Very interesting! how much oil difference is it? My friend with a 2002 Passat had the sludge problem cost him about $1500 iirc. My understanding is that the engine is a nice flat torque curve so might be good for the vanagon. Personally I'd lean toward what Mark D. did for an engine swap. Edward On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 11:54 AM, Mike S <mikes@flatsurface.com> wrote: > On 1/6/2012 11:46 AM, Edward Maglott wrote: > >> wow is there a difference in the 1.8T that goes Transverse vs Longi? I >> would have thought they would be the same but for engine mounts and >> external details. >> > > Yes, the oil sumps are different (and hold different amounts of oil), > which is why one has sludge problems, while the other doesn't. > |
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