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• Re: low idle when AC compressor is on
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Cresawn
  Sat, 10 Jul 2021 15:30:47 -0700
  ...runs a single wire from the fuel injection harness over to the > compressor clutch so the injection system can know when the A/C...
• Re: Factory Hose Clamps
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 9 Jun 2012 14:15:22 -0700
  ...so far I can only think of spring or screw type on cooling system hoses, and what I call crimp type on fuel hoses...
• Re: Hydrogen cars ... a lot of hot gas!! ;)
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 18 Sep 2009 16:45:27 -0700
  ...We have a rail system, we just refuse to use it much or take the time to bring it into modern times. All these...
• Remedy requested for Suspected "rich-running" 1.9
  Historical mailing list - Marshall
  Sun, 5 May 2002 14:02:25 -0500
  ...I have a new rotor, cap, fuel filter and spark-plug wires. Questions: 1. Is the 1.9 always supposed to run very rich...
• Re: Subject: 3.3 verses 4.3 ???
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sun, 25 Jul 2004 09:51:26 -0600
  ...228 @ 4400 rpm > Sequential Multiport fuel injection with dual spray injectors > Platinum-tipped spark plugs > Computerized management system with "Limp Home feature," incl. over...
• Re: Propane power...anyone know about that?
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Mon, 23 Aug 2010 03:13:56 -0400
  ...Note that LPG has all the advantages and characteristics of gaseous fuels. I need not point out that LPG refueling stations outnumber hydrogen fuel...
• Re: Need Sender Advice (Step 1)
  Historical mailing list - Frank Miller
  Mon, 8 Nov 1999 23:05:10 -0500
  ...Head Temperature >Voltage >Amperage >Water Temperature >Coolant system pressure (Still debating this one) >Air-to-fuel ratio > >Thanks in advance for your help. > > >Ken...
• Re: Will 90 Cabrio ISV Control unit fit 87 Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
  Thu, 24 Apr 2003 17:29:33 +0000
  ...Wed, 23 Apr 2003 22:05:00 -0400 > > > > > > > > > > What you fail to mention is the type of fuel system these > > > > >vehicles have. The CIS...
• Re: O2 Sensor Idea (long)
  Historical mailing list - Sam Walters
  Fri, 8 Sep 2006 12:12:42 -0400
  ...These are very primitive Fuel Injection systems compared to today's vehicles. For example, I have a tuner for my Zetec in the Syncro...
• Re: +Fuel Lines WAS Re: Gypsy is gone...
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 15 Dec 2004 15:30:54 -0600
  ...A reminder every three months to do a good > over all inspection of the fuel system would be better. > The inspection should consist of...
• Re: 1990 2.1L Digijet European Caravelle wiring diagrams
  Historical mailing list - Kim Springer
  Mon, 3 Sep 2007 11:51:17 -0700
  ...digifant system where both the fuel injection as well as > ignition are handled by the ECU. > The quirk is that my Digijet system has...
• Re: Advice on Leak in Fuel Return Line
  Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
  Mon, 19 Nov 2018 11:42:17 -0800
  ...The fuel system cannot get too much > attention as negligence can be > catastrophic. I'd plan on getting it fixed after your trip as...
• Re: LOW POWER 84GL
  Historical mailing list - James R. Wetzel
  Sun, 06 Apr 1997 11:33:57 -0400
  ...I have swapped out every component in the fuel and ignition system > including fuel rails. The only thing I haven't changed is the...
• Re: 1.9 Wasserboxer differences? (63 kW vs 66 kW)
  Historical mailing list - aatransaxle
  Mon, 25 May 2009 13:12:39 -0700
  ...I didn't have the wherewithall to get the fuel system dialed in so the mixture was right. Then along came the Zetec option...
• Fw: Re: Emission Failure - Excess Hydrocarbons - Oxygen Sensor? (
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Fri, 28 Apr 2000 23:19:56 EDT
  ...Check for vacuum leaks- ANY leak will cause an increase in the fuel pressure and could cause excessive HC's- A valve leak will...
• Re: Fiberglass Exhaust Wrap - Cooler engine compartment
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 15 Jul 2008 21:35:13 -0500
  ...Often, exhaust systems are designed to utilize the free air to help keep them cool. It does pretty well as long as the vehicle...
• Re: Vacuum
  Historical mailing list - Robert Ueltzen
  Tue, 16 Feb 2016 10:16:30 -0800
  ...The fuel pressure regulator is also vacuum controlled. The source for these devices are the intake manifold. On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 9...
• Re: Why no bolt-on HP upgrades to the 2.1 WBX?
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Thu, 24 May 2012 15:13:17 -0400
  ...discussing possible Bostig plans to put together a custom modern fuel injection system for the otherwise stock boxer engine. I'm guessing they moved...
• Digifant Information
  Historical mailing list - Dave Arthur
  Thu, 30 Apr 2009 20:53:31 -0300
  ...Various documentation I have gleaned (Pro Training) references the Bosch Digifant fuel injection system. Some of the pages are showing Digifant on the footer...
