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• Re: Heavy engine flooding
  Historical mailing list - Richard Green
  Tue, 23 May 2006 23:01:25 -0500
  ...the FI rail, connection system from another > point of view and... he pull the vacuum line from the Fuel pressure > regulator on top that...
• Re: Replace 1.9 with a 2.1 WBX
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 19 Feb 2009 17:34:18 -0800
  ...use your 1.9 distributor and igniter with your 1.9 fuel injection system...............I just did that and the van just rips. cooling...
• Re: Cooling System performance at altitude
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 6 Jun 2003 22:12:42 -0400
  ...So the spring cap will keep the pressure limit constant relative to the local atmosphere (just as the fuel pressure regulator keeps the fuel...
• Re: Strange no-start problem
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Fri, 22 Dec 2006 20:45:47 -0500
  ...Evan's right, it may have nothing to do with the fuel system changes I made--could be coincidental. I suspected the distributor wiring...
• electrical mystery
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Tue, 3 Dec 2013 18:15:15 -0500
  ...The electrical system seems to be fine otherwise although I have not succeeded in getting power to the fuel pump connections. Probably because a...
• Where is the Serial # located on the Engine?
  Historical mailing list - Jack Reynaert
  Sat, 5 Sep 2015 20:45:57 -0400
  ...This engine used a more advanced engine management system known as Bosch "Digifant I" which now digitally managed ignition timing as well as fuel...
• *** 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...
• Re: Getting water out of fuel tank...
  Historical mailing list - Timothy Lee Harrison
  Sat, 20 Aug 2005 17:49:20 +0100
  ...Alternatively, eat sauerkraut; does wonders for my system. (sorry, it *is* Friday... ;-) ) -- Nonsense. Space is blue and birds fly through it. -- Heisenberg
• Re: B. Bobs day at the dyno and the importance of fuel air ratio update
  Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
  Tue, 1 Jan 2002 19:50:07 -0600
  Bob Said: >>I have braved the cold this past week and looked over the fuel injection >>system in my 84 camper with the big...
• Re: 1.9L Gutless when first started
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Sun, 21 Oct 2007 13:05:37 -0700
  ...something in your fuel delivery system, a > physical clogging of the fuel lines or some other problem that would limit > fuel pressure/delivery rate...
• Hot start question.
  Historical mailing list - Randolph Feuerriegel
  Fri, 9 Oct 1998 22:42:24 -0700
  ...I,m wondering if my system loses pressure when it is hot, or a carbon buildup absorbing fuel at startup. Anybody had similar symptoms...
• Re: fuel tank problems
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 3 May 2000 14:58:12 -0700
  ...Really slow filling can fool this system, as can having the nozzle too far out of the filler neck, but I don't think...
• Re: Hot start question.
  Historical mailing list - Bulley-Hewlett & Associates
  Sat, 10 Oct 1998 10:33:11 -0400
  ...I,m wondering if my system loses pressure when it is hot, or a carbon buildup absorbing fuel at startup. Anybody had similar symptoms...
• Re: Low idle, hard cold starting
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Wed, 10 Jan 2007 20:55:08 -0600
  ...regulator, the fuel pump is probably not to blame. An exhaust leak can sometimes cause air to come into the exhaust system causing the...
• Re: CIS Vanagon engine conversion Question
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Thu, 29 Jun 2006 12:53:49 -0700
  ...This computer only controls 2 valves at idle, to adjust the fuel air mixture. IF it is a CIS-E system it then has...
• Re: Fuel system...follow up
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Dawson
  Thu, 10 Jun 2004 10:10:49 -0400
  ...If they are off, then the ECU > will go to "Rich" for the fuel injection. I don't know where to tell you > to...
• Re: Fuel Rails on Stock WBX
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Tue, 13 May 2008 08:57:47 -0700
  Don't overlook one of the major design elements of the stock system. Fuel flows through the cigar tubes constantly when the pump is...
• Re: Fuel pressure too high
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 4 Mar 2018 23:13:23 -0500
  ...high voltage side of the ignition or to the fuel delivery/fuel injection system. This of course is easier to tell with a manual...
• 88 GL - manual tranny - fail to start
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Tue, 3 Jun 2014 17:06:36 -0500
  ...Came back out, key in the ignition, ignition on - check idiot lights, listen for fuel pump to pressurize the fuel system, key to start...
• Re: MAF Sensors and the Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 7 Dec 2010 10:46:34 -0600
  On 12/7/2010 6:41 AM, Larry Alofs wrote: > It has been my impression that the accelerator pump in a carbureted > system is...
• Re: Help
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Fri, 3 Dec 1999 08:03:36 -0600
  ...The ecu sees this "jumping around", and thinks that something is dramatically wrong with the system - and begins to shut down the fuel, as...
