 exhaust systems?
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Sat, 24 Nov 2001 08:28:28 -0800
  I cranked mine over, 1.8 RV Digifant 2, for the first time a couple of days ago. The fuel pump doesn't run...
• Re: I'll try this again - Idling issues
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sat, 9 Dec 2017 11:01:11 -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...
• Re: dying '86 automatic
  Historical mailing list - Patrick Dooley
  Mon, 2 Mar 1998 00:05:45 -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: Continued Bucking - Digifant readings
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 20 Jan 2002 17:20:53 -0500
  At 04:52 PM 1/20/2002, van man wrote: >Throttle switch led and Fi led work correctly when >idling and wide open. >temp...
• Re: Comment on 2.1 WBx vs. 2.2 Sub (religion and political correctness)
  Historical mailing list - Mike Garske
  Fri, 29 Mar 2002 22:08:07 -0800
  ...86-92 Vanagon Golf Inline 4 (I4) 105@5400 114@3800 DIGIFANT 2.0 Golf Inline 4 (I4) 115@5400 122@3200 CIS-Motronic...
• Re: I need help identifying a part...........
  Historical mailing list - Paul Rogers
  Fri, 21 Sep 2012 20:10:17 -0700
  ...com> wrote: > If you're not planning on swapping in the Digifant electronics in the future..... > > Can you not just put a bolt in...