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  • Re: Vanagon? Really? Gasoline vs. Diesel-again.
    Historical mailing list - Antony P Marsh
    Sun, 22 Jan 2012 13:26:41 -0500
    ...We are starting to see gasoline engines >> that will be direct injection and at some point we will see them going to >> compression ignition...
  • Re: Alternator replacement for 1.9 TDIe in my 1982 Diesel Westy
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
    Wed, 25 Sep 2013 17:52:23 -0700
    ...As in >> mechanically injected / non-electronic TDI engine. >> >> whether a tdi engine has a fully mechaical Injection pump or >> e-controlled one has no...
  • Re: What voltage do injectors need to fire?
    Historical mailing list - Vince S
    Mon, 6 Sep 2004 21:54:03 -0700
    ...Sequential fuel injection the Digi-faint is not. The ECU controls the duty-cycle of the on time according to throttle/load/engine/ambient...
  • Re: Eurospec Conversion
    Historical mailing list
    Tue, 28 Jul 1998 08:43:51 -0700
    ...They have a HUGE amount of money tied up in this project and to protect their investment they're controlling the direction that each...
  • Re: Fwd: Need help!
    Historical mailing list - Otmar Ebenhoech
    Wed, 11 Aug 1999 18:07:00 -0700
    ...I had the fuel injection system double checked, and it seems >to be working fine. Spark plugs are white, showing no sign of over...
  • Alternative Rear Wheel Drive Transaxles
    Historical mailing list - Blue Eyes
    Wed, 13 Jan 1999 13:05:18 -0600
    ...MOST of new direct injection TDI motor series makes more torque than these stock transmissions were designed to transmit on a sustained basis, like...
  • Re: 2.0L runs fine cold (5min.)then stalls
    Historical mailing list - Christopher Darilek
    Tue, 8 Aug 2000 12:49:15 -0500
    ...Check out the library at www.type2.com for an excellent aircooled fuel injection troubleshooter. Good luck! Christopher Darilek ----- Original Message ----- From: "Keith Olsen...
  • Re: '82 Diesel features and price
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
    Mon, 26 Nov 2007 18:10:52 -0800
    ...Like that DV that just needs an injection pump. Chances are about 70 % that that's just what the owner is aware that it...
  • Re: Vanagon? Really? Gasoline vs. Diesel-again.
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
    Sun, 22 Jan 2012 11:39:30 -0800
    ...We are starting to see gasoline engines >>> that will be direct injection and at some point we will see them going to >>> compression ignition...
  • Re: 2.1l vacuum readings?
    Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
    Thu, 21 May 2009 22:27:08 -0600
    ...A vacuum reading that cycles up and down slowly could indicate a fuel mixture problem from improper carburetor or fuel injection operation. 2. Low...
  • Re: Engine Dies
    Historical mailing list - Harvey Chao
    11 Jun 1996 12:52:06 -0700
    Initial direct reply to: cp682@cleveland.freenet.edu failed with "illegal address - my apologies for use of the following bandwidth, althought it may be...
  • Oil in Coolant
    Historical mailing list - Finn Runyon
    Mon, 9 Jan 2012 07:59:24 -0700
    ...I imagine that the 89 also feels a bit slower due to the 15" wheels, but I can't directly compare the two as...
  • Re: Interesting Web Site Found- Vanagon Pro Manual
    Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
    Wed, 13 Sep 2000 21:51:33 -0700
    ...To get to these hit the link to the Parent Directory. > > Good hunting Ken. These manuals are gold, and though it is tedious, I...
  • Re: Vanagon? Really? Gasoline vs. Diesel
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Wed, 23 Nov 2011 00:57:19 -0500
    ...We are starting to see gasoline engines that will be direct injection and at some point we will see them going to compression ignition...
  • Re: Debugging air leaks in a Diesel
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Mon, 13 Jun 2011 06:43:44 -0400
    ...Looks like the unfortunate news is that the injection pump itself has a very small air leak. I have replaced all the rubber hoses...
