Hmm, there have been, what? 7 or 8 different inline 4's that VW has made. And that's just the gas powered ones. And that's just VW of Europe, and what they market in the USA. The Tiico is from VW of South Africa. While there are common parts, there are also a few unique things. Certainly a (US) Jetta engine could be used to REPLACE the tiico, with essentially only replacing the oil pan, but there are definite differences. I think someone once observed it was 1.8 heads on a 2.0 block, or maybe the other way around.
On Mar 7, 2006, at 9:25 PM, River Clan wrote: > Greetings, > > I was under the impression that a Tiico was just a jetta inline 4 > with a few different parts (oil pan, etc) to work in the vanagon. > > Was just in a conversation with some friends of a local shop, and > they said they tore one down, and were having a hellofa time finding > parts for it. Gave the impression that a lot was different. > > Any experience anyone? > > Thanks! > > Ri |
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