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• Re: Cost for a used '87 Digifant ECU........
  Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
  Wed, 21 Feb 2001 08:03:40 -0000
  ...Just my .02$ I want to sell my Digifant system to someone here on the list. I don't know how much they should...
• Re: 2.1 Engine idles at 2600 rpm; 2nd computer doesn't fix
  Historical mailing list - Sam Walters
  Mon, 17 Apr 2006 03:18:54 -0400
  Attached is a zipped collection of Digifant FI system diagnosis files written by Mark Keller in past years. Also two other zipped files with...
• Re: Digifant & the Throttle Position Switch
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Sat, 6 Mar 2004 06:27:00 EST
  ...Just wondering if the Digifant ECU ignores ALL sensors until the engine is warmed up or is it just the O2 sensor it ignores...
• Re: GoWesty WBX Management System
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Mon, 15 May 2017 08:05:31 -0400
  ...Edward Maglott <emaglott3@gmail.com> wrote: > what are the advantages over digifant? I've never thought of it as so > problematic that it needs...
• Re: I-4 conversion general info
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sun, 25 Oct 2015 17:13:47 -0700
  ...a diesel vanagon....The >> engine management system is almost identical too..between the vanagon >> and the digifant jetta, rabbit, cabriolet motors....Parts are mostly...
• Re: glad to meet you
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Tue, 26 Nov 2002 01:16:11 -0800
  ...The Digifant ll system has worked for me so well for 6 years that when this problem arose it caught me unprepared. What Lynn...
• Parts! In Seattle
  Historical mailing list - Cunegonde
  Sun, 18 Jun 2017 22:49:59 -0700
  ...beige plush captain's chair Bosch Digifant ECU from a '91 2.1l Complete Digifant injection system (less injectors themselves) from airfilter to injectors...
• Troubleshooting the Basic Idle Stabilizer System - Part II
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:38:54 -0500
  Vanagon/Type II Fuel Systems - Digifant TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDELINES Idle Stabilization - Checking Automatic Tansmission ___ Connect VW 1315/2 and US 1119 to idle stabilizer vlve...
• Re: duel fuel westy, LPG/propane or gasoline
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 8 Aug 2000 07:46:02 -0700
  ...Its a duel fuel system so the original digifant is still in place > > and functional. You just flip an electrical switch on the dash...
• Re: Engine almost dying when first starting...
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Tue, 10 Jun 2014 14:06:27 -0700
  ...On Monday, June 9, 2014, Don Hanson <dhanson928@gmail.com> wrote: > Digifant II system, inline four VW.. 1.8 liter head... > > > 'hunting around" like...
• Re: Volkswagen Vanagon/Type II Fuel Systems Pro Manual
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Sun, 23 Oct 2005 11:26:05 -0700
  ...manual complete in electronic format? I have a > PDF of the Digifant portion, but AFC and Digijet have been left out. > Finding > the dead...
• Re: IDLE STABILIZER ???
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Holser
  Sat, 10 Oct 1998 13:23:29 -0700
  ...On Digifant systems, idle is controlled by varying the amount of air bypassing the throttle valve. This is accomplished by using a solenoid air...
• Re: ECU firmware location
  Historical mailing list - Jerry Baker
  Sun, 16 Sep 2007 10:40:27 -0500
  ...getting in-depth into embedded systems design, but does > anybody know if the firmware for our ECU's (Digifant or Digijet) > resides completely on...
• Re: Arduino and Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Brett Ne
  Wed, 20 Nov 2013 13:41:02 -0800
  ...My Vanagon can't be used because it doesn't have the Digifant injection system. So, we need either: Someone with an oscilloscope or...
• Re: DigiJet Hall Control Unit Maint' Point & Poll
  Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
  Fri, 23 Feb 2018 10:57:43 -0800
  ...I believe the DigiJet is the earlier system, as in my '84 Westy, right? As opposed to the Digifant introduced later. I think I...
