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  • Re: Fuel pressure test gauge
    Historical mailing list - Jeff Ensing
    Fri, 30 Mar 2007 20:01:31 EDT
    ...on Bosch what they mean is it won't work on CIS which our vans don't have. That one at Harbor freight looks...
  • Re: Has anyone done front brakes on Eurovan?
    Historical mailing list
    Wed, 1 Nov 1995 13:41:40 -0800
    ...I haven't got my Bently yet (two months and counting). > > >Thanks for any help, > >Trace Choulat >tchoul@unf6.cis.unf.edu >--- '93 MV >
  • Re: Converting EFI to Carberator(NVC)
    Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
    Sun, 7 Mar 2004 09:25:12 -0600
    ...I have never had any serious fuel injection problems with 3 Rabbits with CIS or with 10 other VWs with EFI. Larry A.
  • Re: Vanagon Engine Swap information please!
    Historical mailing list - Jon Christensen
    Tue, 28 Oct 1997 21:16:33 -0600
    ...A lot of people have been telling me different things. (snip) > > Is there anything missing? I plan to run CIS injection as a first...
  • re: Bosch CIS problems
    Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright, SMUS Network Analyst
    Fri, 5 Jan 1996 11:50:06 PDT
    ...I used the stock CIS fuel injection. All has > been well until it started getting cold. > > My problem: 1st, It started skipping. Not ignition...
  • Re: Are Vanagons more fire oriented than any other old car?
    Historical mailing list - Joshua Van Tol
    Thu, 14 Jan 1999 19:33:28 -0600
    ...risk, except for (sometimes) those that don't use rubber hoses. CIS injection systems typically have plastic lines that get brittle with age, and...
  • Re: Inline 4 Recommendation
    Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
    Mon, 1 Mar 2004 22:14:46 -0500
    ...I've heard the early CIS > injection type are the easiest, but are there some others that have more > power? > > Thanks > MJB >
  • Re: Surging engine
    Historical mailing list - neil n
    Sat, 17 Oct 2009 15:04:01 -0700
    ...And not that you asked but...... ;) IF current engine fine otherwise, (good compression, no smoke/leaks etc.) consider changing from CIS engine management to...
  • Re: Vanagon Stiker Vote Results & New Page
    Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
    Sun, 26 Mar 2000 19:10:25 -0800
    ...They > > will advance to the final round. > > > > Raul Cisneros #6: (13) > > Debi Tippets #1: (10) > > Ray Nemo #1: (10) > > Mark Sheflo #1: (9) > > Alistair...
  • Re: bus stud patern changes
    Historical mailing list
    Sat, 27 Apr 1996 15:23:07 -0400
    In a message dated 96-04-27 07:49:29 EDT, ploon@cis.hzeeland.nl (Pim van Loon) writes: > >I'm still looking for...
  • Golf engine conversion runs
    Historical mailing list - Carolyn Kitzmann
    Fri, 19 Jan 2001 15:45:37 -0500
    ...If anybody is interested I found a way to mount the Cis-e fuel distributer on the driver's side and feeds the intake...
  • Re: Vanagon engine swap?
    Historical mailing list
    Tue, 12 Jul 1994 15:12:57 GMT
    ...diesel to a GTI engine with CIS-E and knock control. He's the half owner of a large Bosch Authorized Repair facility here...
  • Re: [vanagon] 15" wheel and tire ?s
    Historical mailing list - Raul Cisneros
    Thu, 11 Oct 2001 14:06:15 EDT
    ...The wheel should be strong enough to take around 1500 to 1900 lbs, I believe--who knows the actual spec? Raul Cisneros NY 87...
  • Sticker returns.
    Historical mailing list - Brad J Winemiller
    Mon, 10 Jul 1995 16:12:59 -0400 (EDT)
    ...Once again as soon as the server is back up, They can be seen at http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/~winemill . Unless they...
  • Re: Bentley/Bosch FI book
    Historical mailing list
    Tue, 14 May 96 09:06:53 PDT
    ...The make/model that has the most number of installations is the CIS system on the Rabbit/Golf at over 400,000. Next is...
  • Re: Bentley CD-ROM and New Book- LIST DEAL!
