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  • L-Jetronic (digijet) information
    Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
    Fri, 25 Jun 2004 19:25:19 -0400
    ...whether it offers any more insight to the operation of the digijet system since it is a bastardized version of the bosch L-Jetronic...
  • Fuel Pressure Regulator interchange
    Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
    Tue, 26 Apr 2005 21:49:51 -0400
    ...It has an L-jetronic system, as used from 1975-1983. I also have a 1988 Vanagon GL "Parts-mobile" available... would that regulator...
  • 2 Reasons for Hacking the Digijet ECU
    Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
    Sat, 9 Jan 1999 17:59:55 -0600
    ...So, my idea is to save money when we need to replace our ecu, by using any L-Jetronic ecu, and then remap the...
  • Re: AFC
    Historical mailing list - Kent Christensen
    Sat, 1 Jan 2000 21:06:14 -0700
    ...According to Probst (http://www.bentleypublishers.com/bosch/gfib/gfib.htm) this should really be called "L-Jetronic with Lambda." Digijet and Digifant systems...
  • Re: Digijet = K-Jetronic?
    Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
    Fri, 21 Jul 2000 07:57:47 -0700
    Oops, I knew that! Got confused with the old Saab I used to own, and I can tell you from experience that the L...
  • Re: mixture adjustment without gas analyzer
    Historical mailing list - Ari Ollikainen
    Sun, 2 Aug 1998 21:09:03 -0700
    At 7:37 PM 8/2/98, Tom Young wrote: > On the L-Jetronic systems with the O2 sensor, you can get a close...
  • Re: '82 Westy Diesel Aux. Heater
    Historical mailing list - Eric Giroux
    Wed, 20 Sep 2000 11:32:09 -0400
    ...Bosch L-Jetronic with Lambda Closed-Loop Control is missing page 9. The link points to page 8. Pointing to 'LJETL-09.GIF' gives...
  • FI question
    Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
    Sat, 27 Apr 96 19:59:45 EDT
    ...Is it L-Jetronic or K-Jetronic? What's the difference? I read this somewhere before (in a Bosch FI book) but now I...
  • book on Bosch FI
    Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
    Mon, 21 Oct 1996 10:58:53 -0700
    ...Includes a chapter on L-Jetronic, the system used on Vanagons. -Mark McCulley
  • Re: FI question
    Historical mailing list
    Mon, 29 Apr 96 10:41:55 PDT
    ...Is it L-Jetronic or K-Jetronic? >What's the difference? I read this somewhere before (in a Bosch FI >book) but now I...
  • Re: Digijet in Bosch Parlance
    Historical mailing list - Malcolm Holser
    Wed, 22 Oct 1997 17:00:02 -0700
    ...The Digijet system is based on the L-Jetronic. Yours, being a later version, would be based upon the L-Jetronic with Lambda. There...
  • *** Needed, source for metric hose ***
    Historical mailing list
    Thu, 1 Jun 1995 18:10:28 -0400
    ...I have searched for months now for the right size hoses for my L Jetronic Fuel Injection system. Also, does anyone know how to...
  • afm tuning
    Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
    Tue, 8 Sep 1998 16:55:53 -0500
    ...I had adjusted afm main springs on L-Jetronic but never had to on a digifant. I have seen some discussion on this today...
  • new web site address
    Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
    Sat, 15 May 1999 22:34:39 -0500
    --------------------- Hi volks, I have been on vacation and my son Tom now has a new web site for the type2 L-Jetronic manuals, paint...
  • Re: afm air screw question?
    Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
    Thu, 13 Mar 2003 10:50:07 -0800
    Jim et all, go down to the air flow meter link under Bosch L-Jetronic Fuel Injection., BTW this is from type2.com http...
  • Re: 86 digifant running rich
    Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
    Thu, 3 Jun 1999 07:44:05 -0500
    ...The Bosch L-Jetronic system with or without O2 work well with the above procedure also. Of course on L-Jetronic without you must...
