im replacing my 1.6 pick up engine with a straight swap for another 1.6.

nearly ready to lift it out but not sure if i can gett away with takin out engine and leavin the gear box in??

has anyone done or do i need to take the box out too?

anymore advice on this job will be more than welcome.

thanks

im replacing my 1.6 pick up engine with a straight swap for another 1.6.

nearly ready to lift it out but not sure if i can gett away with takin out engine and leavin the gear box in??

has anyone done or do i need to take the box out too?

anymore advice on this job will be more than welcome.

thanks

From having seen mine in bits recently, it looks like the gearbox also forms the engine mount too, so I suposed unbolt the box from the engine vs unbolt from chassis. My question would be: is the "new" box better than the "old" one?

Alex

ok, it depends on how you are working on it.. normally if you are on a 2 post lift you would drop the entire engine/gearbox assembly out as a whole from the bottom (it wont come out the top easily).. however if you are working on you driveway on axle stands it's easier to drop the engine and gearbox to the floor, then seperate them, then lift the engine out the top... you don't need to remove the drivesahafts from the gearbox if you do it like this as well which will save you a few quid on draining and refiling the gear oil..

it is possible to remove the engine and leave the gearbox in place but it is really really difficult because there's not much clearance to play with on the drivers side chassis rail.. also i would advise you to remove the alternator too to avoid damaging the radiator

nice one guys. took altenator and power steerin pump off, dropped both engine and gearbox seperated them and just got the new engine runnin today just as u said teflontom.

now just 4 a few teething problems. ie 1. fan belt tensioner is funny as the belt is not right?? its as if its an inch too short and the tensioner is crooked

2. think the distributor cap needs adjusted cos shes a bit missy / growlly.

need to go search 4 threads for these problems but...

any tips or solutions on these issues would be welcome thanks again men

Do you know if the donor engine is from a vehicle with similar spec to your pickup? For the 1.6 alone there are 2 different types of alternator mounting bracket/tensioner and 4 different belt lengths depending on whether PAS and/or aircon were fitted. There's certainly potential for a mixup there.

For the 1.6 alone there are 2 different types of alternator mounting

3 types :p

1. no air or pas (uses a spring under the alternator for tensioning)

2. pas

3. pas and aircon

1. fan belt tensioner is funny as the belt is not right?? its as if its an inch too short and the tensioner is crooked

2. think the distributor cap needs adjusted cos shes a bit missy / growlly.

a picture well tell a thousand words here if you have a digital camera?

there is a method for properly adjusting the ignition timing but you need access to vag-com to do it

Edited 29 October, 201015 yr by TeflonTom

3 types :p

1. no air or pas (uses a spring under the alternator for tensioning)

2. pas

3. pas and aircon

In my defence, I was thinking in terms of tensioners, and the latter two do both use the same eccentric sprung idler, don't they? Can I still pretend I was right?