Motor swap in a 1.8 16v

[derrickmd18 at juno.com (derrickmd18@juno.com)]

I was asking because I used to work at a Toyota dealership and I seen
technicians have a motor down to the bare block inside the car took all
the parts out and put them in a Cleaner tank, cleaned them and re
assembled the motor in the same day.  and only one tech is working on the
car.  But now that I think about it I only did one motor swap and it took
me a week to do because I ran into problems with it.  I left a ground
strap un bolts and did see it and I got a harness wire stuck between the
engine and trans.  took me a week to see it and by that time the harness
was destroyed to the point where I had to get it towed to a vw dealership
and have it repaired.  now that I have access to a lift and being where
as though my car is currently off the road I would think about a swap.

On Thu, 24 Jul 2003 17:57:06 -0700 "L F" <rocco16v@netzero.net> writes:
Think about it, der.   Rebuilding an engine will take X amount of time,
whether that engine came out of your car or is already out of someone
else's car.
 Of course, your car will be engine-less for fewer days if you rebuild a
spare engine while you continue to drive the car.
You can get the lift-work done in fewer consecutive days if you have a
rebuilt ready to go in as soon as the old one is pulled, that's easy to
figure out.
So....what was your question again?
Larry
----- Original Message ----- 
From: der flo 
To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org 
Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 8:20 PM
Subject: Motor swap in a 1.8 16v


I have a 87 vw scirocco 16v and I need to either swap the motor with a
rebuild one or rebuild mine in the car.  Which one would be the less time
consuming idea.  I have a spare motor in my garage on a engine stand with
a rebuild kit sitting in my garage.  And I have a place with a lift and
tools for 3 days.  I recently had a fuel problem with CIS-E and now my
compression went from 150 to 110 so I need to rebuild the motor or swap
it.  Please hit me back on this.

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