[Vwdiesel] Green Striped Engine

[Chuck Carnohan]

So, if you had the complete code I suppose that one could get with VW
and find the manufacturing information to mate engine with S.N.?
Interesting but doesn't explain the green stripe.  It's gotta be a
replacement block from VW.  Remanufactured or new, I don't know.  Hagar
said that the striped 1.5L on Ebay doesn't have the code stamped in
it--- Yours does.  Go figure.

-----Original Message-----
From: TexasTDI [mailto:TexasVWdriver at hotmail.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2004 1:13 PM
To: vwdiesel at vwfans.com
Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] Green Striped Engine


Found the engine number.  It's conveniently located right below the
point where the upper radiator hose connects to the head.  All I can see
is "ME" which is the code for a naturally aspirated 1.6 D.  I can't see
the rest of the code.

Christopher J. Thornton
1991 VW Jetta 2 Door 1.6 Diesel - 242k miles
2000 VW Golf 1.9TDI (turbo diesel) - 102k miles
AMSOIL Synthetic Lubricants Dealer #1098500 http://www.amsoil.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chuck Carnohan" <CCarnoha at itd.state.id.us>
To: "TexasTDI" <TexasVWdriver at hotmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2004 1:51 PM
Subject: RE: [Vwdiesel] Green Striped Engine


I think that it is stamped on the block near the head-surface in the
same area as all the casting numbers.  If you are looking at the engine
it would be above the vaccuum pump.  I'm beginning to think that the
striped blocks were German VW manufactured blocks for dealership
installation - warranty work and the like.

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