peasey Posted March 5, 2008 Report Posted March 5, 2008 hi all,i have just bought a sharan,ok i know its not a ford but in my eyes they are the same!!now its a 2 litre auto and the engine is shot but my question is has it got the same engine in as mondeo 2litre and while im there could i change the auto box for a manual as i know to replace the engine you have to remove both.its a 99 s plate.and is the engine swap as easy as the haynes book of lies makes out? Quote
kmac Posted March 5, 2008 Report Posted March 5, 2008 The engines on the Sharans are VW engines hwereas those on the Galaxy are Ford engines so no they are not the same. I will have to leave it to those more competent han me to comment on the ease or ortherwise of changing the engine. I would have thought a direct swap with the same engine would be hard enough without having to worry about wether a completely different engine will do the trick. How are you planning to lift it out by the way? Not by hand I hope. Quote
peasey Posted March 5, 2008 Author Report Posted March 5, 2008 no not lifting it by hand as it needs to be taken out from underneath lol.now thats very interesting about the engines i always thought that ford supplied the 2 and 2.3 engines to the sharan and vw supplied the 2.8 to ford oh well i better start looking at vw lumps then Quote
NikpV Posted March 5, 2008 Report Posted March 5, 2008 ~I thought that the 2.3 were Ford engines - maybe wrong though since I drive a diesel :lol: :lol: Quote
zorgman Posted March 5, 2008 Report Posted March 5, 2008 the ford 2l is a old scorpio or transit 8v. the sharan uses a different vw lump not sure what it is. the gearbox is a vxt75 whereas the ford is a mtx75.i had the same idea when i bought a 2l gaxy and went into it in depth and the answer your looking for is no you cant as its all different wiring, ecu, engine mounts, gbox, the lot infact i sold the ga 2l and got a sharan tdi. Quote
mk2vr6 Posted March 5, 2008 Report Posted March 5, 2008 VW petrol 2.0ltr ADY lump as for the auto to manual swap? can be done if you have the parts but the cost in time not just money wouldnt really be worth it! engine, gearbox, pedal box, interior trim, loom, ecu clock..... find another lump and leave it as an auto :lol: Quote
peasey Posted March 5, 2008 Author Report Posted March 5, 2008 i think i will leave it as a auto. now this brings me to my next question does the sharan share the same engine with anything else in the vw range? say for example a golf?sorry that its not ford related but you are a real helpfull bunch and always answer!! thanks in advance Quote
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