    Historical mailing list - Raul Cisneros
    Thu, 16 Nov 2000 19:09:26 EST
    ...Raul Cisneros 87 Syncro Westy 86 Syncro GL (FS)
  • guess the engine
    Historical mailing list - Jessup Coffin
    Tue, 28 Jan 2003 22:11:01 -0500
    ...All I can think to describe is that it's an inline four, with CIS fuel injection, water cooled and resembels a rabbit type...
  • Frozen Engine
    Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
    Tue, 3 Mar 2009 19:35:39 -0800
    ...It would just crank. � So last summer, I replaced the CIS system( this is a conversion in a '82 Diesel Vanagon with a 82...
  • bus stud patern changes
    Historical mailing list - Pim van Loon
    Sat, 27 Apr 96 13:41:30 METDST
    ...what would be the best thing to do ? -- Keep on buggin, Pim van Loon ploon@cis.hzeeland.nl VW VW VW VW VW VW...
  • Re: Engine swap conversion details are now online!
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
    Tue, 25 May 1999 17:43:23 -0700
    ...Is this for an 1.8 or 2.0 litre engine? CIS or Motronic management system? The "demo" vehicle (syncro doublecab) is claimed to...
  • Re: All engines have issues...
    Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
    Sun, 23 May 2010 17:12:23 -0400
    All the US I4 VWs went to CIS fuel injection in 1977. There was a brief period in the early 80s where a few...
  • Re: choking conversion
    Historical mailing list - David Marshall
    Sun, 26 Jan 2003 21:53:59 -0800
    ...what type of fuel injection system is it; CIS, CIS-E, Digifant II? There could be lots of things making the engine barely run...
  • 2.1L WB core FS-$250.00/5 Passat 15 inch Rims FS-$200.00
    Historical mailing list - Raul Cisneros
    Wed, 11 Apr 2001 09:21:34 EDT
    ...Raul Cisneros 87 Syncro Westy
  • Who's Who on the list - 1980-1991 Diesel Vanagons
    Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
    Tue, 27 Jun 95 16:10:22 CDT
    ...UVIC.CA -V # 82 Vanagon Diesel Camper Joerg Rieger JRIEGER@SUN.CIS.SMU.EDU -V 82 Vanagon Diesel Camper Cetin Seren CETIN@SEAS.BELLCORE...
  • Re: Eurospec Conversion: Digifant Comment
    Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
    Thu, 30 Jul 1998 00:37:41 EDT
    ...Thanks for the CIS details.
  • Re: TII conversion
    Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
    Mon, 5 Jun 2000 15:41:39 EDT
    ...Unless the VW shop in Utah is staffed with journeymen from jiffylube, most can figure out the problem with these two systems (and CIS...
  • Re: Idle valve and ISCU
    Historical mailing list
    Wed, 10 Sep 2003 08:04:20 -0400
    ...NSITE - Pineview Building - RTP 7025 Kit Creek Road PO Box 14987 Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709 fty@cisco.com voice(919)392-2101...
  • Re: sad engine fire victim, 88 Wolfy
    Historical mailing list - John Anderson
    Thu, 1 May 2008 18:06:54 -0700
    I'll chime in with the rest as I recently had the opportunity to replace the CIS lines in my 35k mile '78 Scirocco...
  • Re: off road in a Vanagon Was Tries
    Historical mailing list - Raul Cisneros
    Thu, 3 Aug 2000 22:10:44 EDT
    ...Ra�l Cisneros 87 Syncro Westy 86 Syncro GL
  • Re: I-4 rough idle
    Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
    Mon, 1 Mar 2004 12:19:00 -0500
    ...out for list consideration. >The motor is an 1800 I-4,CIS. 50 degree >new rotor, dist cap, leads and plugs. >the idle is...
  • Re: Re: A winter VW question /f
    Historical mailing list - Trace Choulat
    Wed, 15 Nov 1995 20:02:14 -0500
    ...Trace Choulat tchoul@unf6.cis.unf.edu -- '93 MV On Wed, 15 Nov 1995 RGOLEN@umassd.edu wrote: > > Didn't Pink Floyd write a...
