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• need transistor
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Tue, 17 Aug 1999 17:21:28 -0500
  ...It is used as coil driver on digifant ecus. It has the European nomenclature " BUV37B ". I don't find it in any of my...
• Digifant, barometers, and the AFM
  Historical mailing list - Dave Bayer
  Mon, 1 Nov 1999 11:03:58 -0800
  Roger Bowman wrote: > > I saw the same thing when I played digifant recently. It looks like a > little "blow-out" valve or reed valve...
• 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: ECU reset, O2 voltage stability
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Tue, 13 Feb 2007 14:11:49 -0800
  ...the Digifant I ECU. I have read many differing > statements about resetting or clearing the memory of the ECU. Does the ECU > have any...
• Re: digifant
  Historical mailing list - Ray Hunnam
  Fri, 12 Jun 1998 23:22:32 -0700
  ...I > have a spare ecu that I plan to attach a 25 pin flat cable to the 25 pin > digifant connector at the circuit...
• Re: Fuel Injector Question Part 1
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Thu, 24 Jan 2008 23:49:41 -0600
  ...California California 1/88 on 1/88 on to 12/87 Fuel System Digifant Digifant Digifant - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ECU - Exchange CU 117 X CU 152 X...
• Re: ECU POWER SUPPLY?
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Sun, 1 Feb 2004 13:13:58 -0800
  ...One relay is for the fuel pump, the other is the Digifant control unit relay which supplies power to the ECU, et al. If...
• F.S. Fuel Injection parts from 1987 2.1 Digifant!
  Historical mailing list - Joel Lane
  Tue, 14 Jan 2003 14:07:18 -0700
  ...Electronic Control Unit (ECU)(I've seen these in the $200's used) Air flow meter (4) fuel injectors w/fuel rails Distributor/Hall...
• Re: Our beloved digifant
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Mon, 17 Jul 2000 19:46:47 EDT
  ...Seems that the collective wisdom is to put the digifant system back to totally stock, everything at stock spec>>> Only the settings not the...
• Re: What voltage do injectors need to fire?
  Historical mailing list - Vince S
  Wed, 1 Sep 2004 18:49:31 -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: Digifant, barometers, and the AFM
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 1 Nov 1999 13:45:18 -0800
  >Roger Bowman wrote: >> >> I saw the same thing when I played digifant recently. It looks like a >> little "blow-out" valve or reed valve...
• F/S 90 Wasserboxer motor
  Historical mailing list - tim king
  Wed, 13 Feb 2002 18:19:20 -0800
  ...though, they went in the Tiico), brackets, wiring harness to ECU and digifant ECU. He wants to sell the motor complete and locally (Puget...
• Re: 022D ECU ?
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Fri, 12 Apr 2002 18:28:34 -0400
  I've heard that the replacment ECUs do not necessarily have the VW PN on them. The easy way to tell is to open...
• 88-89 Bentley wiring diagram error
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 19 May 2006 14:15:15 -0700
  ...of the Digifant Control Relay pin 87 as also powering the fuel injectors and Idle Control Unit as well as the ECU. As far...
• Re: I need advice/help - Elecrical
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Sun, 6 Feb 2005 14:02:10 -0700
  ...the ECU. > '88 Carat, Digifant, with some jury-rigging done to the wiring in the > engine compartment. Only have Start signal from ECU. no...
• Fuel Pump stays on..
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Thu, 1 Feb 2001 18:27:45 EST
  Hey Vanagang, A friends Diesel-to-gas Jetta engine conversion (Digifant 2) has a constant running fuel pump when the key is turned on...
• Re: Digifant stock timing = poor performance?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Fri, 2 May 2003 22:27:39 -0400
  ...If the Timing mark moves around as you attempt to do this than the throttle switch is not working correctly so the ECU does...
• Re: Digifant timing/tuning help needed
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Sun, 30 May 2010 11:57:02 -0400
  ...The 2.1L Digifant does control > the spark advance with the ECU. AFM and temp sensor are the primary spark > advance signals. Since you...
• Re: Knock Sensor Kit for A 86-91 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Dave Bayer
  Sun, 19 Nov 2000 13:28:43 -0800
  ...Digifant II would be a closer approximation, and iirc has nearly the same pin out as the digifant I ecu. However, the digifant II...
• Re: CAN code reader?
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Tue, 10 Mar 2009 23:47:43 +0100
  ...m nearly certain this would be useless for my '91 because the DigiFant > ECU does not store trouble codes.... right? > > Allan > -- > 1991 Vanagon GL >
• FA: 86-91 2.1L Vanagon Digifant ECU
  Historical mailing list - Ross Cupples
  Tue, 21 Dec 2004 15:25:26 -0500
  Hi all, Just wanted to give a heads up, I put a 2.1L Vanagon ECU up for sale on eBay. Starting bid, $1...
