

| Subject: | Re: Yet Even More About My Injectors |
| From: | John C... |
| Date: | Fri, 28 Dec 2007 14:33:56 +0000 |
Jeff, VW or Subbie, You might want to consider a new gas tank! best, JC... ps: just my 2cents...You can pick up a used ECU pretty reasonable & I'd have the 2.1 running so that the folks you sell it to can hear it run. might be worth $650 towards you conversion? -------------- Original message -------------- From: Vdub Guy <fonman4277@COMCAST.NET> > Sorry folks, > Are yoyu getting sick of my posts this week? Trust me, I'm getting sick of > asking questions about this!! It was suggested to me that I check the injectors > with a VOM to see if they are shorted out. Took both my digital and analog > meters and checked. Analog meter set to 1K, touch leads together and needle pegs > to zero-touch leads to injectors-meter pegs to zero. Sooooooo, does this mean > that I received the injectors back shorted out, I installed them, turned the key > and blew out my Euro spec ECU? Then hours later put my original ECU back in and > blew it too? I hope not. Anybody in N. Virginia willing to let me plug my ECU's > into their (1.9) Vanagons and see if they are any good? If the ECU's are in fact > ruined, I have a decision to make. I have a Subaru 2.2 I was going to put into > the Vanagon, last thing thing was saving up the $$ to have Tom Shiels modify the > harness. I can't afford another ECU. Well, I can, but I don't see the sense in > pouring more money into it at this point. N > ow, when I bought this Vanagon 15 months ago it had a seized engine. First > thought was a Subaru conversion, but I found a 2.1 and followed Jim Thompson's > write up and put it in using the Digijet injection. It ran beautifully, so well, > in fact that I thought the hell with the Subaru conversion. Then I ran it low on > fuel coming back from Everybus in April-VERY low. After filling up, I barely > made it home. Found the fuel filter totally clogged. Replaced that and it was > running again-but it never had the power it did originally. Changed out the fuel > filter again a month ago, but it was clean. That led me to think that the > injectors may be the problem. Sent them off to be cleaned and sure enough they > come back with a report showing 3 of the 4 were in bad shape. Great, I thought, > this had to be were my lost power was. Christmas day I put my newly cleaned > injectors back in, eagerly anticipating taking it for a drive-now here I am with > a dead Vanagon. Wish I had it back with the low power! > Jeff > > PS- I don't want this message to start a debate about the merits of the Subaru > conversion!
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