1997 jetta tdi or idi?

[wdkingery]

A friend just bought a 1997 jetta tdi. But i thought they were 1.9l idi motors? It clearly had tdi badges on it.

[bajacalal]

I would think it's early TDI.

[the caveman]

It could be an idi, IF it was imported into the US. If it was originally bought new in the US , it's a TDI

[vanbcguy]

There were 1997 TDIs in Canada - I've seen one.  Generally speaking, regardless of the car manufacturer, all bets are off as to what you find under the hood of a Canadian car.  We have all kinds of oddballs as we're often the dumping ground for the previous generation's leftover parts, at least until they run out.

[R.O.R-2.0]

A friend just bought a 1997 jetta tdi. But i thought they were 1.9l idi motors? It clearly had tdi badges on it.

in the USA, there never was a 1.9 IDI available. only 1.9 we got was the TDI..

[BigVWman]

 
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in the USA, there never was a 1.9 IDI available. only 1.9 we got was the TDI..
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 There are some lurking around  here in the US though they were never sold here originally! Canada they had both but i thought it was rare to see an idi in the 97's.

[wdkingery]

It just looks so like mine.. Injectors in the same spot and all. Pump was missing the smoke screw tho.

[vanbcguy]

It just looks so like mine.. Injectors in the same spot and all. Pump was missing the smoke screw tho.

When new, they came with a plastic shield over the top of the engine.  That sometimes gets removed though, so it may or may not be there.  The pump itself is different - there is no LDA and there is a large connector with multiple wires going to the pump.  The glow plugs and injectors are in a different location on the head as well.  Other than that though they are very, very similar - the actual block is essentially identical, just the pistons and head are different.

They really are just an evolution of the IDI engines!

[R.O.R-2.0]

in the USA, there never was a 1.9 IDI available. only 1.9 we got was the TDI..
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 There are some lurking around  here in the US though they were never sold here originally! Canada they had both but i thought it was rare to see an idi in the 97's.
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there were no commercially available 1.9 IDIs, i should have said. yes, they are around. i know of a 1Y idi thats literally 2.5 miles from my house. the old guy that owns it, ran it once, over heated it bad enough to destroy the head, and now he wants $1100 for basically a questionable long block.. cause he had to pay $2200 from VW brand new. he can sit on it and age for all i care. if im spending over a grand, i want there to be no doubt in my mind that its gonna work good for a while..