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Date:         Fri, 3 Sep 1999 23:54:52 -0400
Reply-To:     Bill Thomas <vanagon@MINDSPRING.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Bill Thomas <vanagon@MINDSPRING.COM>
Subject:      Re: Digijet ecu failures --- Help !
In-Reply-To:  <29370906.2501c569@aol.com>
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I have the same problem with my 83.5 Digijet. My Westy is sitting dead in the driveway with full-on injectors again about 300 miles after ECU was rebuilt. Could not find fault with the harness when checking for shorts while flexing wiring.

Injectors read 8 to 10 ohms resistance. One source listed about 16 ohms as spec. These are new Bosch injectors installed last year - possibly defective and causing the ECU components to overheat?

Looking for answers. Any clues out there? Eager to get my Westy dependable for the cool Fall weather approaching but do not want to be stranded in the back of beyond.

At 08:44 PM 9/3/99 EDT, you wrote: >My '84 Westy with the Digijet fuel injection has just blown another ECU. >The third in 6 months! I havent had the chance to thoroughly check out the >wiring yet but something must be causing this. The van runs faultlessly >between failures. When they go the injectors are locked open so there must >be a path directly to ground as the injecters are modulated to ground to >operate. >Has anybody else had these failures with the Digijet model? What did the >solution turn out to be ? >Any help will be greatly appreciated. Steve >


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