• Re: Homemade head temp gauge?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 14 Jun 1995 20:16:48 -0700 (PDT)
  ...you measure those throttle settings (12%, 17% etc)? Is it taken at the throttle valve, a potentiometer as in the Digifant I system? Alistair
• Re: Vanagon Dirvability
  Historical mailing list - bob tickle
  Mon, 14 Oct 1996 20:23:46 -0400
  ...Deceleration fuel Cut-off Refer to microfiche or Digifant I & II ProTraining manual page 22. Carbon Canister Be sure the evaporative system is working...
• Re: Anyone seen Gowesty's Digifiant replacement?
  Historical mailing list - Jim. Felder
  Tue, 17 Jul 2018 20:04:24 -0500
  ...23981/gowesty-engine-management-system?v= > >> > > > > Ultra-pricey but probably a great idea for people with good waterboxers > > whose Digifant electronics are going bad...
• Re: Fuel Filters vs Fuel Strainers
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Wed, 6 Oct 2010 14:26:33 -0700
  ...as I'm having idling problems, I got out the Digifant Fuel > Injection System manual to study. I found interesting remarks concerning > the fuel...
• Re: fuel managment system
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Thu, 14 Feb 2013 19:48:43 -0700
  ...what, if anything, are people changing to to replace the stock digifant system. (85 van-o-gone) >> >> >> TIA! >> >> Dan >> 2000 Jetta VR6 >> 2009 Tiguan...
• Re: Tough driving(thin air)
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 1 Jul 2001 21:57:52 -0500
  ...But the Digijet and Digifant injection systems operating as they do, they will compensate for the changing air density, by reducing the amount of...
• Re: Digifant performance stuff.
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Tue, 14 Nov 2000 06:43:26 -0600
  ...The digifant system will go out of closed loop when at full throttle or the full throttle switch is transferred. Listee Kay Fremgen from...
• Re: Anyone seen Gowesty's Digifiant replacement?
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Wed, 18 Jul 2018 09:31:21 -0400
  ...The digifant system is actually very reliable. Instead, lets create > a new system out of parts, and use you as our test subjects... You...
• index of tech bulletins affecting vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Sun, 17 Apr 94 01:35:27 CDT
  ...A/C on Vanagon 1987 87-N08 Fuel Basic Digifant Assumptions - System Digifant Management System Vanagon 1987 63-87-01 Body Front Bumper/Spoiler...
• Re: I-4 conversion general info
  Historical mailing list - george jannini
  Mon, 26 Oct 2015 09:24:59 -0400
  ...a diesel vanagon....The > >> engine management system is almost identical too..between the vanagon > >> and the digifant jetta, rabbit, cabriolet motors....Parts are mostly...
• adapter found for mounting K&N cone filter or hose to Vanagons Digi AFM
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 15 Jan 2004 00:13:39 EST
  ...its the same adapter used for the Neuspeed/Eurosport P-flo/Cool flo intake systems for the '88-93 digifant golf/jetta/cabby..but...
• Wanted Burnt/bad/fried/kaput ECUs
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Mon, 10 Aug 1998 15:48:18 -0500
  ...Digifant -- makes no diff in this situation. -- Gerry Gerald Skerbitz <g-sker@umn.edu> U of MN Academic Health Center Administrative Information Systems 6...
• Re: Placement of Fuel Filter
  Historical mailing list - mike miller
  Mon, 16 Jul 2001 08:58:04 -0700
  ...Placement of Fuel Filter > Shawn Wright wrote: > <snip> Anyone know why the fuel filter is placed after the pump > in the digifant system? I...
• Troubleshooting the Basic Idle Stabilizer System - Manual Transmissions- Part I
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 26 Mar 2009 00:58:29 -0500
  ...John Rodgers 88 GL Driver In my Digifant FI manual - Part I Vanagon/Type II Fuel Systems - Digifant TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDELINES Poor Idle: a) At...