  • Re: Digijet = K-Jetronic?
    Historical mailing list - John
    Thu, 20 Jul 2000 19:32:35 -0400
    ...To my knowledge all VW type 2 fuel injection has always been based on the Bosch L-Jetronic system using an air flow meter...
  • Re: Fuel Pressure Info
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Wed, 1 Aug 2001 20:20:23 -0400
    ...It's not Vanagon-specific, it's Bosch L-Jetronic (and I think some Motronic) specific. Have you tested your gauge? david David Beierl...
  • Re: Gas Mileage
    Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
    Thu, 15 Jul 1999 20:42:16 -0500
    Hi Melissa, National (non California) 80 - 83.5 vans use L-Jetronic ecu without oxygen sensor and tend to run a bit rich. If...
  • Re: VW approved engine conversion kit
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Tue, 11 May 1999 21:17:24 -0400
    ...The Digifant is a modified Motronic system, while the Digijet is a stock L-Jetronic system which uses conventional vacuum and centrifugal ignition timing...
  • protraining manual
    Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
    Thu, 21 Sep 2000 12:45:51 -0500
    ...This site also has manuals on the L-Jetronic and the aux heater. Darrell
  • Re: A desire to learn more
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Tue, 10 Aug 1999 14:26:29 -0400
    ...If you have a 1.9l the DigiJet is really a Bosch L-Jetronic. If you have the 2.1l the Digifant is a...
  • Re: Digijet = K-Jetronic?
    Historical mailing list - Brad Snyder
    Thu, 20 Jul 2000 19:12:18 +0000
    ...Digijet is the VW version of L-Jetronic with lambda. I would recommend the Bentley book (Bosch Fuel Injection & Engine Management) as it helped...
  • Re: Bench Testing an L-jetronic Fuel Injected engine
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
    Wed, 23 Jan 2008 17:08:35 -0800
    ...Bench Testing an L-jetronic Fuel Injected engine Hi Volks, I have been working on getting my bus back under its own power on...
  • Re: FI question
    Historical mailing list
    Sun, 28 Apr 1996 23:37:56 -0400
    ...Is it L-Jetronic or K-Jetronic? >What's the difference? I read this somewhere before (in a Bosch FI >book) but now I...
  • Re: Digifant & Digijet
    Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
    Tue, 25 Jan 2000 07:44:15 -0600
    Hi Jeff, Both are similar to the Bosch L-Jetronic. The digifant has maps (software arrays) to control the ignition advance. It also has...
  • magazine article: adjusting water-boxer fuel injection
    Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
    Tue, 22 Nov 94 09:03:19 CST
    ...it's a 3-part article (i have all 3) and is concerned with the D- and L- jetronic efi in the first two...
  • Re: Vacum lines suck....
    Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
    Sun, 15 Jan 95 03:18:18 CST
    ...this? i knew a guy who had a volvo 240 with l-jetronic efi (which should be the same as yours) and he did...
  • Re: Digijet = K-Jetronic?
    Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
    Fri, 21 Jul 2000 08:32:28 -0400
    ...I'm re-posting this now that the list has said that our FI systems are the L-Jetronic with L(ambda) ---- the manual...
  • Tach/Dwell Meter Usage Question?
    Historical mailing list - Jeff Strickrott
    Fri, 8 Mar 2002 18:55:39 -0500
    ...the older dwell meters can be used? Incompatibility with the AFC L-Jetronic fuel injection system? Any suggestions would be appreciated. Regards, --Jeff Strickrott...
  • Re: Can later AFM be used ...
    Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
    Fri, 28 Aug 2009 06:56:10 -0400
    ...The AC Vanagons used the L-Jetronic fuel injection system. The AFM for that system has a switch inside that turns the fuel pump...
  • Re: Emisson Control unit question
    Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
    Wed, 11 Jun 2003 10:04:25 -0400
    ...http://www.conservatory.com/vw/manuals_nyx/L-JetronicWithLambda.html Cheers, Doug (Just down the road from you in Mississauga ON) >Does the ECU...
