Awh And Auy Engine

[Trislander]

I think I've found a decent priced recon engine for my mark 2 now I'm no sucker but the seems genuine and it's from a VW salvage centre

My current knackered engine is AUY 115bhp but the engine avail is AWX 130bhp he believes it won't be a problem and has done many a galaxy engine in his time. The only thing he said to check out would be the position on the crankshaft which being not mechanically minded I need my mechanic to confirm

Any thoughts please?

[insanitybeard]

I'm not sure on this but if you are fitting an engine of a different code and power output, there's a very good chance the engine management will be different or at least calibrated differently- does the seller have the ecu and possibly wiring to go with the engine? If not I doubt it will be as simple as 'plug and play'.

[Trislander]

Hmmmmm wayyyyyy too technical now lol

He's on his lunch break waiting for a call back now ill ask but he seems very confident all will be ok and it does appear to be a very good reputable company

[insanitybeard]

Well, put it this way..... if the engine has a different power output it could be down to several things...... different turbochargers, different injectors, different camshaft etc etc, but I would be very surprised if the engine management setup was exactly the same for engines of different power outputs. I stand to be corrected because I do not know for sure regarding the PD engines in particular, but for the reason above I would be surprised if the engine management was the same for all power output variations!

[Trislander]

Have spoken to the chap again he has reassured me the engine is suitable for mine fingers crossed

[chrispb123456]

Also check the bracket for the air charge pipe is present on the sump, as it may not have the drillings for it, although it can probably be swapped over with your old one.

[Trislander]

Cheers

[Trislander]

Have now bought this engine and work will begin Monday fingers crossed all goes well

[sasquartch]

One drawback is that you should really tell your insurance company - as the car is now modified from standard there might be a loading on the premium.

[daddyfixit]

did you get it from bootle ?

[seatkid]

hope you got the AWX ecu with it, I doubt your old AUY ecu will work with it...

[Trislander]

Yes I did

[Trislander]

So far so good with this new engine