• Re: what is deal with "d" ecu
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Fri, 14 Jul 2006 08:56:44 -0700
  > what is the deal with "D" type ecu and idle control unit?? does this > really > make a difference especially in an 87 van? > > For...
• ECU high idle
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Fri, 1 Feb 2008 10:33:58 -0800
  ...fuel injection setu on digifants. I thought the 87 was such. If so the idle stabilizer is in the ECU, and the idle air...
• Re: FilmStar for 86-91 Digifant VW Transporter?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Mon, 12 Oct 1998 11:56:31 -0400
  ...FilmStar for 86-91 Digifant VW Transporter? >> Date: 09 October 1998 05:52 >> >> Dear Jan, >> >> >> Digifant ECU# = 025-906-022 with D suffix if...
• FW: Vanagon Syndrome
  Historical mailing list - bueses
  Tue, 21 Mar 2006 09:23:21 -0700
  ...This resonance causes > the air-flow meter to supply an intermittent signal to the Digifant ECU. The > ECU will then default to a "no...
• Re: Digifant problem update
  Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
  Sat, 15 Jun 2002 20:33:10 -0500
  ...might be failing when the O2 sensor warms up and the ECU goes into closed loop.....O2 sensor or shielded wiring?..... I imagine you...
• Thanks RE: Help!! Need a Digifant ECM quick
  Historical mailing list - Eric
  Mon, 3 Feb 2003 16:50:30 -0500
  Thank you to everyone who responded to my distress call for an ECU. The amount and quality of responses was great and they are...
• Re: Digijet ecu failures --- Help !
  Historical mailing list - BILL V.
  Sun, 5 Sep 1999 13:59:00 -0600
  ...Digijet ecu failures --- Help ! > > > I'll probably regret this, but here goes.......... > > I work on a daily basis with the microcontroller circuits, designing > mainly...
• Re: ...chip questions
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Mon, 30 Oct 2000 08:09:48 EST
  ...with the stock chip in the 022D ECU (IT ONLY WORKS IN A DIGIFANT 022D ECU ONLY) David is the contact and his email...
• Re: Train YOUR vehicles to get better gas mileage (it's Fryeday)
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Fri, 30 May 2008 20:07:38 -0400
  Does the Vanagon ECU (digifant) "learn"? I thought it was a pretty dumb system. -- 1991 Vanagon GL David Kao <dtkao0205@YAHOO.COM> writes: > The...
• Re: digifiant (sp) tool
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Tue, 14 Jul 1998 10:24:02 -0500
  ...If one made such a tool with just the breakout feature, the tool could be connected to either a digijet or a digifant ECU...
• No Start - Stuck at work!
  Historical mailing list - van man
  Fri, 13 Dec 2002 12:49:40 -0800
  Folks, My 87 digifant is stuck at work. I had ignition problems earlier in the week - put in a new coil and cleaned, fixed...
• Re: ECU high idle
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Fri, 1 Feb 2008 12:49:15 -0800
  ...ECU high idle Hi, I'm experienced with the fuel injection setu on digifants. I thought the 87 was such. If so the idle...
• Re: What is Function of temp sensors? (Digifant)
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Sun, 5 Sep 2004 15:19:28 -0400
  ...What is Function of temp sensors? (Digifant) > The blue one provides temp data to the ECU and is the more important one > when you...
• Re: digifant
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Fri, 12 Jun 1998 13:46:18 -0400
  ...I > > have a spare ecu that I plan to attach a 25 pin flat cable to the 25 pin > > digifant connector at the circuit...
• Re: Idle Relay - Idle Valve match?
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sat, 16 Aug 2008 17:07:19 -0700
  ...relays and valves > and ECUs: Are there certain sets that were designed to go together? For the 2.1 Digifant in NA, there's...
• Re: Digijet ecu failures --- Help !
  Historical mailing list - Mark Fisher
  Sat, 4 Sep 1999 21:56:07 +1000
  ...I work on a daily basis with the microcontroller circuits, designing mainly, and it just so happens that that is all these ECU's...
• Re: ECU Lifespan?--failure prevention
  Historical mailing list - Tom L. Neal
  Thu, 16 Mar 2000 20:55:11 -0800
  ...Cheers, Tom Neal On Thu, 16 Mar 2000, Darrell Johnson wrote: > With Ken's tale of Digifant ECU failure, and many > others ECU failures...
• Re: More rant on grounds and vanagon syndrome
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 10 Apr 2003 12:02:58 -0700
  ...I wonder why they changed it for the next 7 years with the Digifant? Mark Steve Delanty wrote: > .............. > I believe that part of the...
• Re: Spare ECU
  Historical mailing list - HotelWestfalia
  Sun, 27 Feb 2011 12:51:27 -0800
  ...in the past, but Mr. >>Bereil will confirm that most Bosch Digifant ECU's have serious >>cracks in the circuit boards and he was...
