how do do tell the difference in a PD

[Jayt]

i'm a bit lost, how do you know the difference in a PD engine and a standard one! i was going to do the biodiesel thing and have been told its not good for a pd engine,

 

[glynnd]

Pd engine power outputs are 115 bhp 130 bhp 150bhp and 160bhp
90bhp and 110bhp are non pd engines

 

[googies]

Also 105 bhp engines (1.9 Pd TDI's) and 140 bhp engines (2.0 PD TDI's).

 

[CHR15B]

Also 105 bhp engines (1.9 Pd TDI's) and 140 bhp engines (2.0 PD TDI's).

I didn't think the 2.0 engines where Pump Dusse... I thought they were Common Rail

 

[T. Spark]

I didn't think the 2.0 engines where Pump Dusse... I thought they were Common Rail

I believe they are common rail from what I have read up on, both the 140PS and 170PS guise.

Also the 105PS model has the updated ECU16 on the 1.9TDi and the earlier version came with 100PS

Confused yet?

 

[googies]

I am a bit now!!

 

[devonmikeyboy]

I believe they are common rail from what I have read up on, both the 140PS and 170PS guise.

Also the 105PS model has the updated ECU16 on the 1.9TDi and the earlier version came with 100PS

Confused yet?

2.0 16v 140 bhp and 170 bhp engines are PD and they run an EDC 16 ECU

 

[T. Spark]

2.0 16v 140 bhp and 170 bhp engines are PD and they run an EDC 16 ECU

If im honest I always thought the newer units were PD engines, but was told otherwise, and as I assumed they were, just thought meh, I was wrong! lol guess not!

Common rail's are cheaper to produce surely?

 

[CHR15B]

If im honest I always thought the newer units were PD engines, but was told otherwise, and as I assumed they were, just thought meh, I was wrong! lol guess not!

Common rail's are cheaper to produce surely?

Aparently so yea... most other TD's are all Common Rail, yet the VAG TDI is known to be one of the best there is - perhaps keeping them as PD's might not be a bad idea.

 

[T. Spark]

Aparently so yea... most other TD's are all Common Rail, yet the VAG TDI is known to be one of the best there is - perhaps keeping them as PD's might not be a bad idea.

Ive always rated VAG and BMW diesels engines around imho.

 

[CHR15B]

Ive always rated VAG and BMW diesels engines around imho.

Yeah totally agree with your there.

 

[Craig Senior]

Aparently so yea... most other TD's are all Common Rail, yet the VAG TDI is known to be one of the best there is - perhaps keeping them as PD's might not be a bad idea.

The next generation of VW TDI engines will be common rail.

 

[Jayt]

does it say anywhere on the car if its a pd then?

 

[glynnd]

For non pd engines the injectors are located on a rail outside the engine rocker cover.
Glynn

 

[devonmikeyboy]

The next generation of VW TDI engines will be common rail.

Yep done for cost saving reasons apparently plus the fact common rail technoligy has come a long way in the last few years. BMW`s are common rail and they are the best diesel engines on the market. Audi`s R10 diesel Le Mans race car is common rail so it might not be such a bad thing to drop PD`s for common rail.