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Engine Specific Info and Questions => IDI Engine => Topic started by: rabbitman on January 26, 2012, 04:47:41 pm

Title: Which TDI starter works on a MK2 1.6?
Post by: rabbitman on January 26, 2012, 04:47:41 pm: My golf cranks too slow so I'm looking at tougher starters. Under '01 jetta TDI automatic, both are 2kw but one has 9 teeth and the other 10 teeth.......

Also I assume the 3rd bolt hole lines up with the front engine mount?

Thanks
Title: Re: Which TDI starter works on a MK2 1.6?
Post by: theman53 on January 26, 2012, 05:15:20 pm: http://www.vwdiesel.net/forum/index.php?topic=30202.0

Auto TDI works from what I have read, manual doesn't.
Title: Re: Which TDI starter works on a MK2 1.6?
Post by: rabbitman on January 26, 2012, 05:43:45 pm: Thanks I knew it should be auto but when looking on rockauto I missed that it said 10 teeth for the manual trans starter and 9 for the auto starter.
Title: Re: Which TDI starter works on a MK2 1.6?
Post by: Baron VonZeppelin on January 26, 2012, 07:53:26 pm: They also have a starter for mk1 mk2 that doesn't use the long shaft into the bellhousing. And it has planetary gears and such.
Seems like its about 20-25 above regular starter.
Title: Re: Which TDI starter works on a MK2 1.6?
Post by: damac on January 29, 2012, 12:38:49 am: I don't know technicalities but here is a copy and paste from a guy on this forum that sold me one. I love it, it seems to spin the car over faster and one day I was doing a ton of restarts without charging and at the end of the day my battery read 65% and it was still spinning the car over just as fast. Now I can't count the revolutions when it spins over :)

the cars they would come on would be a 2000 to 2003 jetta/golf/beetle TDI automatic with the 01M trans (the only auto offered from 2000 to 2003 in the TDI)
Title: Re: Which TDI starter works on a MK2 1.6?
Post by: rodpaslow on January 30, 2012, 08:07:08 am: Check this out, this is the one I used.
https://www.autohausaz.com/search/product.aspx?sid=uvmigfevm0gubc55v40m5hfy&partnumber=sr%2034x.
Title: Re: Which TDI starter works on a MK2 1.6?
Post by: oldpoopie on May 20, 2012, 09:35:02 pm: Just did this on my 85. Wow what a difference. Cranks much faster, and im using a starter from an auto TDI with at least 150k on it.
Title: Re: Which TDI starter works on a MK2 1.6?
Post by: damac on May 22, 2012, 09:54:35 am: Quote from: oldpoopie on May 20, 2012, 09:35:02 pm
Just did this on my 85. Wow what a difference. Cranks much faster, and im using a starter from an auto TDI with at least 150k on it.

I agree. I upgraded all my grounds on my car and added a couple extra to starter and alternator as well and its a done deal on my 85 jetta td, hot or cold :) Kind of nice to not have to deal with labored starting or chugging on these cars, which I'm sure allot has to do with maintenence.

I got a 84 jetta right now that starts real well, probably due to health of the engine, but it has a big ass clunky sounding starter that I'm afraid will go at any time. Once I fix it up to sell I will get another starter it and every vw I put back on the road.