what is the engine?

hi i have a friend who's bought a 1.8 gti (mk2) engine and it has no engine code apart from just the letter "A" and there are differences in the shape of the piston crown. can anyone give me any info on this please thanks in advance.

 

What age is the car?
If it has braided steel lines going to the injectors it is a kjet EV code. If not it will be a digipants PB code.
The A on the back of the block is just a casting number and not that relevant.

 

it has no other codes on it egb ev or anything, the thing thats confusing is the pistons are different and it goes like f**k for some reason and we don't know why its ruuning k-jet by the way

 

There should be a flat area about 20mm x 80mm at the top of the block above the oil filter housing just before the cylinder head and under the water outlet to the radiator. This should have the engine numbers on it. They can get rusty and hard to read though.

Get some pics up if you can to help identify.

 

Yep pics would help!!

 

This may even be one of those 16v I have heard about.

 

Lets hope not

 

It can't be a 16v, he says it is fast.

 

Its must be the immense 8v torque that we're all familiar with then

 

Gents Please enough with the use of that word

there is and will always only be 8V

 

bloke the other day needed a tow, "your never gonna pull me with a 16v mate" said he, "no worries bruv" said I, "its an 8".

 

He's lost 1st/2nd/3rd , but the shear anount of torque from the all famous 8v will get him through anything

 

Engine code is pp091438, is that right?

 

i think its more likely PB091438

what reg is the car?

 

He says he's bought an engine, not a car....

Show us a picture of the back of the cylinder head, from above.

 

just a picture would help.