Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2006 08:46:07 -0400
Reply-To: Joy Hecht <jhecht@ALUM.MIT.EDU>
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From: Joy Hecht <jhecht@ALUM.MIT.EDU>
Subject: Re: Digi- WHAT ??
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Thanks, Chris - I've been wondering about that too! And Anna, don't be shy
about those newbie questions!
Joy
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Joy Hecht
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and Matilda, 1989 Burgundy Vanagon
now living in the driveway and resting after two and a half years
lugging Joy and her stuff around...
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:::-----Original Message-----
:::From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf
:::Of JordanVw@AOL.COM
:::Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2006 12:37 AM
:::To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
:::Subject: Re: Digi- WHAT ??
:::
:::In a message dated 9/27/06 10:51:18 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
:::annasan1@COMCAST.NET writes:
:::
:::
:::> Ok, so this is probably a newbie question but I still consider
:::myself a
:::> bit green over past 18mos (& not cuz I'm Irish!) But what is a digifan
:::or
:::> digijet??? This thread has been slipping into recent conversation and
:::I feel
:::> left in the dust! Or is it some super-technoid stuff? I did take
:::advice of
:::> re: problems with ignition, battery, starting & misfiring .... and my
:::VW
:::> guy (Always V-Dub in Portland OR !) did the fix for a very small am't
:::of $$; he
:::> did say my '86 2.1L has a digifan and it was too bad I didn't get the
:::'85
:::> .... but I'm not sure what he meant - my brain hyper speeds away when
:::talk gets
:::> too technical - my problem had been an after market attempt at cruise
:::> control. The system was non-functioning but the wires had corroded and
:::were doing
:::> bad things to my good ignition wires. That fix plus a new battery fixed
:::up ol'
:::> Blue Mongrel just fine..... headed to OR coast this w/e and to
:::Leavenworth
:::> in northern WA following w/e .... so, again - what is digi-something?
:::is th
:::> e digifan not good? why? and can I change to the other? and why??? -
:::> Thanx all . . . . .
:::>
:::> --
:::> ~ ~ Anna Quinn-Smith
:::> Portland OR
:::>
:::
:::digifant (there is a T at the end) and digijet are both bosch fuel
:::injection
:::systems that vw used. digijet was used 85 down, and digifant was used 86
:::up.
:::presumably the digifant gets better fuel economy, but its not much. the
:::digifant seems to be more tempermental and the ECU's can be problematic,
:::but i
:::wouldnt bother swapping your entire fuel injection system over.. that
:::would be a
:::huge job, not worth the gain.
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