  • Re: Larger Capacity Radiator/2
    Historical mailing list - Raul Cisneros
    Wed, 12 May 1999 14:35:13 EDT
    ...Ra�l Cisneros 86 Syncro GL 87 Syncro Westy
  • 87 Syncro parts van for sale-$550-NY
    Historical mailing list - RC
    Sun, 11 May 2003 10:54:38 -0400
    ...Raul Cisneros Nyack, NY [on the Hudson, by the Tappan Zee Bridge (I 87/287)]
  • Re: sad engine fire victim, 88 Wolfy
    Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
    Thu, 1 May 2008 16:58:50 -0700
    ...as these will see full pressure and I think that your CIS system pressure is even higher than stock Vanagon injection. Mark Bill MacLachlan...
  • Re: Wiring Diagrams-some VW no Vanagons
    Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
    Sat, 24 Jan 2009 07:47:29 -0600
    ...me all excited there, since I just got an 87 Jetta > CIS-E Sixteen Valve inline four gasoline engine ...... > to put into a vanagon...
  • Re: #1 firing position on 009? (2.0 l FI)
    Historical mailing list
    Mon, 20 Nov 1995 08:23:30 -0700 (MST)
    ...I'd try it. -- Harmon Seaver hseaver@nyx.cs.du.edu seaverh@vaxa.cis.uwosh.edu hseaver@csd.uwm.edu All is impermanent, but...
  • Re: Golf engine conversion runs
    Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
    Fri, 19 Jan 2001 18:09:29 -0800
    ...If anybody is interested I found a way to > mount the Cis-e fuel distributer on the driver's side and feeds the intake...
  • Re: List Stickers-Ooops
    Historical mailing list - Raul Cisneros
    Wed, 21 Jun 2000 12:05:46 EDT
    ...Ra�l Cisneros 87 Syncro Westy 86 Syncro GL
  • I-4 rough idle question....
    Historical mailing list - MacLachlan, Bill
    Mon, 1 Mar 2004 09:22:57 -0800
    ...The motor is an 1800 I-4,CIS. 50 degree new rotor, dist cap, leads. Plugs a month old. the idle is rough, tends...
  • JB Weld; Hold T Type Bolt Head? Removable Later?
    Historical mailing list - Neil N
    Sat, 30 Sep 2017 14:47:44 -0700
    ...Image of T bolt (CIS engine but looks the same as ABA): https://photos.app.goo.gl/osFSf2l1iSaThBqX2 Hard to say via a .jpg...
  • Stats Galore ... Who's Who in Diesels ...
    Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
    Thu, 12 Oct 95 08:22:52 CDT
    ...UCS.MUN.CA# *82 Vanagon Diesel Camper Joerg Rieger JRIEGER@SUN.CIS.SMU.EDU *82 Vanagon Diesel Camper Martin Jagersand JAG@CS.ROCHESTER.EDU...
  • Re: Need HELP! please - tracking down a relay part number
    Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
    Wed, 22 Mar 2000 10:47:03 -0500
    fty@CISCO.COM wrote: > > My '88 camper has been have starting difficulty recently. I tracked the > problem down to what Bentley calls either the...
  • Re: 2.0L I4 Opportunities
    Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
    Tue, 14 May 2013 07:41:07 -0700
    ...larger pistons. <snip> ABA 115hp@5400 rpm 135 ft/lbs@3200 Motronic 3A 115hp@5400 rpm 122 ft/lbs@3200 CIS-E 10% difference.
  • Re: Exhaust Flange Gaskets and torque
    Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
    Sun, 14 Nov 2010 12:02:36 -0800
    ...On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 4:39 AM, william greenamyer <wgreenamyer@ciso.com>wrote: > Had questions a month or so ago about exhaust...
  • Re: Eurospec problems
    Historical mailing list - David Marshall
    Sun, 17 Oct 1999 10:49:31 -0700
    ...In the event of an accident, the last thing you want is your fuel pump running to spray fuel all over everything! On CIS...
  • Re: Will a Jetta fuel pump work on a westy?
    Historical mailing list - Bulley
    Fri, 14 May 1999 19:31:24 -0400
    ...The Jetta's CIS and the Vanagon's Digifart injection use different pressures, and vastly different pumps. List vendors have the correct pump for...
