[Vwdiesel] aaz

[James Hansen]

Yeah, all the Canada golf diesels had the aaz turbo up to I think 97 or
early 98.  You can turn it into a 1y by changing out the manifolds and
discarding the turbo, but then a reasonably powerful fuel guzzling 1.9 litre
turbocharged marvel becomes a not powerful fuel guzzling 1.9 litre marvel.
A year later, you get a 1Z 1.9tdi that gets 65mpg. 
I don't know where they went wrong exactly.  The thing makes power, but gad
it can suck fuel.  My 97 can do 30mpg, which to compare to a monte carlo
with a 350 is okay, but not what I would really expect considering how
brilliant the 1.6td was. I thought mine had the timing off, or bad
injectors, but I went through all that, and no, it's just fine, it GETS
35mpg, 40mpg if you are really nice to it.  Once I was over that, I grew to
like the car. It's nimble. Good, safe, can haul stuff. I still have mine, a
97, stored in a container, saving it for my 13 year old daughter.
One small problem.... if you drive on dusty gravel roads, the rear window
gets covered with dust... a lot.  Really a lot, like an inch thick.
Literally. 
-james

-----Original Message-----
From: vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com [mailto:vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com] On
Behalf Of Travis Gottschalk
Sent: February-05-11 11:39 PM
To: vwdiesel at vwfans.com
Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] aaz


Pretty sure all the AAZ engines were turbo. I think the non turbo version is
a 1Y. Roger has one in his truck without the turbo. I don't think they would
want to code engines with the same code if they are different since there is
a few more things then just a turbo in differences like the injection pump
on some of them. 
> 
> Today's Topics:
> 
>    1. AAZ engines (Sandy Cameron)
> 
> ---
> I own one in a 94 jetta, very reliable (the engine) the rest of the car is
> an electrical disaster.
> 
> Were all AAZs Turbos? (Golf, Jetta, etc.)
> 
> I know the AAZ is used non-turbo for a lot of industrial applications, but
> unsure if any of the cars from 93 to 97 were NA.
> 
> Thinking of shopping for an AAZ golf before they all rust out.
> 
> Sandy
 		 	   		  
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