• Re: Test equipment
  Historical mailing list - John
  Sat, 2 Oct 1999 16:04:12 -0400
  Roger Bowman wrote: > > Greetings; > > I would like to poll the list for which test meter is suitable for > troubleshooting the electrical/electronic systems. I...
• Digifant dashboard analysis tool you are making
  Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
  Fri, 26 Jun 1998 07:37:05 -0400
  ...A second unit would have digifant pens for metering and >connections / drivers between the digifant and the display unit. Digifant pens? > This good looking...
• Re: Euro-spec Digifant ECU?
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Mon, 2 Apr 2007 17:19:37 +0000
  ...Old Volks Home <oldvolkshome@GMAIL.COM> > Frank - > > John was asking for a DigiFANT, not DigiJET ECU. > > $395 (CND) ($341.68 USD) sounds like an...
• Re: 5-cylinder swap update (kits are ready!)
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Wed, 9 Dec 1998 17:44:37 -0800
  ...I am assuming that the ECU is the same Digifant-II system as the 88 to 92 setup. The tall block is a nice...
• Re: Hot times under the rear seat
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 30 Apr 2004 16:16:06 -0400
  ...How many years? No vanagons in '75, right? ;-> 'Tany rate, with the Digifant system VW brought the ignition drive circuit into the ECU so...
• motronic
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Atkins
  Mon, 28 May 2007 01:10:31 +0000
  I have a 2.0 liter audi /digifant II engine conversion I have been using for 5 years now. It is about at the...
• Re: Instant horsepower (Pinwheel)
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Sun, 7 May 2000 21:05:13 -0700
  The 86 BMW fuel injection is a pulsed system also. The Motronic parts are very familiar to anyone who has a Digifant system. BMW...
• Re: Idle Control
  Historical mailing list - David Boan
  Sat, 14 Nov 2020 21:04:24 +0000
  ...Idle Control Does your 1985 engine use Digifant or Digijet? i.e. is it a 1.9 with Digifant? On my 2.1 Digifant...
• Propane / Natural gas power [was RE: re. curious item on ebay]
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 9 Apr 2001 22:28:04 -0700
  My 1988 Syncro had a dual fuel system in it when I bought it - gasoline and natural gas. The Digifant system adjusted quite nicely...
• Re: ECU firmware location
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Sat, 15 Sep 2007 15:21:08 -0700
  ...getting in-depth into embedded systems design, but does > anybody know if the firmware for our ECU's (Digifant or Digijet) > resides completely on...
• Re: Maintenance Saga: '84 Westy
  Historical mailing list - george jannini
  Fri, 13 May 2011 15:20:26 -0400
  ...This engine used a more advanced engine management system known as Bosch "Digifant I" which now digitally managed ignition timing as well as fuel...
• Re: Running Hot
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Mon, 6 Apr 1998 07:28:28 -0400
  On Sun, 5 Apr 1998, gregory wrote: > so, the question, where does your temp gauge needle sit on your perfectly > operational digifant powered vanagon...
• Re: New tranny for a 1.6l TD westy...
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Fri, 13 Oct 2000 17:23:18 EDT
  ...Its still in there happily spinning with 1.8L 8V Digifant motor. The combination of insulation and sound system seriously eliminates engine noise. My...
• Re: 2.0 ABA inline gas Vanagon. how it works
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Wed, 20 Oct 2010 21:56:30 -0700
  ...want to bolt it into an '84 Adventurewagen. > > Questions: > > 1.) fuel system? Digifant, right? Go scare up an '86 or later Vanagon > and take...
• Re: Note Re: More Fuel Pump Weirdness - Has Mercury gone retrograde again?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 21 Apr 2010 21:41:16 -0700
  ...first is find determine which fuel system it is. if it's Digifant EFI - fuel pressure is pretty easy to check. simple system. - need...
