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• WBX Digifant Ground Check. No Continuity Between Some Points.
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sat, 9 Jun 2012 12:25:53 -0700
  ...Measuring between pin 6 of ECU harness and new ground point near ECU, I see a huge resistance or infinite Ohms. Re-connecting battery...
• idle/full throttle switch replacement
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Wed, 5 Aug 1998 22:19:46 -0500
  I confirmed the death of my idle/full throttle enrichment switch on our Digifant after Darrell's ECU tool found that, i.e. it...
• Re: How does Digifant work?
  Historical mailing list - Vince S
  Wed, 1 Sep 2004 18:39:59 -0700
  ...How does Digifant work? Does anyone know how Digifant works? I think that the hall sender input to the ECU is more "important" than...
• Re: Actual Vanagon content!!
  Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
  Mon, 26 Apr 2004 07:35:52 +0000
  ...Sun, 25 Apr 2004 19:10:53 -0400 > >Has anyone tried to use a Digifant ECU for the same year VW Golf or >Jetta...
• Re: ECU and 85 Vanagon??
  Historical mailing list - Mick Kalber
  Wed, 16 Aug 2000 14:01:01 -1000
  ...this like a Digifant, where it's only for '86 and up vehicles? Is the ECU even related to the Digifant/Digijet? Yep, I...
• Re: high Idle / stabilization control question
  Historical mailing list - jon
  Sun, 11 Mar 2007 16:50:21 -0800
  ...90 Multivan > > > On Mar 10, 2007, at 1:31 PM, Mark Keller wrote: > > > The idle stabilzation unit on the digifants is in the ECU. >
• Re: The "Other" Vanagon Syndrome, Part II
  Historical mailing list - Harald Rust
  Tue, 30 Sep 2003 21:33:44 -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: 1.9l-strange throttle response
  Historical mailing list - Robert Steven Fish
  Thu, 16 Jan 2003 20:41:29 +0100
  ...Digifant system... the car can run. However, as soon as it is cold, and your temp sensors are sending important data to the ECU...
• Who is Mike Miller???......
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Wed, 3 Oct 2001 10:27:00 -0400
  ...uninitiated???? I thought I'd gotten comfortable with the list jargon --- ECU, Digifant, Digijet, Digiwife ---- and now I am bemused by this new term...
• ECU firmware location
  Historical mailing list - tinker man
  Sat, 15 Sep 2007 07:39:41 +0300
  Hi all, This is kinda getting in-depth into embedded systems design, but does anybody know if the firmware for our ECU's (Digifant...
• You can not fool Digifant...I tried
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Mon, 17 Jul 2000 17:14:40 EDT
  I have determined that the digifant system on my 1988 Vanagon does not like any setting but STOCK settings. I advanced my AFM up...
• Re: Digitool Availability - COST
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Thu, 22 Jun 2006 11:35:39 -0700
  ...I have a digifant equipped box that came from Karl Wolz in Phoenix a number of years ago. Came out of his 1985 Westy...
• ECU reset, O2 voltage stability
  Historical mailing list - Mike Frost
  Tue, 13 Feb 2007 10:20:11 -0800
  ...My first question is about the Digifant I ECU. I have read many differing statements about resetting or clearing the memory of the ECU...
• Re: digifant ecu still needed :-(
  Historical mailing list - Tony Moore
  Thu, 13 Feb 1997 06:29:32 -0500
  ...digifant ecu still needed :-( > Date: Wednesday, February 12, 1997 6:49 PM > > Tony, > > How did you find out that the recall had already been...
• Re: Troubleshooting Question
  Historical mailing list - Denys Mueller
  Wed, 15 Oct 1997 12:53:40 -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: OBD in a Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sat, 29 Nov 2008 21:27:17 -0800
  ...Later Digifant I's and II's had basic "blinky light" fault codes, but not us. No, OUR Digifant is basically the old L...
• Re: ECU: 022D vs 022X vs 022DX ??
  Historical mailing list - Larry Johnson
  Thu, 10 Nov 2005 18:17:30 -0500
  The Bosch number is 0 261 200 065 for the Digifant 0 25 906 022 This ECU came from a '86 Syncro Doka Larry...
• Parts WTS and WTB
  Historical mailing list - ed
  Mon, 4 Sep 2000 22:40:30 -0400
  ...Digifant ECU, idle controller relay, Syncro airflow meter and airbox (with good air cleaner, too), syncro air intake snorkel & all assorted bits. Engine and...
• Re: digifant injection
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Mon, 6 Apr 2009 22:26:51 -0700
  ...digifant injection > > > > Another post got me curious, and I read a bit about > how Digifant works. > > From what I read it seems that all...
• Re: '84 westy with "MV" engine number, Is it a 2.1L???
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Thu, 4 May 2000 14:17:20 +0200
  ...ECU sits, it is written all over it! With BIG letters, the Digijet cars has theirs behind the left tail light, the Digifant cars...
• Re: Digifant II... ?
  Historical mailing list - Hector Zapata
  Sat, 2 Mar 2002 00:07:10 -0800
  ...Digifant systems is that they are VW in-house desgned and share a lot of components, like sensors and such, but not the ECUs...
