Re: [non-roc]Re: Digifant

["Bill Collins" <photo@intrex.net>]

The golf CIS system looks like any other CIS system (although they moved most of the components over to the passenger side of the car.  Do you have a fuel distributor with a braided line going to each injector?  If, its CIS.  
Do you have a single fuel rail running along the intake manifold, with the injectors plugged into it and do the injectors have electrical connections?  If so, you have digifant. 

I don't recall when the 8v golf cut over to digifant.  The '86 Jetta was CIS and the '89 Digifant.

Digifant seems to be reliable, unless you have a bad ground connection to the starter and fry the $500 computer module!

Bill
---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: "Casey Webster" <tinfool@home.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 15:29:26 -0400

>Is there a way to tell by looking at the engine compartment if my 88 golf is
>digifant?
>
>I bought an 88 golf last week for $600cdn for a winter car.  I'm having a
>few unexpected problems with the engine at the moment.....
>
>see, I am a digifant virgin, so I was wondering.......is digifant a reliable
>system and fairly easy to work with, or should I go and look for another cis
>car since I already know how to work on them?
>
>TIA
>Casey
>84 CIS Roc
>88 Digifant? Golf
>
>
>
>
>>>--- Casey Webster <tinfool@home.com> wrote:
>>>> Could someone tell me what the difference is between
>>>> a digifant engine and a
>>>> CIS engine?  What year did digifant first start
>>>> appearing in VWs?
>>>
>>>Digifant and CIS are fuel management systems (fuel
>>>injection). CIS has many variants and was developed by
>>>Bosch.
>>>
>>>In the U.S., Digifant appeared in A2 Golfs and Jetta
>>>8V cars starting in 1988 (I'm not sure when, but the
>>>Cabriolet and Golf followed not too long after),
>>>ending in 1992. Digifant is "officially" a VW
>>>developed system. Just about everyone stays away from
>>>Digifant if they are looking for performance, as it
>>>does not lend itself to mods.
>
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