• Re: Portland OR Vanagon Engine Swap Shop
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
  Tue, 18 Aug 2015 09:50:07 -0700
  ...place. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I'm aware mating the 1.9l cooling and fuel injection systems to the 2.1 is a bit of a project. If...
• Re: more information on engine swap/fuel pump woes
  Historical mailing list - den jolliffe
  Wed, 25 Apr 2012 14:00:38 -0700
  ...but >> all the coolant/fuel systems are still ol' 1.9 version. >> Man if you could help me i would mail you some nice...
• Re: Carburetors on a WBX
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 30 Jul 2008 10:21:55 -0700
  ...aftermarket fuel injection systems like Megasquite - that's > just one. > But that's a whole other ball game. > But good working fuel injection.......... > and...
• Re: Tough driving(thin air)
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 1 Jul 2001 21:57:52 -0500
  ...The higher you go, the less dense the air, the richer the fuel air mixture will become. But the Digijet and Digifant injection systems...
• Re: unexplained power loss - help!
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Fri, 20 Apr 2007 07:20:14 -0400
  Hi Greg, Have you checked the fuel system? If the vent lines on the tank are capped off, the tank will build up a...
• Re: Canister Fuel Filter Install
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Egeln
  Tue, 12 Jun 2007 19:44:32 -0700
  ...8-) On 6/12/07, Anthony Egeln wrote: > > So you don't have to "de-pressurize" the system prior to pulling the fuel > line...
• Re: Tip and Tricks: Smoke Signals
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:21:07 -0400
  ...Check >> fuel and induction components. >> >> White Smoke - usually coolant related - gotta leak somewhere into the >> Exhaust system - Could be head gaskets, cracked heads. >> >> Blue...
• Chevron Fuel Sys Cleaner with "Techrolene" (sp?)
  Historical mailing list - Joe L.
  Thu, 2 Mar 2000 15:55:57 -0500
  ...When I got things togeather I started to use "Chevron Fuel System Cleaner with Techrolene". I figure maby 4-5 bottles of the stuff...
• Re: Al foil protection/Friday
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Fri, 27 Oct 2000 12:01:30 -0700
  ...mouth with a few feet of VW fuel line and a "T" junction from the fuel system of a 67 squareback....and I hang...
• Re: Risk of fire?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 1 May 2003 05:42:39 -0700
  ...Carb fuel system pressure was down around 5 psi while FI system pressure is more like 30-50 psi. The carbed engines had only...
• Re: air/fuel mixture
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sun, 23 Apr 2006 17:27:14 -0700
  ...Bosch Fuel Injection & Engine Management book (Probst), max power is at 12.6:1, best economy at 15.4:1. The EFI system tried...
• Re: catalytic heaters
  Historical mailing list - Gary Shea
  Mon, 2 Nov 1998 14:42:19 -0700
  ...2 bolts placed behind the passenger seat,and is fueled via T > off the system and flexible hose. It removes easilyin the summer, and...
• Re: Fuel pressure measurement device
  Historical mailing list - Sam Walters
  Fri, 23 Feb 2007 02:57:45 -0500
  ...fuel pressure test kit on sale now for less than $10. I got it a couple of days ago and tested my system - OK...
• Re: No current at FI injector plug - a repsonse
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 31 Jan 2010 14:00:23 -0800
  ...a car that uses the same engine and system, roughly as yours, and they have all sorts or weird problems. Waterboxer fuel injection is...
• Re: Risk of fire?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Thu, 1 May 2003 09:00:38 -0400
  ...Carb fuel system pressure was down around 5 psi while FI system > pressure is more like 30-50 psi. The carbed engines had only...
• Re: Fuel injectors needed
  Historical mailing list - Ed McLean
  Wed, 28 Mar 2012 01:07:29 -0400
  No, actually it's a 71 BMW CS with a period correct L-jetronic e12 manifold and a relatively modern fuel injection system. I...
• Re: 1985 1.9 Hesitation at higher RPM (kind of long)
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Thu, 7 Jun 2012 16:34:54 -0400
  ...Have never seen those two together really. > to me, backfiring occurs when unignited fuel in the exhaust system gets > ignited there. > I ahd a...
• Re: VW Tech manuals, Must haves, and DIY maintenance & vehicle reliability
  Historical mailing list - Warren Lail
  Tue, 21 Apr 2009 12:54:47 -0600
  ...the "Vanaton/Type II Fuel Systems ProTraining Manual (AFC, Digijet, Dijifant)" and the "Digifant I and Dijifant II ProTraining Manual." I'm running a...
• Re: Fuel Lines/Hose Clamps
  Historical mailing list - Keith Adams
  Wed, 24 Jan 2001 12:20:04 -0700
  ...From the info I have - 29 to 36 psi with pump output at 33 to 39 psi for Digifant systems (not from Bentley, from...