• Re: O2 Sensors, and harness connetion failure
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Tue, 6 Mar 2001 12:52:54 EST
  Mark, Is the VW fix specific to the 2.1L/Digifant or the 1.9L/Digijet? If it works for us poor souls with...
• Re: O2 Sensors, and harness connetion failure
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Tue, 6 Mar 2001 12:52:54 EST
  Mark, Is the VW fix specific to the 2.1L/Digifant or the 1.9L/Digijet? If it works for us poor souls with...
• Re: 1.9 to 2.1 conversion, swapping harness/ecu
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Tue, 14 Apr 2009 07:59:17 -0400
  ...it to me to take the extra time and swap the > digifant ecu/harness in when I put the 2.1 in. The only...
• FS: complete golf/jetta inline 4cyl motor for vanagon engine conversion..
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 2 Jun 2006 15:57:05 EDT
  ...1.8L the engine only has 83k original mines and ran perfectly (car was rearended) its complete w/ wiring harness and ecu.. FI digifant...
• Re: digifant test adaptor improvement suggestions =>> Long
  Historical mailing list - kenstich
  Thu, 25 Jun 1998 23:27:46 -0600
  ...protect your 26awg wire (and internal Digifant circuits!) nicely. The resistors should be wired in inside the ECU as one of the failure modes...
• Re: Arduino and Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Brett Ne
  Thu, 14 Nov 2013 19:27:39 -0800
  ...New Delphi electronic control unit (ECU)�replaces NLA Digifant ECU and > ICU (idle control unit) > There are only four connections to be made to...
• Re: ECU and connector wire request.
  Historical mailing list - Dan Beatty
  Tue, 5 Dec 1995 19:59:39 -0600 (CST)
  ...to do this i need a spare, fried is fine, >ECU for the connector and a spare, Fried is Fine, wiring harness or >just...
• ECU weirdness with Cabriolet that may apply to a Vanagon or 2 (No Vanagon Content)
  Historical mailing list - Dave C
  Sat, 13 May 2000 19:35:07 -0400
  Our 91 Cabriolet (Digifant II) was acting weird today. The engine would rev to 4500-5000 rpm or so, stay, then go way down...
• Re: backfiring..
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Mon, 19 Jul 1999 11:38:19 -0400
  ...setup, but on our Digifant, the throttle switch was maladjusted. One of the things the throttle switch tells the ECU is when the throttle...
• Re: Question About ECU Programing
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 1 Nov 2003 10:17:09 -0800
  The TIICO engine has a computer diagnosis port built into the ECU function. The waterboxer Digijet and Digifant ECUs do NOT. Many shops do...
• Re: ECU problem - urgent
  Historical mailing list - Greg
  Thu, 11 May 2000 00:14:26 -0700
  ...of elimination > after 3 hours of diagnostic work points toward the ECU > (Digifant #025906022). But its not definite and the > computer will cost me...
• Re: '84 rough running, backfire
  Historical mailing list - John Flaherty
  Fri, 20 Apr 2001 17:01:56 -0400
  ...Almost identical to the Digifant one. In every way but price! What it lacks > is direct ECU control of ignition timing. > Oh, it does...
• Re: FOR SALE: '82 Vanagon w/'98 Jetta TDI Engine
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 31 Aug 2005 08:24:30 -0700
  ...The gasoline wbx with Digifant has a 25 pin ECU. The early simpler VW TDI has a 68 pin ECU. The later VW TDI...
• Re: Visual Difference(s) between 1.9L & 2.1L Distributors?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 5 Jun 2016 02:09:36 -0400
  ...Digifant has both a vacuum and mechanical advance mechanisms. The 2.1 Digijet is fixed as the timing advance is controlled in the ECU...
• ECU problem - urgent
  Historical mailing list - Steve Schwenk
  Wed, 10 May 2000 23:41:38 -0700
  ...of elimination after 3 hours of diagnostic work points toward the ECU (Digifant #025906022). But its not definite and the computer will cost me...
• Re: how do you tell if you have a digijet or digigant???
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 21 Jun 2000 08:49:36 -0400
  ...how does one tell the >difference?? > > Digijet has ECU forward of left taillight, Digifant has ECU under rear seat. Univac comes with a large...
• Re: WRONG INFO - O2 Sensor, Bucking, etc.
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Wed, 1 Nov 2000 07:55:40 -0600
  ...Digifant pin 19 ground for the ecu is used by the ecu adc ( analog to digital converter) chip as the ground or minus refference...
• Re: Test equipment
  Historical mailing list - John
  Sat, 2 Oct 1999 16:04:12 -0400
  ...I considered the Digifant tool mentioned on > the WWW, but the ECU's I'm coming across are sealed as a condition of > warranty...
• Re: Visual Difference(s) between 1.9L & 2.1L Distributors?
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sun, 5 Jun 2016 00:06:47 -0600
  ...Digifant has both a vacuum and mechanical advance mechanisms. The 2.1 Digijet is fixed as the timing advance is controlled in the ECU...