  • Re: Intermittant Starting Problem
    Historical mailing list - Barry Armitage
    Mon, 5 Mar 2001 15:32:43 -0500
    ...Hall 2041 College Road Columbus, Ohio 43210-1178 614-292-7416 614-688-4949 (fax) armitage.1@osu.edu www.cism.ohio-state.edu
  • Re: cheap Diesel
    Historical mailing list - Daniel Stevens
    Tue, 9 Nov 2004 13:55:02 -0500
    ...like an idle stabilizer over the VC so it's not CIS, which I didn't know they made 1.6L motronics.. aside from...
  • Re: What stickers do you have on your VAN???
    Historical mailing list - Tobin Copley
    Thu, 17 Jan 2002 10:31:36 -0800
    ...Vanagon.com (Cisneros version) Vanagon@lenti.med.umn.edu (original silver "VW" oval version) Type2.com (can't let the memory of my loaves...
  • Re: sad engine fire victim, 88 Wolfy
    Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
    Thu, 1 May 2008 22:23:49 -0700
    ...sad engine fire victim, 88 Wolfy > > I'll chime in with the rest as I recently had the opportunity to replace > the > CIS lines...
  • Re: Computerized Gauge Setup
    Historical mailing list - Raul Cisneros
    Thu, 4 Nov 1999 13:18:50 EST
    ...Ra�l Cisneros, Nyack NY 87 Syncro westy 86 syncro GL
  • Re: Inline 4 engines for sale?
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Fri, 27 Apr 2012 11:01:52 -0700
    ...Had CIS-E fuel injection. 91 Golf engine I think. located southern Oregon. $ 550 Scott www,turbovans.com On 4/25/2012 6:11...
  • Re: Midas or not
    Historical mailing list - Trace Choulat
    Wed, 1 Nov 1995 19:35:40 -0500
    ...Trace Choulat tchoul@unf6.cis.unf.edu -- '93 MV On Wed, 1 Nov 1995, Mark McCulley wrote: > Any reason not to use Midas for...
  • still can't pull CIS injectors!
    Historical mailing list - Matt Ratto
    Mon, 30 Dec 2002 15:33:04 -0800
    Happy holidays to all, I'm sending another cry for help. I've almost finished my conversion (thanks to many folks on this list...
  • Shift Problem after engine install?
    Historical mailing list
    Wed, 11 Jan 1995 10:02:52 -0500
    ...Harmon Seaver hseaver@nyx.cs.du.edu seaverh@vaxa.cis.uwosh.edu harmon@buffet.engr.wisc.edu <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> <> "The Way of the Samurai is death...
  • Re: My Audi 80 2.0L engine swap starts Sunday!
    Historical mailing list - David Marshall
    Mon, 10 Aug 1998 07:31:15 -0700
    ...almost the same as the 93+ VW > engine only it is CIS from the factory and it is the same height as the > 1600...
  • Re: auto I-4 engine conversion
    Historical mailing list - Larry V. Brown
    Tue, 27 Jan 2004 22:12:27 -0500
    ...The engine is an 88 Audi 1.8 and runs on CIS. I am getting ready to upgrade to a 2.0 with Digifant...
  • Re: Free Mercedes V-8 (minor VW content)
    Historical mailing list - David Marshall
    Sat, 12 Sep 1998 23:18:05 -0700
    ...someone could stuff it into a Vanagon! >> >And the Merc used CIS. >Just get two rabbit setups and plumb away. >Would probably take longer...
  • Re: On Longevity, Displacement, Efficiency and Technology in Conversions
    Historical mailing list - Edward Nutter
    Wed, 27 Mar 2002 09:44:23 -0800
    ...The engine longest in the tooth is the old Type 4, followed closely by > the old low compression I4 CIS engines, and Vanagon WB...
  • Re: An Engine Conversion Begins-Mixed Emotions!
    Historical mailing list - neil n
    Tue, 17 Sep 2013 16:34:17 -0700
    ...might...... ;) I got to the point of buying an old CIS intake ( price was right) but went no further. On 9/16/13, Alistair...