how to tell the engine size from the outside?

2,457 posts · joined Jan 2004 · 23 Jul 2005, 1:40 pm

#388913

as the heading says....
how can you determine the size of the engine from the outside without stripping it down to measure barrels etc.
is it to do with the engine number?

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1,591 posts · joined Apr 2004 · 23 Jul 2005, 1:45 pm

#388914

the letter/s before the number 2 my knowledge, thats if its a factory spec egine still anways

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111 posts · joined May 2004 · 24 Jul 2005, 10:58 am

#389213

I have the "idiots guide" which tells us that stuff. You do need the chassis or engine number from rego cert. Post it and I can tell you.

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1,945 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 24 Jul 2005, 5:13 pm

#389286

With type 1 engines, the engine code only really tells you what the case is. Most VW engines would have been rebuilt by now, so you will commonly find 1300 or 1500 engines with 1600 barrels and pistons because the fit with next to no modification. The 1600 barrels wont fit 1200 engines though.

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