• Re: Distributor?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 16 Apr 2010 14:53:57 -0400
  ...So I Loren, the 2.1l (Digifant) system does all that in the ECU. The distributor has a rigid shaft, no centrifugal or anything...
• Re: 2.1 digifant stalls
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 22 Sep 1999 17:15:41 EDT
  ...Do you have a large keychain/ wad of keys? If yes, then bingo! Also it could be something in your ECU heating up, causing...
• Fwd: Digifant Troubles
  Historical mailing list - Rico Dagastino
  Wed, 1 Mar 2000 11:51:44 EST
  ...I have completed assembly and installation of the digifant tool. I got the van to start this morning and the LED for the coil...
• Re: Hesitation on 87 Vanagon O2 sensor? reply
  Historical mailing list - Michael Modl
  Fri, 7 Aug 1998 04:26:29 EDT
  ...ECUs pretty heavy lately and it seems to me that a CO meter is the only way to test an oxygen sensor. Most digifant...
• Re: Hall Senders
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Thu, 28 Nov 2013 14:25:15 -0800
  ...Since injectors are batch fired, I don't think a Digifant ecu would mind triggering 5 injectors instead of 4. WAG of course..wild...
• Re: ecu 025 906 022 d
  Historical mailing list - Mick Kalber
  Thu, 29 Nov 2001 00:22:31 -1000
  ...Again no problem. > > I have rebuilt Digifant ECUs ready to ship for $200 (again FYI). I don't > charge a core charge up front...
• Re: digifant ECU pin numbering
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Mon, 11 Nov 2002 08:39:41 -0500
  ...writes: > Volks, > > Can someone tell me how the pins on the ECU connector are numbered > on my > 91 GL. > I have been trying to...
• Re: Are waterboxers junk?ECU CHIP.
  Historical mailing list - Modl6971
  Fri, 24 Apr 1998 02:31:49 EDT
  ...1.9 with Digijet fuel injection to the 2.1 with Digifant for the 1986 model year, making 1986 to 1991 vans with the...
• Re: digifant ECU pin numbering
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Mon, 11 Nov 2002 02:15:14 EST
  In a message dated 11/10/02 7:26:32 PM, lalofs@ENTERACT.COM writes: << I can't find any info in the Bentley...
• Vanagon Power loss Misfiring or Hesitation testing
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Tue, 26 Jun 2001 22:29:33 -0800
  ...Basic Engine Set-up This information can be found on the microfiche or on pages 35-39 of the Digifant I and Digifant II...
• Re: Scratching head over ECS-Mal Indicator Light wiring
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 29 Oct 2014 09:17:44 -0700
  The 022D version of the Digifant ECU can and does store fault codes. If you connect a switch and light to the wires like...
• Questions about Idle stabilization control units and ECU compatibilities
  Historical mailing list - tinker man
  Sat, 15 Sep 2007 07:28:12 +0300
  ...doubt that, because the US models were designed to work with Digifant ECU's, while the Europeans were for the Digijets and were more...
• Re: WANTED: Pictures of Syncro engine compartment
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Sat, 26 Jul 2008 22:29:38 -0400
  ...The DJ wiring harness is in two pieces, >> one main ECU and a secondary ECU which controlls O2, and other functions. >> They both sit...
• Intermittent loss of power famous stalling problem again
  Historical mailing list - Ralf Kalscheuer
  Wed, 15 Oct 1997 21:28:01 -0400
  ...I did extensive measuring on the Digifant ECU where I monitored most of the essential input data (even ran test points from the ECU...
• Re: DEAD in my garage on New Year's Day
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Sun, 2 Jan 2000 19:25:57 -0600
  ...The pins at the ECU connector are 14&6 for > Digijet and 6&9 for Digifant. > > Digijet Digifant > TEMPI 14&6 6&9 > TEMPII...
• Re: WBX Digifant Ground Check. No Continuity Between Some Points.
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 9 Jun 2012 17:14:06 -0700
  ...in the relay box section and also showing the later type ECU power relay (5 pin with diode). Mark neil n wrote: > Thanks for...
• Re: Digifant ECU Chip source located...$260 or less...
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Sat, 12 Aug 2000 10:51:53 EDT
  Mark, They seem to sell this only with a set of rockers. I tried several times to buy only the chip and got not...
• Re: ADJUSTABLE RISING FUEL RATE REGULATOR for WBX and others to cure lean engines
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Tue, 6 May 2003 08:51:46 -0700
  ...As if the digifant ECU needs something else to confuse it... Steve
• Re: 1.9l-strange throttle response-fish
  Historical mailing list - Scott Wilson
  Thu, 16 Jan 2003 11:53:15 -0800
  ...Digifant system... the > car can run. > > However, as soon as it is cold, and your temp > sensors are sending important > data to the ECU...
• Re: 025 906 021 C 1.9 ECU question
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 16 Apr 2009 14:12:41 -0700
  ...Any Vanagon 022 ECU will work in a 2.1l Vanagon digifant. > Believe me I have tried every combination you can imagine over the...