Author Topic: Need help with engine ID (Read 1696 times)

veedubcanuck · « **on:** January 06, 2009, 01:59:54 pm »

How can I tell what engine I have when the ID area of the block is pitted too bad to read? The engine is not in a car so I don't know what it was I . It is a 1.6TD from somewhere around 83?? What can I look at to tell?
Thanks

veedubcanuck · « **Reply #1 on:** January 06, 2009, 02:09:47 pm »

From the number on the pump it looks like it was from an 83-84 rabbit. I think the guy it was from also said it was a rabbit now that I think of it.

Smokey Eddy · « **Reply #2 on:** January 06, 2009, 04:05:01 pm »

well im pretty sure the model of the car doesn't make a huge difference...

You want to know if its like MF or something?

I would clean the area with lacquer thinner where it's supposed to be printed and then put paper over it and with a black sharpie (the wedge kind) just lightly shade over it and you might be able to make it out that way?

veedubcanuck · « **Reply #3 on:** January 06, 2009, 04:11:01 pm »

Yes, that is what I am after. There is no way to read what was there, I wire brushed, scraped, and then used my small sandblaster to get the rust away and there is no hope of getting anything from there....

Smokey Eddy · « **Reply #4 on:** January 06, 2009, 04:13:12 pm »

Sh!tty.... Hmmmmmm.

well you could start listing the parts on it? Hahaha
like the number off the injection pump, what turbo you have, and so on. Maybe post a pic too? There are a few guys on here who know VWs like the back of their hand.

TurboJ · « **Reply #5 on:** January 06, 2009, 04:41:17 pm »

One of those and an angle grinder worked for me