Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2007 17:50:25 -0800
Reply-To: Scott Daniel - Shazam <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
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From: Scott Daniel - Shazam <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Subject: Re: Yet Even More About My Injectors
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Well.............I must say I'm getting this 98 Imprezza 2.2 engine I an 82
diesel westy more dialed in by the day and it sure is sweet.
And like you have, I have a 2.1 running in an 83 westy ( for sale btw )
with digijet fuel system, and it does run nicely, maybe even better than a
2.1 with digifant.
In your situation, given that power went down after a low and dirty fuel
situation, rebuilding the injectors seemed logical. I don't trust rebuilt
injectors very much, I'll say that. Kind of a gamble I think, or have
experienced let's say.
Well, guess you'll be over on subaruvanagon pretty soon ! Welcome !~
Smiles,
Scott
www.turbovans.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Vdub Guy
Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2007 4:34 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Yet Even More About My Injectors
Sorry folks,
Are yoyu getting sick of my posts this week? Trust me, I'm getting sick
of asking questions about this!! It was suggested to me that I check the
injectors with a VOM to see if they are shorted out. Took both my digital
and analog meters and checked. Analog meter set to 1K, touch leads together
and needle pegs to zero-touch leads to injectors-meter pegs to zero.
Sooooooo, does this mean that I received the injectors back shorted out, I
installed them, turned the key and blew out my Euro spec ECU? Then hours
later put my original ECU back in and blew it too? I hope not. Anybody in N.
Virginia willing to let me plug my ECU's into their (1.9) Vanagons and see
if they are any good? If the ECU's are in fact ruined, I have a decision to
make. I have a Subaru 2.2 I was going to put into the Vanagon, last thing
thing was saving up the $$ to have Tom Shiels modify the harness. I can't
afford another ECU. Well, I can, but I don't see the sense in pouring more
money into it at this point. N
ow, when I bought this Vanagon 15 months ago it had a seized engine. First
thought was a Subaru conversion, but I found a 2.1 and followed Jim
Thompson's write up and put it in using the Digijet injection. It ran
beautifully, so well, in fact that I thought the hell with the Subaru
conversion. Then I ran it low on fuel coming back from Everybus in
April-VERY low. After filling up, I barely made it home. Found the fuel
filter totally clogged. Replaced that and it was running again-but it never
had the power it did originally. Changed out the fuel filter again a month
ago, but it was clean. That led me to think that the injectors may be the
problem. Sent them off to be cleaned and sure enough they come back with a
report showing 3 of the 4 were in bad shape. Great, I thought, this had to
be were my lost power was. Christmas day I put my newly cleaned injectors
back in, eagerly anticipating taking it for a drive-now here I am with a
dead Vanagon. Wish I had it back with the low power!
Jeff
PS- I don't want this message to start a debate about the merits of the
Subaru conversion!
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