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Subject:My Digifant Opinion
From:J Frank Hammontree
Date:Mon, 27 Apr 1998 00:36:19 -0400

> <<Foxes are junk and worthless. stick with Digifant,
> 89 or newer. It's a very simple fuel injection system and they run smoother
> than the CIS cars.

Just to throw my 2 cents into the pot,  I believe the Digifant is one of
the Biggest piece of Crap systems ever made.  But then again I own a
vehicle with the Digifant system and I love that van with all my heart,
when it runs properly.  My Digifant computer recently went out on my 86
Vanagon.  VW wants over $700 for the computer and My parts dealer told
me he would sell it to me at his cost, which was $440.  I pmailed
several people on the list who are parting out vanagons and the general
response was, "Thats not for sale, I've read about all the problems with
the Digifant and I don't want to buy one myself."

The problem with the Digifant is that VW tried to intergrade the
ignition system with the injection system.  So if you have a problem
with one system you often can have a problem with the other. This can
make things extremely frustrating when you are trying isolate an
electrical problem.  If you think mechanical work is expensive, look
into the prices for electricl work.  This has been proven to be the case
and therefore the DigifantII was born. The DigifantII is basicly the
same as the original Digifant, but with the incorporation of the CIS's
ignition control unit.  This is used to try to separate the ignition and
fuel systems.  I am not a huge fan on the DigifantII but it is better
than the original Digifant.  The Digijet(CIS-E) is the most troublefree
system.

As for the Fox, I would not be afraid to own one.  It is a great
economical VW...if that is possible, but the Jetta would be my choice
over the Fox.  Anyhow this is just my opinion and goodluck to everyone.

David Hammontree

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