What I saw on my Mexican Jetta engine I installed in my Vanagon? (VC --- ;^) At least 10 points where the casing on the engine portion of wiring harness had cracked and exposed copper. (though they were *somewhat* still protected by the factory wrap) Also corrosion on the 28 contact connector between engine portion of wiring harness and ECU/etc. portion. I'm NOT saying these are common problems, but it was obvious to me that the heat and moisture, affected these portions of the wiring. If comparing a Golf or Jetta using the 2.0 AFAIK, this could happen to a German or Mexican assuming they used the same design. I think the bigger issues are how well has a given car been maintained, how many *actual* (i.e. was the engine swapped?) miles/km's on it AND has an amateur "rodder" been messing with the wiring? Check out vwvortex. There may be some useful info there. Neil. On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 8:40 AM, Neil2 <vidublu@gmail.com> wrote: > > So, . . . my original question restated is: Do Mexican Golfs have the > electrical problems like the Mexican Jettas? |
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