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• Book Review: Bosch Fuel Injection & Engine Management
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Sun, 20 Jul 1997 22:59:57 -0700
  I picked up an interesting book this weekend on Bosch fuel injection. Here's a brief synopsis for anyone that might be interested in...
• Fuel Injection
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:18:10 -0800
  If anyone is a real fuel injection nerd, I highly recommend Bosch Fuel Injection & Engine Management by Charles Probst (published by Bentley). It covers...
• Re: What should I be looking at next?
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Fri, 30 Jan 2004 12:41:04 -0700
  ...Vehicle Main Group Subgroup Part Type Details Vanagon (2.1 Liter) (1986 - 1992) Engine Fuel Injection Idle Control Unit Idle Control Control Unit Vanagon...
• Re: Fuel Injection
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:00:24 -0500
  > If anyone is a real fuel injection nerd, I highly recommend > Bosch Fuel Injection & Engine Management by Charles Probst > (published by Bentley). It covers...
• Re: RPM question
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Thu, 21 Jun 2001 20:21:35 -0500
  ...Is this > normal? to quote the vw diagnosis manual, for Digijet injection (1983-1985): "The fuel injection control unit receives the engine speed signal...
• Re: [WetWesties] Gas Tank/Lines
  Historical mailing list - s w
  Tue, 19 Feb 2002 07:37:53 -0800
  > Always use Fuel Injection hose on the pressure side > of your fuel system. > > Stan Wilder i recently replaced all my fuel lines in the...
• Re: Fuel lines (injector hoses)
  Historical mailing list - Slloth
  Mon, 21 Apr 2008 20:15:24 -0700
  > secure your FUEL INJECTION CLAMP around the barbed > section, install back into the cigar tube (lubrication), install your FUEL > INJECTION CLAMP, and your back...
• to fuel inject or not to fuel inject
  Historical mailing list - Crazed Idiot
  Tue, 12 Dec 1995 12:14:42 EST
  ...I, however, happen to like fuel injection. What does removing the fuel injection and adding a stock Solex carb do to performance and fuel...
• Re: Fuel lines (injector hoses)
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Mon, 21 Apr 2008 23:27:03 -0400
  http://www.zeroclips.com/assets/Image/tridon_page5_pic2.jpg The one on the bottom is a fuel injection clamp. The others are hose...
• Fuel injector cleaning in So Cal (whither Coast Fuel Injection?)
  Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
  Mon, 23 Jul 2007 12:56:47 -0700
  http://www.ratwell.com/ has a listing for Coast Fuel Injection in CA which appears to be out of business... Can anyone recommend a...
• Fuel Injection Tee cheap
  Historical mailing list - Robet Lilley
  Mon, 10 May 2004 06:09:55 -0700
  Does anyone have the 7 mm fuel injection Tee that they are willing to let go cheap? Thanks, Robert
• Re: TDI Eurovan
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 4 Jun 1996 14:52:59 -0400
  ...Throttle body injection (TBI) really is fuel injection, just not as sophisticated as we're used to. Instead of one fuel injector for every...
• 911- Need a Fuel Injection Harness 82!
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Danrich
  Wed, 7 Mar 2001 23:42:01 -1000
  Help everyone A friend having a 82 air-cooled Westy needs a new or ex shape "fuel injection harness". Had a melt down due...
• O2 'meter' reminder...
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Mon, 15 May 1995 08:22:47 CST6CDT
  ...2 great books on O2 sensors/fuel injection are (info posted earlier but what the heck): Fuel Injection and Engine Management by Charles Probst...
• for eurovans: some bosch information
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Fri, 12 Aug 94 14:39:40 CDT
  Bosch Gasoline and Diesel Injection Products Catalog 221132 1992 Gasoline Fuel Injection - Volkswagen ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Year 1993 Model Eurovan Engine 2500cc (AAF) Application Fuel System Digifant...
• Re: [WetWesties] Gas Tank/Lines
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 19 Feb 2002 11:31:16 -0600
  You can buy Fuel Injection line by the foot 7mm or 5/16" any quality auto parts store should have it. Your VW fuel...
• 1982 Westy air cooled fuel injection cold start valve voltage
  Historical mailing list - zzyzx
  Fri, 6 Nov 2009 04:14:40 -0800
  Is there any info on the voltage a cold start valve operates at on a 1982 Westy air cooled fuel injection system?
• Re: What is an AFM?
  Historical mailing list - Kent Christensen
  Tue, 5 Oct 1999 12:24:07 -0600
  ...basically tells your fuel injection computer how much air is coming into the engine so it can give you a proper mixture of fuel...
• back to fuel injection
  Historical mailing list - Angela & Will
  Tue, 26 Dec 1995 18:58:17 -0500
  Does anyone have any experience(or even an honest opinion) with converting back into fuel injection? Also, are there any opinions about the 4...
• Fuel Injection parts for sale
  Historical mailing list - Adam Puzerewski
  Fri, 28 Apr 2000 04:55:44 -0400
  Forgot to mention as I listed my partsmobiles that I have all the Fuel Injection parts, and the unit itself for sale. Off 82...
