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Engine Specific Info and Questions => IDI Engine => Topic started by: TJ2 on January 13, 2010, 05:34:52 pm
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http://saltlakecity.craigslist.org/pts/1543546872.html
(http://saltlakecity.craigslist.org/pts/1543546872.html)
I called the guy about this engine and he claims it's an official VW of Canada rebuild. He bought it at auction and doesn't really know anything about it. Is there any chance it's an AAZ? Wonder how hard it would be to find a donor to get the stuff to make it run?
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I repaired the link to this engine listing. . . it should work now.
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I think that is a 1.5l
100% for sure not an AAZ
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that is *FOR SURE* a 1.5 diesel. the oil return on the front of the head is tiny also. dead give away.
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Interesting. . . thanks for the info. He told me it was a 1.9 which would make sense IF it was out of a Vanagon.
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Wouldn't it be a gasser then?
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The block only has a D on the back does this not mean it is definitely a 1.5? as 1.6D was on the 1.6's? or so ive read, i think. lol
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Wouldn't it be a gasser then?
HUH?? it has a D on the block, and its obviously a diesel engine anyway. it has injector and glow plug holes.
and yes 8v, you are correct. the 1.5 have a straight D, the 1.6 engines say 1.6D (even the turbo engines) and the 1.9's say 1.9D/TD
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HUH?? it has a D on the block, and its obviously a diesel engine anyway. it has injector and glow plug holes.
If it's a 1.9 from a Vanagon it would be a gasser is what I was trying to ask.
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Vanagon 1.9's look like this
(http://www.gex.com/images/wbx3.jpg)
Gas only.
I don't know what the heck it is in the picture. Not a vanagon engine.
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looks like a vw rebuilt 1.5L diesel
the green paint is a sign of a vw rebuild(although someone could have painted it themselves)
and the "D" on the block shows that it is a 1.5L diesel
sounds like this fellow either has no idea what he has, or is hoping that the buyers wont know what he has, and pawn a 1.5 off for the price of a 1.9.
-Owen
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HUH?? it has a D on the block, and its obviously a diesel engine anyway. it has injector and glow plug holes.
If it's a 1.9 from a Vanagon it would be a gasser is what I was trying to ask.
alright, gotcha, i didnt expect you to think it was (the diesel in the pic) a gasser. you are smarter than that. lol now it makes sense.
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HUH?? it has a D on the block, and its obviously a diesel engine anyway. it has injector and glow plug holes.
If it's a 1.9 from a Vanagon it would be a gasser is what I was trying to ask.
Duh, yes. . . I think so. I haven't had a Vanagon for about five years. Never had a diesel Van. So, when the guy said 1.9 Vanagon diesel I was none the wiser.
I gave my Vanagon Bentley away, but just looked up parts and Vanagon diesels were apparently all 1.6l. At least that's what it looks like.
Gasser Vans were 1.9 and then 2.1 starting in about 1987.
I've got a 78 Rabbit with a very tired 1.5l. I may go down and look at this over the weekend. My concern is that the rust isn't only on the outside. IF he has paperwork verifying the rebuild, I might offer him about half what he's asking. My thinking being that it should bolt right up to what I already have.
and finally, I just rang him back up and he wants $600. . . not too sure about that.
thanks for the info
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the small yellow tag just to the left of the vacuum pump opening is the info on the vw reman. It is clearly a vw reman engine,
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HUH?? it has a D on the block, and its obviously a diesel engine anyway. it has injector and glow plug holes.
If it's a 1.9 from a Vanagon it would be a gasser is what I was trying to ask.
Duh, yes. . . I think so. I haven't had a Vanagon for about five years. Never had a diesel Van. So, when the guy said 1.9 Vanagon diesel I was none the wiser.
I gave my Vanagon Bentley away, but just looked up parts and Vanagon diesels were apparently all 1.6l. At least that's what it looks like.
Gasser Vans were 1.9 and then 2.1 starting in about 1987.
I've got a 78 Rabbit with a very tired 1.5l. I may go down and look at this over the weekend. My concern is that the rust isn't only on the outside. IF he has paperwork verifying the rebuild, I might offer him about half what he's asking. My thinking being that it should bolt right up to what I already have.
and finally, I just rang him back up and he wants $600. . . not too sure about that.
thanks for the info
where else are you going to get a brand new (basically) diesel engine? 1.5 engines run great and last forever, even with some performance out of them.
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"small bit of moisture got in the plastic bag"
I would be far more worried about the cylinders being rusty than the displacement of the engine at this point...
No matter what, one or two valves would be open and the moisture could have traveled into the cylinders and rusted them the same as the oil filter surface.
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SO, a few months ago, I started working on a diesel swap into the front side of this...
(http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s314/lilbacon3/Diesel%20Fumes/DSCF7227.jpg)
I got the engine from a VW tech in the Cleveland area who claimed it was a certified VW rebuild with roughly 8k on the clock and had been sitting for three years plugged up and covered in a barn. I gave him $800 and was on my way.
Here are some photos of the process...
(http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s314/lilbacon3/Diesel%20Fumes/DSCF7143.jpg)
(http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s314/lilbacon3/Diesel%20Fumes/DSCF7167.jpg)
(http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s314/lilbacon3/Diesel%20Fumes/DSCF7177.jpg)
(http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s314/lilbacon3/Diesel%20Fumes/DSCF7210.jpg)
(Tensioner position has since been fixed)
(http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s314/lilbacon3/Diesel%20Fumes/DSCF7225.jpg)
(http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s314/lilbacon3/Diesel%20Fumes/DSCF7270.jpg)
I tried calling all over the place about the legitimacy of the "Cert. rebuild", but VW had nothing to say. They're too enthralled in keeping the emkayfive and six owners happy. I couldn't even get a phone number or any information from VWoC or VWoA. However, seeing this one pop up, looking similar to mine, with a similar story makes me believe it a bit more.
-Chad
Toledo, OH