Date:         Tue, 23 Mar 2010 10:59:29 -0400
Reply-To:     greg@POTTSFAMILY.CA
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From:         Greg Potts <greg@POTTSFAMILY.CA>
Subject:      Re: GoWesty 2.4 L Engine
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Hi Mark,

Well, going from one vanagon engine to another is something I did twice
last year and since I don't work on them all that often it does stick out
in my memory a bit.

Going from a 1.9 to a 2.1 I am pretty sure the throttle bodies have
different connectors, the coolant sensors are located in different places,
and I am pretty sure the AFMs aren't compatible. How it is that the Jetta
engine parts worked OK on the digi-jet harness I don't know but that's
cool no matter how you slice it.

I guess there are always different ways to solve these issues but since
the original post was about keeping it easy to work on I think it kind of
defeats the purpose to mix and match components. When a coolant line wears
out and the mechanic who doesn't know vanagons orders a replacement part
he's not gonna be too pleased with what winds up in his hands...

Happy Trails,

Greg Potts
www.pottsfamily.ca
www.pottsfamily.ca/busesofthecorn
1987 Wolfsburg Weekender hardtop Vanagon
1973 Westfakia "Bob the Tomato"



>
> In a message dated 3/22/2010 7:58:26 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> greg@POTTSFAMILY.CA writes:
>
> Mixing  and matching
> components is not plug-and-play going between digifant and  digijet.
>
>
>
>
> hey Greg It depends. I put a 92 jetta motor (which is digifant ) into my
> 85
>  vannie (which is digijet).  Damn it is early ,do I have that  backwards??
> whatever   I didn't change a thing in my vannie,  everything just plugs
> in.
> only difference was the jetta had a knock sensor which  I didn't use and
> the vannie has 4 injection plugs while the jetta only has 1.  just pluged
> one
> of the vannie ones in seeing as they all fire at the same time  it made no
> difference   later  md
>