  • Re: What does a relay do?
    Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
    Thu, 16 Sep 2004 00:40:43 -0500
    ...The other advantge is that they can be remotely located, like the double relay in older L-Jetronic injection- turns on the injection and...
  • Re: CA 81-83 air cooled Fuel Injection & Ignition System
    Historical mailing list - Jeff Strickrott
    Tue, 24 Sep 2002 15:09:25 -0400
    ...After I see how the existing L-jetronic system performs closed loop then I may try the Megasquirt or EFI332 FI systems. But from...
  • Re: Digijet/fant manuals.
    Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
    Tue, 31 Mar 2009 17:15:41 -0700
    ...I have now managed to "collect the whole set!" And without permission, I've zipped the set up (L-Jetronic, Porsche 912E AFC, Type...
  • Re: Vgon syndrome on 1.9 WBX
    Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
    Wed, 14 May 2003 08:40:16 -0400
    ...I've tested them on L-Jetronic systems by connecting an analog (it has to be analog) ohmmeter across the wiper connections, and then...
  • Re: Instant horsepower (Pinwheel)
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Sun, 7 May 2000 22:09:43 -0400
    ...to 1.9 VW? The major reason probably is that the L-Jetronic aka Digijet injection system is a pulsed rather than continuous-flow...
  • Bosch Service Media
    Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
    Fri, 4 Feb 2000 07:42:45 -0800
    ...Ausgeseitnet!!!!!!!! (Oops, plus shipping) Gee, Das ist Gut�!! (END INSERT) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Wall Charts Small $5.00 Large $30.00 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- D-Jetronic L-Jetronic Motronic K...
  • Bench Testing an L-jetronic Fuel Injected engine
    Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
    Wed, 23 Jan 2008 20:01:13 -0500
    ...For those who need a refresher, I threw a rod back in July and installed a remanufactured 1700cc EA-series 411 engine with L...
  • Re: HELP in Riverton, WY - Engine Flooding
    Historical mailing list - Mike S
    Sat, 3 Oct 2009 10:40:46 -0400
    ...They use L-Jetronic FI, which has a start valve.
  • Re: digifant injection
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Mon, 6 Apr 2009 22:20:55 -0300
    ...are not "wasted" >fuel?? Digifant and Digijet both, as well as L-Jetronic which the Digis are related to. Others as well, I think...
  • Re: terminology
    Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
    Tue, 1 Feb 2000 16:49:04 EST
    ...My '85 uses the Digijet which is a Bosch L-Jetronic w/Lambda. Both are pulsed fuel injection systems with the Digifant incorporating more...
  • Re: fi / Vanagon 5 Speed Trannies. RPM in 5th gear question.
    Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
    Mon, 23 Nov 1998 07:54:50 -0600
    ...This is true for the digifant, digijet and L_Jetronic. They are not sequentially fired. Darrell -----Original Message----- From: Todd Last <rubatoguy@WORLDNET.ATT...
  • Re: Bosch Service Media
    Historical mailing list - Buettner, Peter
    Fri, 4 Feb 2000 08:28:31 -0800
    ...Ausgeseitnet!!!!!!!! (Oops, plus shipping) Gee, Das ist Gut�!! (END INSERT) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Wall Charts Small $5.00 Large $30.00 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- D-Jetronic L-Jetronic Motronic K...
  • Re[2]: My Digifant Opinion
    Historical mailing list - Don Gibbons
    Mon, 27 Apr 1998 13:28:47 -0400
    ...The older L-Jetronic in 75-79 loafs used an analog computer that was capable of measuring and controlling to much finer levels but...
  • Re: mixture adjustment without gas analyzer
    Historical mailing list - Tom Young
    Sun, 2 Aug 1998 19:37:06 -0700
    On the L-Jetronic systems with the O2 sensor, you can get a close approximation of the "correct" mixture by monitoring the voltage output...