  • Problem with dealership service? Who to contact?
    Historical mailing list - David Raistrick
    Sun, 1 Nov 1998 19:37:48 -0800
    ...So i posted the probelm to the diesel list, and the overwhelming response was that the injection timing was off. Since I was not...
  • Re: Actual Vanagon content!!
    Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
    Tue, 27 Apr 2004 17:50:45 +0000
    1.9l=digijet injection 2.1l=digifant injection wont work Chris DeLong Fine Tuning 206.427.4777 www.finetuningperformance.com Seattle, WA USA >From...
  • Re: Braindead 1.9
    Historical mailing list - Dave C
    Mon, 5 Jun 2000 10:51:19 -0400
    ...Further checking revealed burnt fuel injection relay and, ultimately, a burnt smell coming from the vent hole of the ecu. After checking around and...
  • Re: Vanagon? Really? Gasoline vs. Diesel-again.
    Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
    Sun, 22 Jan 2012 16:58:06 -0600
    ...We are starting to see gasoline engines > >>> that will be direct injection and at some point we will see them going to > >>> compression ignition...
  • Re: OXY---ignoring maintenance will lead to an unreliable Vanagon
    Historical mailing list - Tom L. Neal
    Sat, 9 Sep 2000 08:57:28 -0700
    ...O2 sensor will deteriorate and cause major havoc with the fuel injection system and van reliability in the form of lower mileage, running rich...
  • Re: Head Temperature gauge wiring sensitive?
    Historical mailing list - Sami Dakhlia
    Tue, 18 Jul 1995 11:19:39 -0500 (CDT)
    ...of wire. > Was your experience with the sender ring similar to mine, or did you mount > it directly on the head somewhere else? (I...
  • Re: new engine from VW
    Historical mailing list
    Wed, 17 Aug 94 12:42:37 EDT
    ...tetsing the fule system ie injection spray and related components was something we set aside time for. This would cost money if you ahd...
  • Re: Vanagon engine swaps(long)
    Historical mailing list - W.R. Transue
    Sun, 04 Aug 96 11:14:45 -0500
    ...I understand that the average usable torque between commonly used shift points is actually higher for these direct injection TDI motors than for equivelant...
  • Re: Tonke-T6 camper van article link The future of Diesel for small vehicles-it's Friday.
    Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
    Fri, 29 Jan 2016 17:33:06 -0800
    ...With the current state of direct fuel injection and gearing now available the advantage for Diesel is dropping. Of course now that the price...
  • FW: Vanagon? Really? Gasoline vs. Diesel-again.
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Sat, 21 Jan 2012 15:29:29 -0500
    ...We are starting to see gasoline engines that will be direct injection and at some point we will see them going to compression ignition...
  • Re: 1980 vanagon EGR valve/cleaning???
    Historical mailing list - G.M.Bulley
    Mon, 12 Feb 2001 11:25:32 -0500
    Sean- Here is a link to an essay on complete rebuilding of the EGR system/exhaust injection system on the 1974(?)-1983.5 Type...
  • Re: Glow Plugs
    Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
    Sat, 21 Sep 2002 17:55:17 -0600
    ...This is an indirect injection engine, C223T Turbo-Diesel Isuzu, 1986 model with 260,000 miles on it. The injector flame front is directed...
  • Re: Why solid lifters: Performance...Why hydraulic lifters - Per...
    Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
    Wed, 14 May 2003 11:23:37 EDT
    ...Stronger rods, more stroke and bore, changing cam, changing to dual-dual throat throttle bodies with digital fuel injection (NOT the Digifant) or dual...
  • Re: making obsolete plastic parts.? Re: '80-'84 westy plastic pass Curtain ro...
    Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
    Wed, 20 Apr 2005 23:53:56 EDT
    ...i just need to locate someone who does plastic extrusion or injection molding.. do u know anyone?
  • I need help with an overheating 2.0
    Historical mailing list
    Mon, 7 Oct 1996 22:02:14 -0400
    ...I finally took it to a local shop and had them test the injection mixture and see if it was running lean. It proved...