• Re: 84 Wasserboxer Coolant Level Light (U)
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 19 Jul 1996 21:12:43 -0400
  ...However, that side of panel is goofy, fuel gauge wanders and clock has stopped. Related? Becoming discouraged. >> Is the container actually full while the...
• Re: VW Vanagon ProTraining Fuel systems Type 2 Book on Ebay
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Sat, 27 May 2000 16:45:13 EDT
  I also got this one at a show for about $10. I also have the Digifant Training Guide and the Digifant I and Digifant...
• Some stuff for sale 90 GL parts
  Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
  Tue, 13 Mar 2001 15:48:41 -0600
  ...Complete fuel injection system from a Dijifant 2.1. Excellent condition. No problems wit h any of it AFM is only a year old...
• Re: 84 rough running,backfire
  Historical mailing list - Samuel L. Walters
  Fri, 20 Apr 2001 11:44:10 -0400
  ...Temp II sensor can also cause erratic fuel injection system behavior as can a faulty O2 sensor. See archives over the last three months...
• Re: Bucko update
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Fri, 29 Nov 2002 17:27:21 EST
  ...His was using the CIS fuel injection system, with spark knock timing, not that this would affect the result. Just in case, cheers, Steve...
• Re: basic skills for travel
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Fri, 28 Feb 2003 15:07:15 -0400
  ...Add coolant & maybe how to bleed the coolant system, Check the auto tranny fluid level and add fluid (if auto), Check engine belts, Check...
• Re: Fuel Saving Ideas Article
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 27 May 2014 18:01:13 -0500
  ...All the good things you can do (mainly buying a fuel efficient car in the first place and combining your trips to drive your...
• Re: Better Mileage Anyone? (without going ala Lilley)
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Sun, 27 Aug 2000 17:12:06 -0400
  ...The important thing is the fuel burn rate and timing. A later spark and slower burn will run cooler because of the heat consumed...
• Re: 1981 Questions
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Thu, 14 Feb 2002 22:47:59 -0500
  ...Don't ever get rid of the stock Bosch fuel injection system. NOTHING is better for typical type 4 service, particularly on a stock...
• Re: How often to change Fuel Injectors?
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Wed, 24 Jul 2013 19:29:57 -0500
  ...This will turn the pump on - pressurize the system - then you can look for leaks - the fuel will be under 30 psi pressure so...
• Re: Ethanol Free Gas.. No fuel pump buzzing?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Wunrow
  Fri, 26 Feb 2016 14:12:50 -0800
  ...lower viscosity, which may cause certain fuel >> injection systems to inject more E10 per cycle, lowering fuel mileage.) >> >> I had an '83 VW Rabbit...
• Re: High beams not working-lighting upgrades!
  Historical mailing list - Angus Gordon
  Thu, 21 Nov 2013 16:38:25 -0500
  ...use electric fuel pumps and fuel injection so you need some electrons anyway. If you want to ditch the ignition system, buy a diesel...
• Re: Initial start failures
  Historical mailing list - Harry Hoffman
  Wed, 24 Aug 2011 11:27:07 -0400
  ...If the problem is with the > ignition you can put the fuel system through the wringer and do no good. > > You forgot to say...
• Re: 5/16" High Pressure Fuel Lines OK?
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Fri, 29 Dec 2006 06:01:22 EST
  ...From my _Vanagon Items Forsale_ (http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/sales.htm) webpage > Fuel hose 7 x 2.5mm, per foot, 1557, N 103...
• Re: High beams not working-lighting upgrades!
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Thu, 21 Nov 2013 10:35:14 -0600
  ...If there is any residual fuel in the system - and someone is working around the propeller - that trigger could kick the engine over and...
• Idle stablilizer system testing
  Historical mailing list - John
  Thu, 18 Jan 2001 04:34:57 -0500
  ...The idle stabilizer system can be checked easily when you know the nominal test values. The attachment lists values taken from two known "healthy...
• Re: Hijacked thread..Your 2.3 GoWesty
  Historical mailing list - dahn van
  Fri, 19 Feb 2010 08:17:51 -0800
  ...that we had been able to find a different engine-controlling system. I would still like to upgrade the whole electronics/fuel management package...
• Re: TDI Eurovan
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 4 Jun 1996 14:52:57 -0400
  ...a separate prechamber that the fuel is injected into; i.e. not directly above the piston. This system is well suited to smaller high...
• Re: Baffling clamp
  Historical mailing list - Greg Marshall
  Sat, 12 May 2007 20:50:37 -0400
  ...my fuel tank to today to flush some schmutz out of it. What > perversion those VW engineers trafficked in! THat tank venting system is...
• Re: Vanagon cold hard start issues
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 9 Oct 2007 08:54:34 -0700
  ...I don't know much about your Haltech system, bit it does sound like you're not getting the fuel enrichment when cold. The...
