help me identify what the engine code should be.....

Aug 31, 2010 3 Replies
S

Am buying a VW golf 5 door estate car Thursday.



On seller's V5C, its stated to be a VW golf estate 5 door 1.9 litre TDI SE



100PS 2002.

When sorting out insurnace, according to the insurance database, giving the reg no says its a golf GL TDI, no mention of a SE or 100PS or PD (pumpe dusse). Searching around on the net for Golf GL's indicate a earlier model year than 2002. so it may be the insurnace data base is wrong,



If its really a 100PS TDI PD engine, it should then make the engine code be ATD or AXR.



Question is which engine code for a golf estate SE? it has climatronic and hence air conditioning.



I can then look under the bonnet as part of my due diligence before parting with my hard earned cash.



Regards,



Stephen.


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M

if you look on some of the car parts sites they allow you to input the reg and you get told the engine code:

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D

SE is just the moderate bells & whistles pack, heated door mirrors etc. IIRC the roof rails are the obvious giveaway. If it's really a golf GL then it spent an awfully long time unregistered.

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Look at the data sticker under the boot carpet. It will give you the model (though it won't match the UK model names sometimes) and the engine code.

I would expect a 2002 car to have a PD100 engine: too new for a non-PD, and the 115 or 130 would have been badged GT TDI or similar, not SE.

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