  • Re: Tough driving(thin air)
    Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
    Sun, 1 Jul 2001 11:15:11 -0700
    ...Depending on which direction I'm driving, I climb in 3rd and keep the > speed around 55-60. In the other direction I can...
  • Re: Arduino and Vanagons
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
    Thu, 14 Nov 2013 20:16:06 -0800
    ...because the ISV is only > directly changing the amount of air the engine is receiving, not the fuel injection timing and quantity, or > the...
  • Re: 83 Vanagon stalling UPDATE
    Historical mailing list - Tom Young
    Wed, 22 Oct 1997 09:10:26 -0700
    ...For about $14 you can make a perfectly good fuel pressure gauge (see archives or email me) and test the FPR directly instead of...
  • Re: California law (smog)
    Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
    Wed, 31 Jan 2007 14:08:09 -0800
    ...If the vehicle was equipped with Fuel Injection, then all of the ORIGINAL Fuel Injection components, along with the factory Emissions Control components must...
  • Re: LT
    Historical mailing list - Zach Kaplan
    Sun, 26 Nov 2000 21:37:35 -0800
    ...The engines aren't finalised yet but the information I read mentioned a Mercedes 5-cylinder turbo direct injection diesel being used that would...
  • Re: Vanagon List vs. Vanagon Owner's Group on Facebook
    Historical mailing list - David McNeely
    Tue, 21 Jul 2020 20:30:15 -0700
    ...Further, I have philosophical objections to a medium that exploits membership the way FB does, and also tries to direct members' political beliefs. As...
  • Re: Relocating syncro fuel filter
    Historical mailing list - EMZ
    Tue, 28 Dec 1999 16:40:01 -0500
    ...This is the fuel line that goes directly to the FI rails, > not the return line with the pressure regulator. Insert the fuel filter...
  • Re: hesitation from a stop and replacing afm
    Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
    Fri, 28 Mar 2003 11:05:33 -0500
    ...Complete VW factory rebuilt motor with less than 40K miles on it. (Got receipts) Complete with all the digifant injection stuff. I hear there...
  • Re: Vanagon carb needed, with waterboxer manifolds
    Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
    Wed, 24 Aug 2005 22:35:45 -0500
    ...It mounts directly to the Vanagon type IV heads and is a straight forward setup without much conversion. You might find one on E...
  • RE: For the dreamers
    Historical mailing list - Bo Kersey
    Tue, 8 Jul 1997 09:32:35 -0500
    ...your 300D? Is it M-B's equivalent of VW's direct injection? It would seem that even recent vintage M-B diesels, properly...
  • Free parts: Garage cleaning wrapup.
    Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
    Tue, 20 Jul 1999 19:20:28 -0400
    ...50 000 miles, If you have an endearing argument I might throw in an injection pump with that also) Free Vanagon 4sp tranny w...
  • Re: opinions please
    Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
    Sun, 28 Nov 1999 11:50:21 -0800
    ...They have wonderful power when the motor and fuel injection pump are new. They both are designed to wear in and wear out together...
  • Re: 2.1 fits right in
    Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
    Tue, 8 Nov 2005 14:07:57 -0800
    ...The stock 2.1 engine > fits > >>right in no problem. > > I know that the Digijet injection from the 1.9 will work but what...
  • Re: 1990 2.1L Digijet European Caravelle wiring diagrams
    Historical mailing list - Kim Springer
    Mon, 3 Sep 2007 11:51:17 -0700
    ...whereas the ECU > is responsible only for fuel injection (while the ignition is generated > directly by by the signal from the hall sender in...
  • Re: rebuilt 2.1 runs like crap - can't figure it out
    Historical mailing list - Mark Seifert
    Tue, 20 Apr 2004 00:48:12 -0700
    ...not the >problem. > >After that its air flow meter and fuel injection diagnosis time. >Get out the bosch manual >A tool to read the...