• Re: 85' low idle, loss of power/compression, surging please help
  Historical mailing list - Robert Steven Fish
  Sat, 23 Nov 2002 23:04:23 +0100
  ...The fuel/air mix and injection can be seemingly ok in warm waeather, when the ECU really doesn't have to do much anyway...
• Re: 5-cylinder conversion mail list (1)
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 10 Nov 1998 17:42:14 -0800
  ...to go is the >digifant fuel injection from a Eurovan with the 5 cylinder motor. That would >mean the ECU and wiring harness. But...
• Re: Digifant ECU: Corrosion? And.... Rosin or Heat Damage? PICS
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 8 Jul 2012 15:25:47 -0400
  At 03:18 PM 7/8/2012, Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote: >I know what I would use on it. >won't say the name...
• Re: Fuel pressure too high
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 6 Mar 2018 16:21:08 -0500
  > > There's no power at the fuel pump, because there is none at the "Digifant > Control Unit Relay" (as it is called on page...
• Re: Vanagon !
  Historical mailing list - Jim Kennedy
  Mon, 26 Apr 2004 08:13:09 -0700
  ...Digifant ECU for the same year VW Golf or > Jetta? I was specifically curious about the use of an 89 1.8L Jetta ECU...
• digitool
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Wed, 23 Sep 1998 11:14:11 -0500
  ...The tool started out as a break outbox (all digifant pins available to meter or probe). I then added some LEDs for instant information...
• digitool and ecu service
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Thu, 17 Jun 1999 20:15:54 -0500
  ...This makes it necessary that the ecu be shipped to me for installation of the cable. I make a digitool for both the digifant...
• Re: So,what is this thing/
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Fri, 1 Sep 2006 11:03:57 -0700
  ...Given Triumph-Adlers poor reputation with 86-91 Digifant ECUs, I'm not sure I'd wanna take a chance with it. Malcom Stebbins...
• Re: Timing theory
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 20 Apr 2001 18:28:09 -0400
  ...But now I read what David wrote and he said the the >digifant engines the ECU controls the timing (i.e. the exact moment...
• Re: To waterboxer or not to waterboxer
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 4 Jan 2000 12:14:38 -0500
  ...The 2.1 liter (Digifant) do all ignition timing advance functions in the ECU. Even though there is not a Knock sensor. Dennis ----- Original...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - Carl Hansen
  Wed, 14 Oct 1998 00:32:47 -0500
  ...they DON'T sell the ECU from 1986 on (ie. Digifants). Check out their catalog. MJS At 11:55 AM 10/13/98 -0400...
• Re: Digifant II O2 sensor....My questions answered...
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 7 Aug 2014 06:37:05 -0700
  ...The > internal ground for the O2 is connected to the ECU, not the vehicle frame > ground. > Unlike the Digifant O2, The Motronic O2 is...
• Re: What is Function of temp sensors? (Digifant)
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Sun, 5 Sep 2004 10:39:43 -0700
  The blue one provides temp data to the ECU and is the more important one when you are diagnosing problems. The black one provides...
• Re: hot chip
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 20 Sep 2006 08:50:07 -0700
  ...in the Digifant ECU. Then there is this: > > > http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/VW-VANAGON-1986-1992-PERFORMANCE-CHIP-2-1L-DIGIFANT-I_W0QQitemZ250030906381QQihZ015QQcategoryZ33597QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem...
• Re: Isolating an idle problem?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 22 Dec 2014 06:15:04 -0800
  ...t recall Digifant on the 8V > inline engine having that as a separate part. I think it's part of the > ECU. > > Neil. > > On...
• Re: Engine died, ecu quick look
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 30 Mar 2020 12:03:47 -0400
  ...to as > Vanagon Syn' is, > > I believe, unique to Digifant & so I label that Digifant Syn') ~ In almost > all occurrences of it > No, they...
• Re: Scratching head over ECS-Mal Indicator Light wiring
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Wed, 29 Oct 2014 11:36:18 -0700
  ...mark drillock <mdrillock@cox.net> wrote: > The 022D version of the Digifant ECU can and does store fault codes. If > you connect a switch...
• Re: Wow, disaster anytime now ...
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 26 Feb 2013 13:25:09 -0800
  ...Bad ecu, mostlikely. One of these days let's have a good , and simple , discussion of how Digijet ( or Digifant ) basicaly works. It's...
• ECU Chip 2.1 Digifant
  Historical mailing list - David Menche
  Wed, 8 Jan 2003 06:24:28 -0800
  ...I'd like to know of experiences with a ECU power chip for the 2.1 Digifant vanagons. I have heard about these, what...
• diagnostic help? running rich(?)...
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Thu, 24 Jul 2014 11:31:58 -0600
  ...ECU & Harness are, as you say, " same as the older Vanagons " ie 01/83 to 07/85 then it is DigiJet not Digifant ~ But...