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So, my van allegedly has the 1600cc diesel. Even bearing in mind that engin'e shortcomings, mine is woefully short on horses, about a British Cavalry-charge's worth in fact

The engine has the VW-Audi symbols cast into the head, so i'm happy it's a VW engine, but which one? Towards the bottom end are what look like the letters JD in the casing, whilst behind the injector pump is the serial 068 103373M and then further across 75 H. "WWO Germany" is also set in the casing.

A couple of photos may help with identification: -

yes...its a cs

a CS being a bog standard 1600 i guess Wellie? I need to change this engine!!

i did

psychonaut wrote:a CS being a bog standard 1600 i guess Wellie? I need to change this engine!!

You fallen in love with that scooby haven't you ?

when we first got the camper it was a novelty that it didnt accellerate very fast and wouldnt keep above 65 mph...it didnt take long at all to get fed up with this what with the long tail backs on hills and stuff.put the 1y in and its better...not greatly better but enough to keep up with the traffic...if you go down the petrol route i think you might be spending more than its worth to convert...an aaz would be the chioce,but im happy with the performance off the 1y

dwayne wrote:

psychonaut wrote:a CS being a bog standard 1600 i guess Wellie? I need to change this engine!!

You fallen in love with that scooby haven't you ?

In lust even

weldore wrote:when we first got the camper it was a novelty that it didnt accellerate very fast and wouldnt keep above 65 mph...it didnt take long at all to get fed up with this what with the long tail backs on hills and stuff.put the 1y in and its better...not greatly better but enough to keep up with the traffic...if you go down the petrol route i think you might be spending more than its worth to convert...an aaz would be the chioce,but im happy with the performance off the 1y

Thanks Wellie - is that the 1900? Is it a turbo or n/a?

and i can't get mine over 55 lolol

yeah,its the 1.9 n/a greg...it pulls up hills where the cs wouldnt...but saying that ,i gave my old engine to meggles and he has fitted it and says it is slower than the one he had that blew..so i am in the same boat as you(get ya ruddy fishing rod out me eye !!!)i dont know how good they are supposed to be as i know no different

Anyone got a 1900 block they wanna flog?!

Did you need to change the gearbox Wellie?

nope...you have everything you need on your old engine to fit it...all you do need really is an oil change ,filter and a new spigot bearing to go in the new engine(they are about 4 quid off mr baxter) and a new sump gasket if you dont use the one off the 1y

oh and the difference on my insurance was 30 quid....but its not gonna pop wheelies you know..its just better than what you got..and as for the 65 mph thing on my old one..my speedo is out but about 10 mph so i was prolly trotting along at 55 too
now the other thing is if you talk to ringo..he did the conersion and then converted to an aaz,but this starts to cost money as you need parts from a turbo engine to do that one

mrs p will likely put the kybosh on anything that costs too much money!! i'll be happy just to keep up with the traffic and not drop to 3rd on gentle motorway hills lol

i can pull away easily in 2nd...try it in yours