  • Re: Bucko update - electrical contacts
    Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
    Tue, 3 Dec 2002 10:23:14 -0800
    ...Sanded is certainly the wrong word- cleaning with isopropyl alcohol is the industry standard for electronics- and the Vanagon ECU and all fuel injection...
  • FS: 1.9TD with complete FF Vanagon Conversion Kit (PDX, OR ) $4500
    Historical mailing list - David J
    Sun, 19 Aug 2007 15:50:54 -0700
    ...He bought it directly from Overland out of a wrecked Jetta with only 8000 miles since the install. Plus a new Vanagon conversion kit...
  • Re: after market fuel tank
    Historical mailing list - Bulley-Hewlett & Associates
    Fri, 30 Oct 1998 18:25:14 -0500
    ...the wrong direction as it exits at the supply port to the engine and it might cause serious disruption to the injection system <BG...
  • FW: Euro-Drive: 80 Volkswagen vanagon, No-start
    Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
    Thu, 20 Jul 2000 16:53:34 -0400
    ...I need to ask the VW techs out there for the efi schematics or wiring for the injection system so I can unravel the...
  • Re: Vanagon? Really? Gasoline vs. Diesel-again.
    Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
    Sun, 22 Jan 2012 13:50:36 -0800
    ...We are starting to see gasoline engines > that will be direct injection and at some point we will see them going to > compression ignition...
  • Re: 1.9 Running issues when wet out
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Sat, 22 Jan 2011 16:17:19 -0800
    Have you inspected and cleaned ALL fuel injection connectors and grounds, including ecu ? are you sure you AFM is plugged in ? try it with...
  • Re: Sportsvans (sic)
    Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
    Mon, 11 Apr 94 8:01:49 PDT
    ...90bhp direct injection diesel, > 115bhp 2.0 litre (don't know if this is Ford's or VW's engine) and, of course, > the...
  • RE: For the dreamers
    Historical mailing list - Bo Kersey
    Mon, 7 Jul 1997 16:32:01 -0500
    ...But since the new series of VW/Audi direct injection TDI motors appeared back in 1992, it's completely out of touch. For most...
  • Re: VW Customer Relations on Westfalias in US
    Historical mailing list
    Wed, 10 Jul 1996 17:30:55 +1200
    ...division offered for sale in > England the current 2.5 liter DIRECT INJECTION TDI motor, then rated as > 115 horsepower @ 4000 rpm, which has...
  • Fuel Injection Wire Harness Meltdown!
    Historical mailing list - gary hradek
    Mon, 11 Mar 2002 08:55:23 -0800
    ...Fuel Injection Wire Harness Meltdown! It seems looking in depth at my Bently, that the harness on the fuel injection,AFC system is history...
  • Re: Vanagon? Really? Gasoline vs. Diesel
    Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
    Wed, 23 Nov 2011 08:47:48 -0600
    ...We are starting to see gasoline engines that will be direct injection and at some point we will see them going to compression ignition...
  • How the heck to prime oil pump? (Vanagon D)
    Historical mailing list - Tobin Copley
    Fri, 29 Jun 2001 12:57:05 -0700
    ...I've tried to prime it through cranking with the fuel shut-off solenoid disconnected from the injection pump, but even after 15 or...
  • Re: gas milage on a 75 fuely
    Historical mailing list - Aaron Sedgmen
    Thu, 8 Feb 96 15:27:11 EST
    ...I believe fuel injection will get a few more mpg than carburettors, but on the other hand an automatic trans will get less mpg...
  • Re: DIESEL starting and other general questions
    Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
    Wed, 19 Nov 2003 09:46:45 -0500
    ...I assume this is due to the earlier injection timing. I generally start with it in, then pull it out for faster, smoother idle...
  • Re: the VW Eurovan's future is doomed here in the US...please read and give feedback
    Historical mailing list - Ari Ollikainen
    Thu, 13 Jun 2002 10:32:02 -0700
    ...Common-rail direct injection technology (CDI) Transmission: Mercedes-Benz 5-speed automatic w/overdrive Rear axle ratio: 3.73 Steering: Power-assisted rack and...