• Re: E15 Coming & the Wasserboxer
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Mon, 16 Apr 2012 14:50:16 -0500
  ...If it will damage the wasserboxer and the fuel management system, what can we do?  I can't imagine that there will be a...
• Re: Update on Belize Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 15 Jan 2011 09:42:37 -0500
  ...I tested through the entire fuel injection system with a meter and all of the grounds and sensor tested fine so I am pretty...
• On CARB, TIICO and Vitriol
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Thu, 28 Mar 2002 19:55:59 EST
  ...Rather, the vendor of such aftermarket systems has the burden of proving that the original system performance has not been compromised. As to the...
• Re(2): To those '83-'85 Vanagon folks
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 08 Sep 1994 08:48:52 -0700
  After reading the other responses I recalled my own exhaust system hassles as well as my short list below. 10. Welds broke on exhaust...
• Re: Turbo Muffler, Jacobs Ign, Snake Oil
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Thu, 30 Apr 1998 13:39:51 EDT
  ...include high-energy, > solid-state ignition systems on everything from Honda Civics to Porsche > Turbos. Reason: unburned fuel from a misfiring cylinder will wipe...
• Alert for Oregonians-new tax for miles driven?
  Historical mailing list - H R
  Fri, 3 Jan 2003 09:17:44 -0800
  ...The proposal is to either 1) install a GPS (global positioning system) device in each vehicle to track each mile driven on Oregon roads...
• Backfire vs Afterfire
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 13 Aug 2005 17:39:25 -0500
  ...Backfires" it was said, are fuel burning related activities that blow gases back out through the intake system. Faulty valve timing and ignition timing...
• Re: Fuel Tank Weirdness
  Historical mailing list - VW Doka
  Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:29:37 -0700
  ...The charcoal canister is absolutely supposed to be part of a closed evaporitve system. There is no way it would meet the EPA requirements...
• Re: [vanagon] missing 1/4 tank of fuel?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 25 Feb 2002 23:44:26 -0600
  ...This was done when a carbon filter system was removed and the return line from the filter was hooked to the carb. Anyway, I...
• Doesn't run well through fire.
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Warner
  Fri, 2 Mar 2001 16:45:49 GMT
  ...fuel from the cylinders after a while. Usually after I've driven on for another 100 yards or so and my fire suppression system...
• Re: "yawn" Another (trivial) Jetta conversion Fuel Pump relay question.... ;^)
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Fri, 18 Apr 2008 23:28:01 -0400
  ...The standard VW numbering system for relays lists the low current circuit with the coil as pins 85 and 86. The current carrying circuit...
• Re: VDO Fuel Pressure sender?
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Wed, 6 Oct 2004 16:06:02 -0700
  ...Worse, it was giving me incorrect readings. :-(((( which made debugging the fuel system much more difficult. I identified the problem by running a mechanical...
• Re: Idle issues
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sun, 17 May 2020 20:11:15 -0700
  ...Bentley states "DIgifant is a development of the Digi-Jet fuel injection system...." My first thought was that maybe VW didn't anticipate a...
• Fwd: Re: FI to carb
  Historical mailing list - Pfunky
  Thu, 9 Apr 1998 19:31:50 EDT
  In a message dated 4/9/98 5:42:11 PM, vw4x4@FYI.NET wrote: << I think changing to a CIS fuel system is...
• Re: 1989 Vanagon FS
  Historical mailing list - Brent Berisford
  Thu, 16 Dec 2004 22:21:47 -0500
  ...There a hum from fuel pump when fuel > level in below 1/4 tank. Has new tires (less than 2000 miles) Interior > condition is...
• Re: Fuel Tank R&R-Now Won't Start
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Mon, 4 Aug 2008 22:51:57 -0400
  ...You cold try a fuel pressure test in the engine compartment.....maybe it's getting fuel and you flooded it somehow......or you've...
• Re: Overheating (everything but the engine)
  Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
  Thu, 6 Sep 2007 16:46:03 -0700
  ...also messes up the fuel pressure. so the > engine runs really crappy. let the engine cool, and all is back to > normal. > > if it...
• Digifant Fuel Injection
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 25 Mar 2009 11:54:30 -0500
  ...It's both Godsend and lifesaver rolled into one.This manual very clearly shows how the system is built and how it works, and...
• Re: Propane Heresy - Can you retrofit Westy for alternate use of Coleman fuel?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 9 May 2002 11:46:45 -0400
  ...You're talking about introducing 50-200 psi into a system designed for about 0.4 psi. The fridge won't run, the stove...
• Re: Turbo wasserboxer
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Mon, 14 Jul 2003 21:54:11 EDT
  ...Add turbo, fuel enrichment system, wastes gates, etc.... MORE PARTS TO BREAK. Hello?!!??? I own four turbo vehicles out of over a dozen. More...
• Re: vanagons days numbered?
  Historical mailing list - Sam Walters
  Mon, 2 Aug 2004 21:50:04 -0400
  Brian, Hmm, if they tax us by the miles we drive, then we would be taxed the same as a fuel sipping hybrid for...