• Engine fuel injection differences from 86 through 91
  Historical mailing list - Doug in Calif
  Thu, 6 May 2004 09:52:55 -0700
  Are there any differences with the fuel injection or cooling system from 86 on? Will any engine from any year work for any year...
• Engine swap - Fuel Injection - AFC v. CIS
  Historical mailing list - Tom Altman
  Thu, 3 Mar 2005 15:23:35 -0600
  What has anyone done with the fuel injection on a Vanagon if they have done the 2.0 ABA swap? I have all the...
• RE: TDI Eurovan
  Historical mailing list - William R. Kennedy, NJIT CIAT, 201-596-5648
  Tue, 04 Jun 1996 13:05:12 EST
  ...If they inject into a common throttle body, that's plain fuel injection, if they inject into a runner that serves just one cylinder...
• CIS Fuel injection on Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Thu, 29 May 1997 12:29:21 -0400 (EDT)
  ...Someone on the list had a Vanagon with a CIS Fuel system. This is a mechanical fuel injection that was used on many older...
• Re: Help troubleshooting minor diesel running issues
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Tue, 8 Nov 2011 15:40:22 -0600
  ...if it doesn't have a clear fuel line from filter to IP ........it must. Injection advance cable working ? scott turbovans.com www.turbovans...
• Jump-Starting (ie: booster cables) and Fuel Injection
  Historical mailing list - Douglas Taylor
  Mon, 21 Jun 1999 23:53:41 -0400
  ...Do these warnings apply to the later AFC fuel injection used on the later air-cooled buses and Vanagons? (I'm guessing the air...
• Re: Kombi on fire
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Fri, 06 Oct 95 08:55:37 CDT
  On Fri, 6 Oct 95 08:43:25 CDT david woodward wondered: >Does fuel injection protect against this type of fire? (no carb, fuel...
• Help need fuel injection Harness: engine fire
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Danrich
  Wed, 7 Mar 2001 09:24:40 -1000
  Can anyone supply me $$ with a Fuel injection harness preferably new for a 82 manual air-cooled? Can't wait any longer to get...
• Bad Fuel? (long)
  Historical mailing list - John Franklin
  Mon, 22 Sep 1997 11:32:23 +0000
  ...I know the Alfa becomes very sputtery and unhappy with lower octane/detergent fuel (it too has Bosch electronic fuel injection), but I haven...
• Re: Hydrogen help for the Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 30 Jan 2011 11:23:34 -0800
  ...This leads to unburned fuel out the exhaust and a characteristic trail of black smoke. Piston engined petrol military aircraft utilized water injection technology...
• 197WTB: 1977 bus parts
  Historical mailing list - Mark E Ingles
  Wed, 06 Jul 1994 00:50:05 CDT
  I'm hunting for a few parts for a 1977 bus: * throttle valve housing (2.0 liter fuel injection) * intake air sensor (2.0...
• Fuel Injection Adjustment/ High CO at idle
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Sat, 28 Apr 2001 07:50:21 -0800
  ...As to your questions, I wrote quite a bit about the fuel injection system when I was on the project. Look under my name...
• Re: Volkswagen 'quality' /L
  Historical mailing list - James N Gagliardi
  Thu, 9 Nov 1995 20:50:37 -0500 (EST)
  ...Where do all of the "ripped out" fuel injection systems go? I spent about a year diagnosing a fuel injection problem on my squareback...
• Early fuel injection, 1978
  Historical mailing list - CLARKE
  Thu, 3 Apr 1997 17:52:52 -0800 (PST)
  Has anyone anyhting good to say about this era of fuel injection in a Westy? I have heard nothing but witches stories from "know...
• Re: Fuel injection line
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth D Lewis
  Wed, 17 Oct 2001 06:01:53 -0400
  Dennis; I would expect to see the words fuel injection printed on the outside along with the working pressure. This may not even be...
• Re: Fuel injection pump and timing
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Wed, 20 Jan 1999 15:09:14 -0500
  ...Chip tuning alters the timing > for the injection and let more fuel into the cylinder. This is how it works on new common rail...
• Re: The Bosch Fuel Injection book by Robert Probst
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Sat, 1 Sep 2001 19:17:17 -0400
  > Found The Bosch Fuel Injection book by Robert Probst for $8.95 at > http://discountautorepairmanuals.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv > > Oops. No it's not...
• Re: Hydrogen help for the Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 30 Jan 2011 23:24:17 -0600
  ...This leads to > unburned fuel out the exhaust and a characteristic trail of black smoke. > Piston engined petrol military aircraft utilized water injection > technology...
• Re: 1982 Westy air cooled fuel injection cold start valve voltage
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 7 Nov 2009 01:39:14 -0500
  ...1982 Westy air cooled fuel injection cold start valve voltage Is there any info on the voltage a cold start valve operates at on...