  • Re: protraining manual
    Historical mailing list - Jean-Guy Savoie
    Thu, 21 Sep 2000 16:26:39 -0300
    ...This site > also has manuals on the L-Jetronic and the aux heater. > > Darrell >
  • Re: Engine test bench
    Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
    Sat, 17 Jan 2009 20:26:46 -0500
    ...But that one was for an aircooled bus engine with L-Jetronic FI; not a WBX. Happy Trails, Greg Potts 1973/74/79 Westfakia...
  • Re: *** Needed, source for metric hose ***
    Historical mailing list - Erik Soule
    Thu, 1 Jun 1995 15:38:20 -0700
    ...I > have searched for months now for the right size hoses for my L Jetronic Fuel > Injection system. > > Also, does anyone know how to...
  • Re: Fuel Pressure Info
    Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
    Wed, 1 Aug 2001 20:24:00 -0500
    ...specific regulator >>anymore. > >It's not Vanagon-specific, it's Bosch L-Jetronic (and I think some >Motronic) specific. Have you tested your gauge...
  • Re: Digijet in Bosch Parlance
    Historical mailing list - Tom Young
    Wed, 22 Oct 1997 16:52:04 -0700
    ...According to the Probst's book (pg 15) Digijet is VW's version of L-Jetronic with Lambda. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Tom Young young@sherlock.SIMS.Berkeley...
  • Re: '82 Westy Diesel Aux. Heater
    Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
    Wed, 20 Sep 2000 13:38:25 -0500
    ...Bosch L-Jetronic with Lambda Closed-Loop Control is missing page 9. The link points to page 8. Pointing to 'LJETL-09.GIF' gives...
  • Re: Bentley/Bosch FI book
    Historical mailing list
    Tue, 14 May 96 09:06:53 PDT
    ...Next is the L-Jetronic on the VW bus with over 250,000 units in the field. Most other makes (Volvo, MBZ, etc) were...
  • Re: '85 Cold Start Idle
    Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
    Thu, 6 Apr 2000 16:42:25 EDT
    ...Check this website for trouble shooting info -- http://www.conservatory.com/vw/manuals_nyx/L-JetronicWithLambda.html Chuck '85 Westy -- 'Roland' In a message...
  • Re: AFM Data Requested
    Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
    Thu, 16 Nov 2006 23:52:50 -0500
    ...When converting from an aircooled (L- jetronic) FI you do without the double relay, cold start injector, thermo time switch, aux air regulator (now...
  • Re: FI Explanation
    Historical mailing list - Linda Bartnik
    Mon, 29 Jun 1998 14:12:47 -0400
    ...If you have Bosch L-Jetronic fuel injection ('75-'83 air-cooled vans) then you can also go to my web site, http://www...
  • Re: What's the diff ?
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Fri, 3 May 2002 20:19:23 -0400
    ...uses the digijet fuel control system which is essentially a Bosch L-Jetronic system to control the timing and duration of fuel-injection pulses...
  • Re: Tach/Dwell Meter Usage Question?
    Historical mailing list - Don Hundt
    Fri, 8 Mar 2002 19:01:12 -0800
    ...the older dwell meters can be used? Incompatibility with the AFC > L-Jetronic fuel injection system? > > Any suggestions would be appreciated. > > Regards, > --Jeff Strickrott...
  • Bentley/Bosch FI book
    Historical mailing list - Linda J. Bartnik
    13 May 96 22:12:09 EDT
    ...It covers LH-Motronic, Motronic, LH-Jetronic, L-Jetronic (that's us breadloaves, beetles, and air-cooled vanagons), D-Jetronic (that's for the...
  • Anybody Ever Replace Digijet/Digifant FI with CIS?
    Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
    Sun, 19 Dec 1999 18:43:04 -0600
    ...The book says that Vanagon digijets/digifants (our version of pulse fuel injection - L-Jetronic) are limited because: 1. When running at full throttle...