Date:         Sun, 25 Nov 2007 22:05:15 -0800
Reply-To:     Michael Elliott <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Michael Elliott <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: idle fuel calculations
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D-jet has two switches, one which closes at WOT, one at idle, and they
both hook to the same pin on the ECU.

--
Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
KG6RCR



On 11/25/2007 9:05 PM Gregory Smith wrote:

> Hey Dennis and everyone,
>
> Perhaps I'm confusing DigiJet and L-Jet.  I know the TPS on L-Jet cuts the
> O2 sensor at idle and WOT, and I can't recall now if the TPS on the Vangon
> ('84) does, perhaps it is just WOT.  It's too cold here (38ºF) for be to
> bother looking.  Later Vanagons might be different?  I'll be finding out
> soon if I buy my next one, an '87.
>
> So if I'm full of it I'm sorry! :)
>
> Gregory Smith
> Olympia, WA
> '84 Vanagon
>
>> Who told you the ECU does not use the O2 sensor at idle? It definatley is.
>> Only if something is worng or the settings are so far out the system can
>> not
>> compensate will it not maintain control.