WillHill9
Member
I am in the middle of swapping a 97 Passat TDI into my 91 GTI and have caused myself a few problems which are:
1) I am not real sure which TDI I have, it came from a 97 Passat and from doing research here the easy ways to tell are looking at the sticker in the trunk but I already got rid of the Passat shell. Or the other way I have seen involves which turbo and MAF it has but my turbo has been upgraded and the MAF is the one that could of come on different engines. So I am looking for any other way to tell which TDI it is.
2) My other big problem is a big mistake on my part, I did research and printed out all kinds of diagrams and pin-outs of the two cars before starting the swap. When I pulled everything apart I labeled each wire as I unplugged it on each of the two cars. Where I messed up is I didn't label the ends of the harnesses at the fuse box. I assumed with swapping the harness and fuse box over the connections would be obvious. I believe I have all the main harnesses that plug into the fuse box figured out but I am having trouble with a few single wires that have plugs on them that plug into other loose plugs. There are a few that I can find a plug of the same color but the wires are different so do all the plug and wire colors match or just plug colors or just wire colors? There are a few of these plugs coming from the instrument cluster harness.
3) The Passat ECU has a Rocket Chip tune in it and I would like to know if it will need to be retuned with the different intake and intercooler set up in the swapped car? If I change the intake manifold will in need a new tune? Does the ECU have to go back to Rocket Chip for this or can I do it with a VAG-COM?
4) There is writing on the ECU from the tune and it says MAF with a circle and line through it which to me means the MAF has been bypassed, does this make sense? If so do I need to keep the MAF in the car?
Sorry for the long post or for any stupid questions, I read through many pages on this forum looking for answers before asking questions but couldn't find exactly what I am looking for. Thanks for any help provided.
Will
1) I am not real sure which TDI I have, it came from a 97 Passat and from doing research here the easy ways to tell are looking at the sticker in the trunk but I already got rid of the Passat shell. Or the other way I have seen involves which turbo and MAF it has but my turbo has been upgraded and the MAF is the one that could of come on different engines. So I am looking for any other way to tell which TDI it is.
2) My other big problem is a big mistake on my part, I did research and printed out all kinds of diagrams and pin-outs of the two cars before starting the swap. When I pulled everything apart I labeled each wire as I unplugged it on each of the two cars. Where I messed up is I didn't label the ends of the harnesses at the fuse box. I assumed with swapping the harness and fuse box over the connections would be obvious. I believe I have all the main harnesses that plug into the fuse box figured out but I am having trouble with a few single wires that have plugs on them that plug into other loose plugs. There are a few that I can find a plug of the same color but the wires are different so do all the plug and wire colors match or just plug colors or just wire colors? There are a few of these plugs coming from the instrument cluster harness.
3) The Passat ECU has a Rocket Chip tune in it and I would like to know if it will need to be retuned with the different intake and intercooler set up in the swapped car? If I change the intake manifold will in need a new tune? Does the ECU have to go back to Rocket Chip for this or can I do it with a VAG-COM?
4) There is writing on the ECU from the tune and it says MAF with a circle and line through it which to me means the MAF has been bypassed, does this make sense? If so do I need to keep the MAF in the car?
Sorry for the long post or for any stupid questions, I read through many pages on this forum looking for answers before asking questions but couldn't find exactly what I am looking for. Thanks for any help provided.
Will