• Re: VW approved engine conversion kit
  Historical mailing list - Kent Christensen
  Wed, 12 May 1999 19:03:37 -0600
  ...what is Motronic? From "Bosch Fuel Injection & Engine Management" (http://www.rb.com/bosch/gfib/gfib.htm), "In simple terms, Motronic is an engine...
• Re: bosch information
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Fri, 12 Aug 94 13:31:03 PDT
  ...i never heard of a 74 bus with > >> fuel injection, much less a 2.0 liter engine, but that's what the catalog > > > >or...
• RC>Re: New 1,9 TDI from VW
  Historical mailing list - Chao, Harvey
  Fri, 10 Sep 1999 12:45:12 -0700
  ...On a CI motor, the perfectly timed injection pulse of fuel into the super-heated-compressed air is equivalent to the well-timed spark...
• python injection
  Historical mailing list - insyncro
  Mon, 17 Feb 2003 14:07:15 -0500
  Hello All, Has anyone purchased from Python Injection? They advertise remanufactured AMF, injectors, fuel pumps... Thanks dylan
• Re: dumb fuel injection question
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 27 Jul 2011 15:38:53 -0700
  ...dumb fuel injection question > Three out of four fuel injections get squirted at a closed intake valve. > What possible difference does the injector pattern...
• quick question???
  Historical mailing list - Justin Wolfe
  Tue, 22 May 2001 14:49:04 -0400
  ...Replace the fuel filter or add the injection cleaner. Also, should I run the gas tank down before adding the injection cleaner? '84 westy...
• Re: Fuel Injection Discussions
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Thu, 26 Mar 2009 19:13:54 -0400
  At 07:43 PM 3/26/2009, Dave Arthur wrote... >In the recent discussions about fuel injection systems and diagnosis >mention >was made about...
• Re: ** HELP ** van heavy gas smell
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Sat, 16 Jul 2005 14:59:17 -0400
  ...If it then runs fine where it ran rough at idle, you got a fuel problem.With the gas smell, you have a injection...
• Re: digifant injection
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 6 Apr 2009 19:21:45 -0700
  ...not that big a deal..........I was even dreaming of retrofitting a Subaru fuel injection system to a waterboxer. Vanagon fuel injection is pretty...
• FS: Digifant Fuel Injection System
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Nadig
  Fri, 29 Apr 2005 17:50:23 -0500
  Howdy From Texas, I have a Digifant fuel injection system for sale. It is suitable (I believe) for all '86 and up Vanagons. These...
• C.F.I. Fuel Injection help?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 06 Dec 94 19:44:29 EST
  If any of you technical wizards know anything about that great 80's phenomenon called Carbuerated-fuel injection, please e-mail me at rapalmer...
• Re: 82 Diesel Westy Problem
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Thu, 20 Aug 1998 16:55:47 PDT
  ...between the gas engine fuel injection and the diesel fuel injection. While the gas system is electronic, the diesel injection system is completely mechanical...
• O2 Sensor
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Mon, 5 Feb 2001 17:39:24 -0700
  ...What I'm interested in list members understanding that adjusting the fuel injection system is done open loop. It is important that the o2...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Atkins
  Wed, 17 Oct 2001 01:16:32 +0000
  Hey folks, Today I picked up some fuel injection line for my van at the flaps. The fuel line has a rubber core with...
• Re: fuel pump choice?
  Historical mailing list - David Bohannan
  Mon, 11 Sep 2006 10:18:19 -0400
  Buy 2 of the Fuel Injection Corp ones...install one, keep one as the inevitable spare...still save 85 bucks... Dave On 9/11...
• book on Bosch FI
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Mon, 21 Oct 1996 10:58:53 -0700
  I came across a good book on Bosch fuel injection systems this weekend: How to Tune & Modify Bosch Fuel Injection Ben Watson Motorbooks International...
• 1.9L to 2.1L Swap
  Historical mailing list - LA and Glen
  Tue, 20 Jun 2000 11:46:14 -0700
  ...Has nobody changed the cooling & fuel injection system along with the motor? I have a complete 2.1L with fuel injection wiring harness and...
• Changing fuel injection temp sensor
  Historical mailing list - Alan Cote
  Fri, 11 Jul 2003 13:24:45 EDT
  Hi all -- today's message is about changing the fuel injection temperature sender (the one by the thermostat) on my '86 Westy. When I...
• 7.5 mm fuel injection hose OK?
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Sun, 10 Aug 2008 17:52:28 -0400
  One of my favorite vendors has fuel injection hose in a 7.5mm diameter. Anyone think this would be too big? I know one...
• Strange no start problem - issue with fuel pump relay - input requested!
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Fri, 4 Aug 2006 07:43:37 -0700
  ...Also, with the car running (with the fuel pump relay jumpered), the fuel injection relay gets very hot. At this point, I am thinking...
• Re: ALERT! Brand new fuel hoses failing!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Sun, 28 Sep 2008 08:23:27 -0400
  ...I would like to know if this was > "Fuel injection" hose or just "Fuel" hose and what the SAE specifications > were. Please be complete...