I have purchased a 91 VW Golf. I can't get the engine ID to match up with my Chiltons manual. I know I need to get a Bently but for now that's all I have. The VIN number is 3VWFA21GXMM. The flat spot next to the spark plugs reads: TOP GOE, 026103983. The head has cast into it: 026103373AA 3ME. The label under the hood reads: Engine Family MVW 1.8 V5FWB6 1781cc. Chiltons says it should be RV.
Engine id (two char.) is on the block just under the coolant connection.
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All the U.S. engines in the 87-92 Golfs and Jettas where RV or PF Code Engines. The engine code is stamped on the block, just below the edge of the cylinder head between the number 3 and 4 cylinders. Sometimes there is rust, Paint, or oil crud there(or all three). A wire brush will reveal the engine code stamped there.
Not so, My '87 GTi has an RD engine, and in case you argue that a GTi is not a Golf, the '87 Jetta GLi came with the RD engine as well.
The comment is probably best written as all Digifant engines in Golf/GTIs/Jettas for the US are either RV or PF. Digifant was used in very late '87 and later A2 gas-powered cars that were 8V engines. (So '87 is a mixed year.)
Most are RV. The PF engines were the dual-downpipe ones, found in 8v GTIs, Golf GTs, and some (all?) Jetta Carats. Base and GL Golfs and Jettas were the RV ones. The only exception is 1990-1992 8Vs in California were RVs instead of PFs, even if they were GTIs and Carats.
On Fri, 17 Sep 2004 17:31:31 -0700, "Matt B." wrote: i just looked at the codes for the non-gti/gli models. sorry...forgot the rd code engines...sheesh...sorry, and i forgot the
16v engines too soory if i caused any confusion
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