T3 Syncro 1.9D engine

[LostValleyBoy]

Hi,
Have been looking at a T3 Syncro Caravelle with a 1.9D engine.
Have trawled cyberspace for info, but not turning up anything of interest (mostly info about 2.1 petrol and 1.6 TD's).
I seem to remember reading it produced roughly the same hp as the 1.6TD???

How common is this variant? Engine no's? Any positives/negatives I should know about it?

Byron - Norway

[jebiga41]

A 1.9 diesel is a conversion not a stock engine depending on who did it you may still have the JX exhaust parts fitted including the Turbo.The 1Y usually comes out of a Golf/Vento/Passat and produces about 64 hp @ 4400 rpm about 5-6 horses down on the JX but has more torque so can make up for it in that way. The 1Y is a great engine quite bullet proof due to lack of a turbo had one in my hightop camper for over a year and was in Tinkerbelle AKA the Horse before it got an AAZ. The one I had, had 200,000 miles on it when I installed it went to croatia and back (including going over the ALps) and all over the UK and Ireland without any problems. It was slower on acceleration and hills than the JX but had good economy and did everything that other vans did offroad. The only reason I changed it was that the head cracked when changing the injectors (some one had over torqued them previously ) Reckon a well serviced one could easliy do over 3-400, 000 miles with no problems. They can also be turboed a few lads have done it on the Brickyard with no problems if the block has 1.9D/TD on it some have the same block as an AAZ see thread and might be info on the wiki http://www.brick-yard.co.uk/forum/ky-or ... =1Y#521358" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[LostValleyBoy]

Thanks. (Liking the Rubberbandits link )

[jebiga41]

[jed the spread]

Thanks. (Liking the Rubberbandits link )

I bet he is wondering how you know that Welcome to Club 80-90 Syncronauts Byron

[jebiga41]

Actually I was but it is on the video at the start

[hotpod]

where do i look for the d/td markings. i would love to put a turbo on mine. it is geared for a 16" with a 112i so it is almost painfully slow.
some people i have asked say you cant just bolt a turbo on.
if i have the td marking on the block is there other stuff which needs changing too?

[jebiga41]

It's cast on the block from memory it's around the top of the oil pump area near the engine no but could be wrong to turbo a 1y you need an aaz and injectors or jx pump injector lines and injectors plus a jx exhaust manifold turbo and exhaust as far as I remember might be more details on the wiki or the brickyard would be worth fitting an oil cooler to the 1y turboed or not as they can work quite hard pushing a Syncro around can also get a little more poke out of the stock 1y by turning up the fuel screw an 1/8 to a 1/4 of a turn bit do so with caution and small increments as leads to higher egts

[Syncro G]

(computer having a bad day, someone will clear it up some day I guess)

[Syncro G]

A bit hard to see in a van but easy to photo in a car, its just between the core plugs under the exhaust manifold, so if you reach around the flywheel end of the engine with a camera you should get a shot after a couple of gos.

I'm not sure however if this means it has the oil squerters fitted inside the block to keep the pistons cool - rather important for a forced induction engine as they get a lot hotter at peak compression. I'm sure the block is machined for them though so maybe you can buy them seperate to fit? I was going to find out when I take out the 1Y pictured above but as I have now aquired a scrap car with ann AAZ I'm not in a hurry to cut up my work car which in all other respects seems pritty good at the moment (In fact last week I finished running it in as it has just clocked 100k miles!)

1Y's do not have more torque than a JX by the way, they are about 125Nm where as the JX is 138Nm. However I suspect the 1.9 has a much flatter torque curve than the 1.6 and most worn out JX's probubly aren't putting out what they should so the gap is smaller in reality and the better torque curve probubly makes the 1Y more drivable when its not accelerating.