[Vwdiesel] 1.5 or 1.6 pistons?
Roger Brown
r.c.brown at ieee.org
Wed Nov 20 13:39:38 EST 2002
Bart Wineland wrote:
>
> I contacted a fellow that is selling some VW diesel parts on e-bay
> looking for a single piston for my '89 na original engine I am hoping to
> put back together. When I bought the car the engine was shot and it turned
> one of the pre-combustion plugs came out of its place at some time and
> hammered itself into the top of the piston and egg shaped the original seat
> it came out of so badly it trashed the head. I have since found what I
> think to be a good replacement hydraulic head but need one piston and
> rod. This fellow says he has a full set he is willing to sell very
> reasonably but doesn't know if they came from a 1.5 or 1.6. Actually I am
> wondering if they are possibly the same and the engines were just stroked
> differently or do I need to pull one of mine to get some measurements to
> compare to his?
Seem to be the same dia.:
http://4crawler.cruiserpages.com/Diesel/index.shtml#EngineSpecs
Not sure if there are any other differences, tho.
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