• Big bore diesels in a Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Jim Snyder
  Tue, 3 Apr 2001 20:19:36 -0400
  ...Does the VW diesel allow for much modification? What challenges would a new fuel system present? Thanks [text/html]
• No Start!
  Historical mailing list - Will
  Fri, 27 Jun 2003 20:56:11 -0400
  ...smell fuel. I had the key on for several hours after installing the radio. Have I fried something in the ignition system while leaving...
• Re: Ran out of gas & now won't run
  Historical mailing list - Kevin
  Mon, 28 Jun 2004 09:07:09 -0400
  ...Go to www.vanagain.com and look up the fuel tank/ fuel line replacement kits. I would also recommend changing all the fuel lines...
• Re: noisy fuel pump - full of rust
  Historical mailing list - TC
  Thu, 5 Oct 2006 15:46:43 -0700
  > I noticed recently that my fuel pump was getting more and more noisy as time went along. Last summer I had the privilege of...
• Re: Cant Accelerate (still!)
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Mon, 15 Oct 2007 10:47:49 -0700
  ...There is very little fuel used at idle so a weak fuel delivery system can idle fine but be unable to maintain the fuel...
• Re: 89 Wolfs/Newbie ??
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 30 Nov 1997 20:43:34 -0500
  ...I'd encourage you to run the lowest octane fuel that your van runs good with. Having a higher octane grade fuel than the...
• serial hybrid conversion?
  Historical mailing list - Wil Haslup
  Fri, 18 Nov 2005 14:40:49 -0500
  ...d have to swap the fueled motor for one that is paired with a more powerful charging system, get your batteries, and four drive...
• Re: Technical question re: Injector firing signal
  Historical mailing list - B.J.R.
  Wed, 8 Oct 2008 11:02:20 -0700
  ...system. throttle position switch Of course lack of inputs or correct inputs can lead to a no start condition. you also need fuel in...
• Re: Fast idle and stumble
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Wed, 27 Jul 2022 23:11:33 -0600
  ...It also tests out perfectly. >>> >>> Interestingly, Dennis predicted this would be the case and that it would be something else in the system. >>> >>> It...
• Re: INLINE MEGASQUART
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Fri, 8 Sep 2006 23:40:45 -0400
  ...distributor. > Bear in mind this is a true stand-alone system, with programmable fuel and > spark tables on the fly with a laptop computer...
• Re: Emisson Control unit question
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 11 Jun 2003 23:21:41 -0400
  ...s the computer that controls the Fuel Injection > system). Here's a link to the Bosch Fuel Injection Manual if you're > interested. > http...
• replacement for thin lines to fuel expansion tanks
  Historical mailing list - Mike South
  Tue, 19 Sep 2017 21:56:11 -0500
  ...2) Will 1/4" inner diameter fuel line work for this? 3) Why does the stock system go cloth-covered->plastic line->cloth-covered...
• Re: '81 Westy Cold Hesitation
  Historical mailing list - RRR RRR
  Tue, 14 Dec 1999 21:47:52 -0800
  ...Is this incorrect? I am new to the fuel injection system used on these motors, and with the information you have provided I am...
• Re: Fuel Guage callibration
  Historical mailing list - Damon Campbell
  Fri, 16 Mar 2007 09:37:35 -0700
  IIRC, there are two little gears inside the little can that holds the fuel gage needle/display (and also temp gage, fwiw). I haven...
• Re: Recalls
  Historical mailing list - Jerry Baker
  Sun, 8 Jul 2007 20:43:14 -0500
  ...presume > the AC was "done" because the whole system was replaced in fall, 2006. I'm > wondering about the fuel line recall. > > Thanks. > Patti
• 1981 Questions
  Historical mailing list - Mike Lawrence
  Thu, 14 Feb 2002 19:23:12 -0800
  ...Only 1 shop here in my area that will work on the VW fuel injection systems & another one is 50 miles away. What do...
• Re: Intake air flow, improvement possible?
  Historical mailing list - Bostig Engineering
  Sun, 28 Nov 2004 08:58:43 -0800
  > The only simple thing that will decrease the fuel consumption would be > to raise the compression ratio. > Al Brase Hi Al, Think about this...
• Re: fuel pressure gauge--Sears
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 22 Jan 2001 17:47:24 -0500
  ...socket it's been generalized to other things (A/C systems, FI systems etc.) because it's cheap and available and it works. Bicyclists...
• Re: Overcooling Hypothesis--Long
  Historical mailing list - John Connolly, Aircooled.Net
  Thu, 27 Dec 2007 14:07:30 -0700
  In a more refined engine control system, the fuel would not be cut off when coolant is below a set temperature (say 160F). But...
• Re: Wheres Waldo (EGR or no EGR)
  Historical mailing list - Jake Beaulieu
  Sat, 6 Dec 2003 14:23:04 -0800
  ...When this extra "fuel" is not present the system is actually running lean. Not good. Additionally, the exaust gas decreases the temperature of the...