Engine change and keep auto box
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adrian5675
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Engine change and keep auto box
Hello, Anybody out there any information on putting a diesel engine into a caravelle gl auto 2.1 petrol.Roger
Re: Engine change and keep auto box
This member on the Samba, mated an ALH TDI to an automatic transaxle. Unfortunately it looks like the picture links have died. http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewto ... highlight=
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busbuddy
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Re: Engine change and keep auto box
i think, but dont treat it as gospel, if you go electronic tdi that you need a tdi-auto as a donor as the ecu controls the kickdown etc
'88 1.9tdi karmann cheetah
Re: Engine change and keep auto box
The samba thread I linked above used an adapted mechanical pump. You are correct that you'd need to devise a way to control the automatic and the ECU via the pedal at the same time. It is not necessary to use a TDI that was an automatic originally in the conversion. But, in the North America market, the automatic TDI had a larger pump, but smaller injectors. So automatic pump with manual injectors would be the poor mans upgrade.