• Re: Pig Tail for early vans?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Wed, 26 Aug 2009 18:07:59 -0700
  ...AFM system >> 1.9 waterboxer: Digijet >> 2.1 waterboxer: Digifant >> >> Jim My mistake... AFC, not AFM. See fuel section of your Bentley. Jim Oh...
• Idle Stab - contradiction
  Historical mailing list - Rocko Flamefart
  Thu, 26 Dec 96 14:27:23 -0600
  ...a heater wrapped around the bimetal controls the 'warm up' time on this and one can see an authentic fast idle with this system...
• Re: Knock Sensor Kit for A 86-91 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Fast Forward
  Sat, 18 Nov 2000 17:52:40 -0800
  Mark, Joel and the Vanagon List, I will take another look at the Digifant I schematic and see exactly what is needed. Currently my...
• Re: 2.0 ABA inline gas Vanagon. how it works
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dearing
  Thu, 21 Oct 2010 08:32:42 EDT
  ...So there is an inline digifant system. Hints on what vehicles used it? Jim hello Jim I installed a 91 jetta 1.8L into...
• Re: I-4 conversion general info
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 25 Oct 2015 13:51:30 -0700
  ...a diesel vanagon....The >> engine management system is almost identical too..between the >> vanagon and the digifant jetta, rabbit, cabriolet motors....Parts >> are mostly...
• Re: Computerized Gauge Setup
  Historical mailing list - Roger Bowman
  Thu, 4 Nov 1999 08:56:44 -0800
  Is the VW digifant/Digijet system OBD compatible? If so, where is the connector to interface the OBD computer to the vehicle computer? Where...
• Re: Digifart MAF question
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Thu, 30 Apr 2009 15:47:43 -0400
  ...just to add some clarification to the orginal post the Digifant II system > does not use a MAF (mass air flow sensor). it uses...
• Re: spark plugs: 8 plugs in a 4-banger!
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Thu, 7 Sep 2000 23:04:56 EDT
  ...Plus with Digifant, the ECU control the spark not the distributor. You would have to have a new FI system to go along with...
• Re: Simplest and best engine swap going
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Wed, 16 Jul 2003 11:51:24 -0400
  ...record, you can see this guy used the original >>Vanagon digifant fuel system. He even kept the AFM in the >>original spot. I bet...
• Re: Question about a VW FOX
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Sat, 5 May 2007 22:27:06 -0700
  ...Has a > digifant 2 ignition system. Not too bad a ping, > but enough to want it fixed.Maybe a bit better > gas mileage.The...
• Re: Simplest and best engine swap going
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 16 Jul 2003 11:06:59 -0400
  ...record, you can see this guy used the original > Vanagon digifant fuel system. He even kept the AFM in the > original spot. I bet...
• Re: Engine Rebuild Advice Please
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:39:37 -0800
  ...The 2.1 exhaust system is obviously a better made and engineered exhaust system than what is on the 1.9., so I always...
• Fuel Filters vs Fuel Strainers
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 6 Oct 2010 15:26:00 -0500
  ...In as much as I'm having idling problems, I got out the Digifant Fuel Injection System manual to study. I found interesting remarks...
• Vanagon idle hunting
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 13 Apr 94 10:35:37 EDT
  ...So, a question or two please ... '87 models come with the Digifant system, Right? . Looks as if the coolant temp sensor I need to...
• Re: low rpm flat spot
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Thu, 10 Nov 94 21:01:44 CST
  ...Vanagon Intermittent w/ Digifant System Misfire Injection All Models All 28-87-04 Ignition Rough idle or misfiring Years System during partial load ALL...
• Re: Digifant Fuel Injection
  Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
  Thu, 26 Mar 2009 06:53:07 -0700
  ...Digifant Fuel Injection Yup, ya gotta have the green Bentley bible for sure, but ya gotta have that blue Digifant FI concordance to go...