steveo654 Posted May 5, 2019 Share Posted May 5, 2019 Looking for any vw golf buffs out there, i know plenty about old fords but im lost here! got a mk4 golf 1.9tdi estate as a round about, after driving it a thought it was strangley fast! Im told there 130 and 150bhp versions of this engine, not sure how to identify it? Cheers guys! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taffin Posted May 5, 2019 Share Posted May 5, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, steveo654 said: Looking for any vw golf buffs out there, i know plenty about old fords but im lost here! got a mk4 golf 1.9tdi estate as a round about, after driving it a thought it was strangley fast! Im told there 130 and 150bhp versions of this engine, not sure how to identify it? Cheers guys! Edit: the link I posted didn't help. There is a site online that will show you from the reg but I can't remember what it is. Also doesn't help if it's not standard I guess. Edited May 5, 2019 by Taffin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveo654 Posted May 5, 2019 Author Share Posted May 5, 2019 2 minutes ago, Taffin said: Edit: the link I posted didn't help. There is a site online that will show you from the reg but I can't remember what it is. Also doesn't help if it's not standard I guess. I have looked on parkers and a few off these places but cant see, tricky one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taffin Posted May 5, 2019 Share Posted May 5, 2019 Yeh sorry, I thought I could remember which one it was. I had similar, was trying to find the bhp of my scirocco. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heartsfc_fan Posted May 5, 2019 Share Posted May 5, 2019 1 hour ago, steveo654 said: Looking for any vw golf buffs out there, i know plenty about old fords but im lost here! got a mk4 golf 1.9tdi estate as a round about, after driving it a thought it was strangley fast! Im told there 130 and 150bhp versions of this engine, not sure how to identify it? Cheers guys! From memory I think you can tell by the TDi badge on the car. How many letters are red? If it's just the letter i that's red, it's the 130bhp version. Both the i and D letters are red, it's the higher powered 150bhp version. Something like that anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveo654 Posted May 5, 2019 Author Share Posted May 5, 2019 1 hour ago, heartsfc_fan said: From memory I think you can tell by the TDi badge on the car. How many letters are red? If it's just the letter i that's red, it's the 130bhp version. Both the i and D letters are red, it's the higher powered 150bhp version. Something like that anyway. I will have a check, just the sort of random thing only a vw fan would know ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milky_26 Posted May 5, 2019 Share Posted May 5, 2019 i think there might be something on your V5 that will give an engine code that if you look here will tell you which bhp http://***-codes.info/***-engines Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveo654 Posted May 5, 2019 Author Share Posted May 5, 2019 1 hour ago, milky_26 said: i think there might be something on your V5 that will give an engine code that if you look here will tell you which bhp http://***-codes.info/***-engines Really useful link, thats for posting milky! Aprecciated ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watt-Zeefuik Posted May 6, 2019 Share Posted May 6, 2019 12 hours ago, steveo654 said: Looking for any vw golf buffs out there, i know plenty about old fords but im lost here! got a mk4 golf 1.9tdi estate as a round about, after driving it a thought it was strangley fast! Im told there 130 and 150bhp versions of this engine, not sure how to identify it? Cheers guys! Having just donated my finally no longer functional 19 year old TDI Jetta, I'll just say the TDI engine is really torquey, and picks up off the line much faster than you'd expect given its HP numbers. The US model I had was listed at 90 hp (don't know the bhp offhand) but when it was new it could pop off the line faster than anything but a muscle car without much effort. When you got up to highway speeds and stomped on the gas, the HP difference became much more noticeable, but for driving curvy roads and the like it was a great, great driving car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveo654 Posted May 6, 2019 Author Share Posted May 6, 2019 4 hours ago, Ugly American said: Having just donated my finally no longer functional 19 year old TDI Jetta, I'll just say the TDI engine is really torquey, and picks up off the line much faster than you'd expect given its HP numbers. The US model I had was listed at 90 hp (don't know the bhp offhand) but when it was new it could pop off the line faster than anything but a muscle car without much effort. When you got up to highway speeds and stomped on the gas, the HP difference became much more noticeable, but for driving curvy roads and the like it was a great, great driving car. It does seem to have a lot of low end grunt, i have had a few quick cars, 330s rs turbos imprezas gt4, this old engine is suprisingly good! A remap or some mild tunning would be interesting ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronJambo Posted May 6, 2019 Share Posted May 6, 2019 Will it maybe show up from the reg number if you went through the motions of selecting your car with an online insurance quote? I'd ask a VW dealership if I couldn't find out otherwise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gorgie Posted May 6, 2019 Share Posted May 6, 2019 Go onto an insurance comparison site and enter your reg. That will tell you what model it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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