Is that not just a NA diesel one though? In fact that is a good point. You did get IDI engines in early mk3s, both turbo AAZ and na 1Y engine codes. Make sure you are going for a true TDI one 1Z or AHU engine codes.
I dont get all these engine code numbers and stuff, im guessing ill just write them down and look on the blocks yeah?
You should see a flat rectangular bit near the top of the block with the engine number on it, the engine code should be the first bit
SDI is non turbo and slow as a dog....................with no legs. Best not bother with that. You are looking for a TDI engine. These are turbocharged and have an intercooler. They will generally have a plastic engine cover with the letters TDI on it. The codes are generally on the timing belt cover as mentioned above. There may also be a white sticker in the boot somewhere with the vehicles specs on it. Think it has Eng / Moteur code and you will see the letters there too. 1Z and AHU are the two codes I am aware of that would be suitable. Mk4 engines are more involved to fit than the mk3 ones. EDIT Jeepers, that TDI you link us too got sold for 99p!!!
Just used trusty wikipedia and ye that engine is a WHOLE 63bhp, so yeah ill give it a miss! And as for that other golf i linked i got an email back and the car has no engine or box, someone bought it for a camper?! So pretty gutted on that half as he only wanted 250 for the whole car!
ive just fitted a mk3 1.9td engine into my 1.3 ryder , brilliant conversion , plenty of power and with the near straight through exhaust and cone filter you get some very nice turbo sounds .. go for it fella , dead easy conversion
I started doing this a couple of weeks ago, using an ARL PD engine and bigger turbo, can't wait to get it on the road!
The easiest thing would be to convert to later (CE2) fusebox, then the Mk3 diesel conversion would be plug and play (-ish)
It is a big job to change a CE1 too a CE2 wiring loom. The entire car loom needs replacing and also various components that the new loom plugs in to. EG ignition barrel, fuel tank sender / pump to name a couple. You would almost need a donor car to make it viable. Not impossible by any means, but a biggish task all the same.
Not that bad to be fair, but will require fully removing the interior, then cut/splice just at the specific components (fuel pump, etc). I`d rather do that, than try and cut/splice the entire diesel loom to suit the CE1 fusebox TBH... And if you find some breaking a car you can get the full loom off them, so no need to get a full car. That`s what I did for the princely sum of 50.
Absolutely possible, I just wanted to make folk aware of the work involved. Totally agree with using the correct type loom too. Splicing in to a CE1 is rough. Keep it all std with the CE2 fusebox and loom and everything plugs straight in, making any future fault finding that much easier too.
splicing to ce1 is pretty easy as well, there actually isnt that many wire splices to make mainly just sensor wiring. ecu relay i fit above the fusebox unless i get an 'R' plug with the donor loom. i wire these up to use the factory pump relay so can use std fuel pump lines. just need to change the plug on mk2 pump loom for a mk3 one which isnt hard match colours and away you go. I've also gone the CE1->2 route, to convert to CE2 you need: entire car loom headlight loom clocks ign switch stalks ignition lock and housing outer steering column tube fusebox hanger horn loom front indicators sidelight holders headlight switch possibly depending on age of your car you can leave the tailgate loom in, it unplugs in the c pillar which is handy. you still need to do a little splicing for interior light + heated washer jet wires, as these are a bugger to remove. also dont forget if car has cl you need to find a mk2 loom with cl, otherwise you'll have to cut the cl loom out of your old interior loom and splice that in too. also if interior loom isnt from a gti you'll also have to add the fuel pump wiring, but can just chop one out of a mk3 then run it alongside the mk2 loom, then you'll have the mk3 plug on the end. (this is the beauty of CE2, its so modular) mk3 interior loom isnt worth fitting as you'll have a bit of splicing to do to get it into the mk2, which defeats the whole point of going ce2 tbh at the end of the day, splicing in the ce1 loom is way easier and is in no way worse than ce2 functionality wise. just depends on your level of wiring ocd. diagnosing future problems are no problem as long as you do the job properly in the first place, you just use pre-90 digi/16v or gtd diagrams depending on what part you are trying to diagnose. with the right diagrams its easy to check functionality of each pin on ce2 loom to where you need to look on ce1 (or just ask me ) i make ce1 conversion looms, pm me about it if you want. be interesting to make a tdi one as ive only done abf and vr6 looms so far
oh and doing this in a B3 passat is easy, just use b4 passat tdi loom + engine. pretty much the same in the engien bay i expect. even if not the fusebox is same mk3/passat b3 & b4 so wiring wise you wont have much issue
