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• Re: $300 reward for advice
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Tue, 1 Aug 2000 20:19:45 -0400
  ...It is surprising how a small leak can cause a large problem, but your fuel-metering system works on the assumption that ALL (I...
• drums scraping backing plate
  Historical mailing list - jake beaulieu
  Mon, 21 Feb 2005 14:10:19 -0500
  ...Same problem on my '76 and '81 > so I am convinced it is a "feature" of the fuel > injection system. This is below 20...
• Have Factory Training VHS Tapes
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 11 May 94 01:11:58 EDT
  ...FT Digifant Fuel and Ignition System (excellent!) 20 *FT VW Air Conditioning (applies to all VWs) 28 *FT VW Charging Systems (applies to all...
• Re: turbonator.com
  Historical mailing list - Hector Zapata
  Sun, 31 Mar 2002 21:31:33 -0800
  ...performance of your car is to maintain the ignition and fuel delivery > systems in good condition and use quality parts. > > Mike Snow OK ,I...
• Re: Telemetry (was Re: Coolant pressure test... video.)
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Wed, 16 Dec 2009 22:20:05 -0500
  ...complex cooling system. It as work yes but that doesn't justify the complexity. Same goes for the very stupid fuel line layout. That...
• Re: Rubber...Our best friend...Our worst enemy
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 18 Dec 2009 09:13:51 -0500
  ...Certainly, tires, belts, hoses (though the waterboxer is unconscionably complicated), fuel lines can all be monitored and r&r done as needed, and as...
• 82 Diesel Vanagon Engine Replacement Choices? Costs? Comments?
  Historical mailing list - Jon Sykes
  Mon, 22 Apr 2002 16:59:58 -0400
  ...It would be nice to keep the vanagon completely VW and the Subaru engines are pretty thirsty, fuel-wise - GTi, other 4-cyl petrol...
• Re: How Much to Rebuild 84 Engine???
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Thu, 20 Dec 2007 14:01:08 -0800
  ...I have one westy running with a 2.1 engine but the 1.9 fuel system, and it does seem to go quite well...
• Re: 87 Lack of power
  Historical mailing list - Bess's Buddies
  Thu, 13 Dec 2001 00:46:02 -0800
  ...What is an AFM? I see in the bentley the whole system is called an "AFC". Is it the "intake air sensor" (Air Fuel...
• Re: Vanagon? Really? Gasoline vs. Diesel-again.
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sun, 22 Jan 2012 12:50:11 -0600
  ...That alone wipes out the > > 25% fuel economy improvement if that's what you get. Many Diesel vehicles > > 2007 and newer also require the...
• Eurobago
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 9 Aug 1994 14:16:07 -0600
  ...removable two-body center seat Five speed 12,000 btu propane fueled furnace (two ports between the rear seat and the left side cabinetry...
• Parting Out Air-cooled Vanagon!
  Historical mailing list - andy gaston
  Mon, 25 Jan 1999 19:01:34 -0500
  ...Make offer. > -complete fuel injection system/computer > -full set 5 wheels w/ new tires ~10k mi $200 OBO > -brand new chrome hubcaps > -air conditioning...
• NICE surprise, and some new questions to go with it.
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Sun, 11 Jul 1999 20:14:12 -0700
  ...What do I have to do different to adjust the 1.6 injector pump to deliver the proper amount of fuel for a 1...
• poor mileage 90 GL
  Historical mailing list - Charles Hokanson
  Sat, 15 Jan 2000 14:06:12 EST
  ...converter new S&S exhaust system new o2 sensor four wheel alignment ( and new tires), new injector hoses (old ones cracked) hours of messing...
• Re: ethanol
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Thu, 16 Nov 2000 22:40:08 -0800
  ...fuel which is basically grain alcohol. The reason for this is they say it dries out the rubber parts in the FI system. The...
• 2.1 engine FS
  Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
  Sun, 21 Jan 2001 14:04:07 -0600
  ...will likely sell the entire FI system in a month or so as well except forthe fuel pump. It has a new AFM. Recall...
• Re: april 2002 release of bentley cd
  Historical mailing list - Ed Carroll
  Thu, 14 Mar 2002 21:53:44 -0500
  ...Want more reference info on the Digijet system? He'll search their fuel injection books for references and tell you which ones might be...
• Re: Running on Tap Water - attempt at de-confuscation
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 18 Jul 2002 11:57:00 -0500
  ...It will ruin your cooling system. As fuel it would ruin your engine ............... try testing a gallon of it in a glass 1 gallon...
• Gas heaters, was Re: I found a "Mystery Switch" .
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 24 May 2004 10:37:21 EDT
  ...the BA6 is a simple system - the same technology in used since '76 - and its highly over built as far as the factor of...
• Re: In Tucumcari now
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Thu, 17 Nov 2005 17:34:05 -0700
  ...the fuel filter and pump, > said there is a leak in the gas tank somewhere, it is supposed to be a closed > system and...
• Re: Hall Sender Removal Tips
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Sat, 30 Sep 2006 18:20:42 -0700
  ...I do know that I had the #1&2 wires backwards, and when I was initially cranking it before the fuel system fully primed...
