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Can anyone help with identification of this rebuild. It's a VW recycling symbol then a number in place of the original engine number.



I got it for parts a few years ago and having a sort out. Pistons are 94.5 so has been rebored.

Thanks

Mark

Morning WVM.

I had similar questions some months ago.
( I am assuming it is water cooled here. )
Without the engine number, your best clues are to look at part numbers on the heads, inlet manifold and see if the pulley has marks for BTDC or ATDC.

You will notice all of those parts can be changed out though, so they are not definitive. ( Example, I had DF manifold on a DG engine. )
Other than that, you would need to know the internals.

On me phone at the mo and it's being pants on photobucket
Before the 230 there is a feint letter?
Pretty sure the Letter (C or G?) is the year of exchange manufacture and the 230 denotes week/month or day/week. For example month 2 and day 30 or day 2 of week 30.

Sure I've got a link saved on my laptop. Will look later.

If it's a carb engine the chances are it's a DG but check the carb ... if it's a Pierburg it's a DG, Solex or summat else possibly a DF. There's always the possibility it could be a 2.1 running a carb in which case it will almost certainly have the oil cooler block between the oil filter and the engine case.

Ian.

Thanks. I'm fairly sure it's a 2.1. It was partially stripped so no carb but the mechanical fuel is blanked off. I suppose I could measure the wear mark on the barrel to get the stroke.

The stamp looks like an @ but with VW in the middle. Was wondering if it could be a VW rebuild if there is such a thing.

Mark

Take a spark plug out, wind engine to tdc, poke a bit of stiff wire in and mark it with a pen. Turn the crank 180 degrees and do the same.
Measure between the marks.
The difference between a 69mm and 76mm crank will be obvious.

And yes the VW roundel with two arrows wrapping around it indicates a factory remanufactured unit. Could have been done anytime up until circa 2011 iirc (the last ones had VW Poland cast on top of the water rail of each head)