1.6 Petrol; any good?

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1.6 Petrol; any good?

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Bought my first camper today. It has a 1.6 petrol , are they any good, underpowered? reliability? Its done 95 k

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is it Aircooled?

not wanting to pi$$ on your chips but if so they are very underpowered sorry

the 2000 Aircooled is no ball of fire without some mods.

if the bus is a goodun i would look at fitting a 2000 just for useability.
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no mate its a watercooled 1.6 petrol. Will probably wait until it dies before swapping for something bigger.
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northantsandy wrote:no mate its a watercooled 1.6 petrol. Will probably wait until it dies before swapping for something bigger.
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I could be wrong but i thought the watercooled petrol engines were 1.9 or 2.1 :?

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Cheers dsa
The couple I bought it from said it was a 1.6 petrol, it confused me too. It must be a 1.9 petrol then. Are they any good?
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Take a picture of your engine bay and post it on here... :wink:

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could be a golf 1.6 motor.

are the spark plugs in a line , or 2 each side of the van?

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