• Re: Help Needed, On the Road
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Tue, 24 Jul 2007 08:14:01 -0500
  ...Didn't really hurt anything but it made a mess and I had to "burp" the system. On 7/24/07, Scott Daniel - Shazam...
• Re: TiiCo California Smog Legal!
  Historical mailing list - Sean B.
  Thu, 15 Jan 2004 15:50:09 -0800
  ...I own a Scirocco that has a motor and fuel system that IS very similar to that of the Audi 80/90 and can...
• Re: emissions data
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Mon, 30 Aug 2004 12:10:58 -0400
  ...Most fuel > :::injection engines run about the same. It is the Cat > :::that scrubs out the pollutants. The nuber of valves > :::an engine has...
• Re: DJ-code WBX technical specs
  Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
  Sat, 20 Dec 2008 15:51:17 -0500
  ...distributor >> fuel system: Bosch Digijet Injection >> type: multi-point fuel injection - intermittient >> air metering: flow >> >> Valve timing at 1mm lift in degrees >> >> inlet open...
• Re: DJ Compression Ratio
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:52:58 -0700
  ...system. > Links is one. Expensive. > But then you hook up your lap top to your ECU and you prgroam in > the timing and fuel...
• Re: ECU and starting question
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Tue, 17 Jul 2007 19:53:53 -0700
  ...It does not work like that. >If you reset the error code the smog check system will know it has been reset. >The emission...
• Re: 2.2 into a 1.9 case
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 7 Oct 2013 20:49:53 -0400
  ...fuel injection, and > >>>> cooling system was designed for a 1.9, but now is "managing" a > >>>> 2.2L system. Maybe the larger system puts...
• Re: 82 vanagon - I need a new engine - questions
  Historical mailing list - Chris Stann
  Mon, 29 Apr 2002 15:31:48 -0500
  ...I'm also disappointed to know that my fuel consumption will drop from high 20s down to low 20s. Is this a good candidate...
• Re: Reliability?
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Tue, 6 Jun 2006 09:25:18 -0400
  ...Fuel injection, yeap, like you said in your post, Digijet and Dijifan system are an old and of a very stupid design, complex for...
• Re: What the heck is this?
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Sun, 10 Jul 2011 18:34:37 -0700
  Rocky - That's one of two fuel vapor expansion tanks. There is one in each front wheel well. Look in your Bentley and you...
• Re: unexplained power loss - help!
  Historical mailing list - Greg Marshall
  Wed, 18 Apr 2007 06:01:39 -0400
  ...It starts quick and easy, has compression, fuel, spark, > etc. and sounds just like it always has. I don't think it's an...
• Re: Superchargers? - Low Pressure Turbo!
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Fri, 8 Jul 2011 10:46:31 -0400
  ...I modified the intake manifold to adapt the digifant fuel injectors and used the digifant engine control system. I also took the SAAP automatic...
• Re: Thermostats especially in colder weather
  Historical mailing list - Jason
  Thu, 4 Jan 2018 17:40:13 -0500
  ...You will burn more fuel if not at the correct operating temp. Jason On Thu, Jan 4, 2018 at 5:22 PM, Toomey Douglas...
• Re: JiffyLube, extras
  Historical mailing list - Myers, Thomas A
  Tue, 22 Jun 2004 08:58:56 -0400
  ...They >wanted >$89.99 for this. > 2.. "Fuel System Cleaning". They were to put some sort of additive into >the >gas-tank, then open...
• Re: Leaking PS fluid, replace rack or just seals?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 25 Jan 2006 02:20:58 -0600
  ...Why should it be any different >than say, the water pump? Or the fuel tank/hoses? etc. > >On 1/24/06, John Rodgers <inua...
• FS: 1990 Vanagon Carat - Capitola, CA
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Thu, 12 Jun 2008 06:43:45 EDT
  ...Complete stainless steel exhaust system. Complete brake rebuild including all parts rust proofed with POR-15ed. Complete fuel tank rebuild including new sender, lines...
• Re: header replacement 025251172r for 87 vanagon
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Wed, 26 May 2004 12:29:42 -0400
  ...not be getting a correct reading (thus throwing off your fuel injection system). - Ron Salmon The Bus Depot, Inc. www.busdepot.com (215) 234...
• road test: 1986 vanagon camper syncro
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Mon, 06 Feb 95 15:11:22 CST
  ...9.0:1 Engine-control system ............ Digifant electronic with port fuel injection Emissions controls ............... 3-way catalytic converter, feedback fuel-air-ratio control Valve...
• Re: Update - 1988 Rebuilt Engine Stumbling at various RPM levels 2100-2300, 3400- 4000rpms
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
  Fri, 14 Aug 2009 10:48:07 -0400
  ...New fuel in the tank, all >>>>> old >>>>> fuel in the tank was removed. All new fuel lines on the tank as >>>>> well. >>>>> New Oil...
• Re: How Much to Rebuild 84 Engine???
  Historical mailing list - --------
  Fri, 21 Dec 2007 08:45:25 -0500
  ...You sound like Da Man all right. >> I have one westy running with a 2.1 engine but the 1.9 fuel system, >> and...
