Hi guys,

I’m rebuilding my 1.6 pick up with a 1.6 EEA engine and while doing the strip I’ve noticed that I have a slightly bend con rod.

Does anyone have a con rod with the marking 032D for sale?

Regards Rob

VAG 047 105 401 A

https://webautocats.com/etka/skoda/fav/107/105050/

Is this?

Edited 17 December, 202517 Dec by D.FYLAKTOS

036198401G

This is the part no, but it's rather hard to find free floating on the web. I would still advise on getting it straightened; it's not that big of a deal, really.

If you want, I can source it for you as it is still available.

To this you must add ~21 euros for shipping. I dont want anything else, will ship it directly to your address.

1 hour ago, Thefeliciahacker said:

036198401G

This is the part no, but it's rather hard to find free floating on the web. I would still advise on getting it straightened; it's not that big of a deal, really.

If you want, I can source it for you as it is still available.

To this you must add ~21 euros for shipping. I dont want anything else, will ship it directly to your address.

I was hoping to find one locally for around the £30-40 mark but am i living in the 00's?

€100 is 1/3 of what i paid for the van and as I'm working to a budget i think ill have a go at straightening it first, because like you say "I've nothing to lose" but thanks for the offer.

Is there not a UK club for these VW pick-ups as they seem to be fashionable at the moment, this might give further help and advice on the vehicle and parts availability in the UK, also there must(?) be clubs for the VW cars that use that engine you could enquire with, someone might have an old engine lying around or broken you could get cheap used parts from.

Also you could look at "classic" car markets, ebay, "classic" car meets, on t'web or even paper printed media - somewhere there'll be a bloke or blokes with shed(s) full of parts and garden, field or barn(s) of non-working models, this is the UK it's what some car enthusiast do.

I saw a VW pick-up pass nearby to where I live and a modified (slamm'd?) VWŠkoda version in town centre a couple of months back and I don't get out or about much!

1 hour ago, Rsedmonds said:

€100 is 1/3 of what i paid for the van and as I'm working to a budget i think ill have a go at straightening it first, because like you say "I've nothing to lose" but thanks for the offer.

Ah okay, if I were in your position, I would do the same. Straighten it, and it's gonna be okay

I’ve had a go at straightening the con rod a feel like I was getting somewhere but though I got it straight(ish) from the front from the side it still had a buckle. I’ve found a 036198401G for sale at £40 which I’m going to buy for the piece of mind it gives.

Just now, Rsedmonds said:

I’ve had a go at straightening the con rod a feel like I was getting somewhere but though I got it straight(ish) from the front from the side it still had a buckle. I’ve found a 036198401G for sale at £40 which I’m going to buy for the piece of mind it gives.

6 hours ago, nta16 said:

Is there not a UK club for these VW pick-ups?

There is but when it comes to other manufacturers I’m not sure whether the engine codes carry over or if they have their own (but would think they would). I have looked and it’s a bit of a mind field to navigate if I’m honest.

1.6 AEE went in lots of VW models so plenty of info about on it, if there are any differences in parts numbers between the different VW brands at the time I don't know but later parts can have different suffix letters and alternative parts numbers as time goes on.

Yours has a VAG number the relevance of the G suffix I haven't a clue but be aware neither do some parts sellers so what they list as 036198401G may be actually part 036198401(whatever suffix) or a different/alternative part number which might be the same part with no difference(s) or some differences, which is why you buy from knowledgeable and dependable suppliers but even they can make mistakes as do the part manufacturers with cataloguing the parts they make.

I'm sure the others would know if any particular caution is needed in sourcing a suitable con-rod.

ETA: always check and cross reference with several reliable sources any information you get from any source (including from manufacturers) and especially compatibility lists.

I have experienced and seen errors in these quite a few times over the decades particularly when databases are merged or format changed (such as "putting on to the computer"). Errors and omissions are continued and copied, sometimes even the wrong data applied and presented (such as eBay seller copying the wrong list off somewhere else).

1 hour ago, Rsedmonds said:

ah damn it its bent buckled and most likely twisted, you cannot really align it, although they seem on the same pane so it could be serviceable, I'm sorry man

29 minutes ago, Thefeliciahacker said:

ah damn it its bent buckled and most likely twisted

Hence my angle of the dangle test suggestion, looking at photos only gets you so far.

31 minutes ago, Thefeliciahacker said:

although they seem on the same pane so it could be serviceable

This could be tried just for practice once the new part has been fitted and working as it doesn't matter if successful and how successful or not, and it's still learning.

On 17/12/2025 at 23:20, nta16 said:

This could be tried just for practice once the new part has been fitted and working as it doesn't matter if successful and how successful or not, and it's still learning.

Yeah, sadly a multi bent con rod is very hard to align without speciality equipment if it were mine and I knew it hadn't come from a hydrolock, then a single buckle I would try to straighten but this multi pane its impossible without a jig.

@Rsedmonds in my opinion made the right decision to go for a new rod given the circumstances

3 hours ago, Thefeliciahacker said:

Yeah, sadly a multi bent con rod is very hard to align without speciality equipment if it were mine and I knew it hadn't come from a hydrolock, then a single buckle I would try to straighten but this multi pane its impossible without a jig.

@Rsedmonds in my opinion made the right decision to go for a new rod given the circumstances

A well made new rod would always/usually be preferable. You also bring up another point which I might have missed the explanation to, the cause of these bend(s), buckle(s) and twist.

Edited 19 December, 202519 Dec by nta16