• 5cyl conversion vs 4cyl conversions???
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 12 Jan 1999 18:50:12 -0800
  ...on some NEW European CIS fuel enjection systems that are still in the box (Airflow sensor, fuel injectors, fuel distributor, ignition distributor etc...) Yes...
• Re: Vanagon woes!
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 2 Nov 2009 08:07:20 -0600
  ...I know they will respond. > > Sounds like you have a few issues, but let me address a couple - the > tapping sound, and fuel system...
• Re: Running HOT!, help, '80
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Thu, 3 Jul 1997 07:28:34 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Bentley indicates > that bad injectors could be a culprit, not spitting out enough fuel? Could be either situation. After warm-up, test the voltage...
• Vanagon 2.0 into '73
  Historical mailing list - Jon Hathaway
  Thu, 9 Apr 1998 20:46:10 -0400
  ...If I want to use the fuel injection, I have to use a F/I bus gas tank for the return line fittings... talked...
• I did the ultimate upgrade for Christmas!
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sat, 29 Dec 2007 13:42:19 -0800
  ...system - Seating for five - Four zone climate control - 7700 lb towing capacity - 0 to 100 mph in 7 seconds - 10L per 100km highway fuel...
• Re: Must sell my Vanagon - Comments appreciated
  Historical mailing list - Pat Sloan
  Fri, 22 Oct 2010 15:02:20 -0700
  ...new muffler; new catalytic converter; new battery; new fuel system from gas tank to fuel injectors; new ignition switch; replaced various running, brake and...
• FW: Euro-Drive: 89 Volkswagen vanagon, Emissions/Poor-idle
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Tue, 29 Aug 2000 10:53:41 -0400
  ...WV2YBO25XKHO64820 Fuel: digifont Ignition: hall Symptoms: Excessive Emissions, Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation, Surge, Cuts out, Stall, Misfire, Poor Fuel Economy Occurs: Always ____________________________________________________________ Dear VW...
• Re: Engine Removal
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Tue, 11 Mar 2008 23:36:05 -0700
  ...To go a few steps further, today i pulled the entire intake, > exhaust, fuel injection, and cooling systems, reducing my engine to a block...
• Re: purpose of throttle valve adj.
  Historical mailing list - Joe Romas
  Sat, 18 Nov 2000 10:36:28 -0500
  ...Sorry I am so ignorant of the Bosch > FI system - I have the book on order which should educate me for more > intelligent questions...
• Whaaat is going on with that fuel system?
  Historical mailing list - Timothy D.F. Maddox
  Mon, 26 Jun 95 17:21:05 EDT
  ...Besides, I figure it is due to all the backfiring I have been having with the bad--really bad--exaust system, and there is...
• Re: Engine o2 out of spec
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Fri, 10 Nov 2000 08:33:38 -0800
  ...we started checking and found with the o2 sensor connected the system > was to lean at 2000 plus rpm. I've looked all through...
• Re: Loss of Power False Air Oil Breather?
  Historical mailing list - Tim Marciniak
  Sat, 17 Aug 2002 08:55:29 -0500
  ...very > > > competent vanagon mechanic. > > > > > > I have not measured fuel pressure yet thinking it was > > > ignition system > > > related. Nor did I check ignition timing or...
• Re: Single wire Oxygen sensor: Substitution report..
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Fri, 31 Oct 2014 10:54:59 -0600
  ...Here's a handy app to help you track your >> fuel...there's one for the smart phones, too.... >> http://www.fuelly.com/dashboard >>
• Re: Don't Buy Gas In Lynchburg, VA! Follow Up
  Historical mailing list - Matt Roberds
  Tue, 17 Apr 2007 06:11:11 -0500
  ...had about 140,000 miles with no further trouble with the fuel system - it didn't lose power or get crappy mileage. I finally...
• Re: Catalytic Converter???? Anyone go without it???
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Mon, 19 Mar 2012 17:38:50 -0500
  ...This can > include all the controls, exhaust after treatment, and fuel tank vapor > recovery systems and maybe even the transmission/drivelien. All the state...
• Re: TiiCo Update
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Tue, 18 Sep 2001 11:51:48 -0500
  ...Knowing that this can > happen with "open" exhausts that create a fuel need beyond the injection > system's ability to compensate, I added an...
• Update on my engine swap (very long)
  Historical mailing list - Simon Reinhardt
  Sun, 20 Oct 2002 22:54:31 -0600
  ...My only real headache at this point is the lack of fuel fittings that will attach to a CIS fuel distributor- banjo fittings from...
• Re: New diesel from VW
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Thu, 20 Nov 2014 13:03:39 -1000
  ...They don't burn much fuel at idle, yet it was >> enough to keep them running. >> >> John >> On Nov 18, 2014 10:56 AM...
• Re: Always Look Under a Bus!
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sun, 3 Oct 2010 15:08:57 -0500
  ...TURBOVANS.COM> wrote: > Hi Mike, > if you are advocating crimp type fuel hose clamps as a better set up for 'put it together and...